Piano Excerpts

As an acclaimed opera composer, Georges Bizet admitted that he had no real sensibility for sacred music. His Te Deum is nonetheless a truly fascinating and highly expressive work. From the majestic “T...

Experience one of the most brilliant masterpieces in the guitar repertoire: The renowned "Concerto No. 1 in D op. 99" for guitar and orchestra captivates with virtuosic passages, Mediterranean eleganc...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488, is undoubtedly one of the most radiant and deeply moving masterpieces of the Viennese Classical era. From the serene elegance of the...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K. 466) is unquestionably one of the most dramatic and deeply moving masterpieces in the entire piano repertoire. Defined by stormy passion,...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414, captivates with its exquisite elegance, melodic charm, and refined brilliance. As the first of his celebrated 1782 Vienna concertos,...

Rachmaninoff's legendary Opus 18, often lovingly referred to as 'Rach 2,' is for many the epitome of the Romantic piano concerto. Following its acclaimed premiere in Moscow in 1901, it proved to be a...

Given Saint-Saëns' talents both as pianist and composer, it stood to reason that he would engage with the piano concerto genre early on. But he gave a clear renunciation of the 'concerto brilliant' th...

Ravel’s plans for a piano concerto can be traced back to 1906, but it was only in early 1929 that the composer seriously started work on one. He later stated that he wrote it “in the spirit of the con...

Chopin's Piano Concertos first saw the light of day around 1829/1830 and thus represent the culmination and termination of his student years in Warsaw. Both concertos are early masterpieces with which...

Very few musicians are aware of the fact that Beethoven arranged his violin concerto also as a piano concerto. It is only recently that some pianists have discovered this truly rewarding work. Clement...

Gershwin's Concerto was premiered on December 3, 1925, in Carnegie Hall - the epicentre of New York's classical music scene. It belongs to a group of self-imposed 'experiments' with which the composte...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Concerto in G major K. 313 (285c) for Flute and Orchestra is one of the most radiant gems of the classical flute repertoire. With its consummate blend of joyful elegance, dee...

Of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's flute concertos, the one in d minor is by far the best known, even though its authenticity has been repeatedly doubted. A version of the same concerto for harpsichord an...

The flute part was edited by one of the most renowned flutists of our time: András Adorján. The cadenzas and entrances are by the Mozart connoisseur, musicologist and pianist Robert D. Levin. The prop...

The flute part was edited by one of the most renowned flutists of our time: András Adorján. The cadenzas and entrances are by the Mozart connoisseur, musicologist and pianist Robert D. Levin. The prop...

In his autograph of this concerto Vivaldi writes 'Flautino' - which does not make it quite clear whether the work is to be played on the f-soprano (sopranino) recorder or on the piccolo transverse flu...

Experience the timeless passion and dramatic power of one of opera history's most celebrated masterpieces: Georges Bizet's "Carmen". Published by the renowned Alkor-Edition, this premier edition prese...

Saint-Saëns was just 23 years old when he composed his 'Oratorio de Noël' in 1858 in only twelve days. Edited by Christina M. Stahl, this choral masterpiece is now available in a comprehensive scholar...

This 'hit' is even popular among learners! Now it opens Henle's new series of Weber's works for clarinet and orchestra in piano reduction. This edition includes two separate parts: the urtext of Weber...

The most beautiful and significant clarinet concerto in the history of music is now appearing in a Henle urtext edition. The piano reduction is accompanied by two separate parts: an urtext edition of...

The Clarinet Concerto in c minor of 1809 is the very first work by Louis Spohr to grace our catalogue. The first in a series of four concertos written by Spohr for the virtuoso Johann Simon Hermstedt...

Trumpet and Piano or Brass Band A brilliant and vigorous yet sensitive work, in the style typical of the Armenian composer An ideal introduction to the more important works of this composer

The Concerto in D major, Op. 77 for Violin and Orchestra stands as one of the crowning achievements of the Romantic repertoire, captivating audiences with its unique blend of lyrical depth and thrilli...

For decades Henle's edition of this masterpiece from the violinrepertoire has been de rigueur for all serious violinists. Now we are presenting it with a revised text reflecting the latest research fi...

For the editor of an Urtext edition, Bach's A minor violin concerto BWV 1041 presents few problems; cleanly-written original parts exist from Bach's Köthen (or early Leipzig) period. But beyond the gu...