Urtext Edition

Antonio Vivaldi's twelve concertos op. 4 known by the name of 'La Stravaganza' were first mentioned as a collection of 'Concerti a 4' in the 1711 Foreword of 'L'Estro Armonico' op. 3. Their publicatio...

Joseph Joachim's 'Fantasies on Hungarian and Irish [Scottish] Themes' was his first virtuoso music for the violin with orchestral accompaniment. Joachim was intent on creating popular works, not least...

With his "Spring" Vivaldi musically brings to sound what we associate with this season: chirping birds, babbling brooks, blooming meadows, a spirit of new beginnings. The piece is preceded by a poem,...

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto op. 64 is a central work of the 19th century, which on the one hand is still associated with the classical style of a Beethoven, but on the other also points the way to t...

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Ravel worked on his Sonata for Violin and Piano for four years (1923-1927) which was longer than he took for any other composition. According to the composer, the reason for his difficulties was the '...

Characteristic Numbers Sibelius completed his final opus-number compositions, opp. 115 and 116, in 1929. They were originally composed at the suggestion of the publishers Carl Fischer, Inc., but were...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy created a standard work with his final violin concerto in E minor op. 64 MWV O 14 that is now firmly established in today's concert repertoire. When in 1838 the composer in...

Die Violinsonate Nr. 1 e-moll op. 73, eine "Große Sonate für Violine und Klavier", nimmt in Joachim Raffs Schaffen eine wichtige Stellung ein: Sie spiegelt zahlreiche, für Raff charakteristische, küns...

With his Six Morceaux, Raff created a collection of six short pieces with the aim of 'pleasantly entertaining many a listener' and demonstrating that he was 'also capable of writing something easy'. A...

Gál composed his Violin-Concerto in 1931/32 at the height of his career. In 1929, as an internationally recognised composer, he had been appointed Director of the Mainz Music College. The new concerto...

Experience the biting frost, the gentle patter of rain, and the cozy warmth by the fireside with Antonio Vivaldi’s masterpiece "Winter" (Op. 8/4 RV 297) in F minor from the world-renowned "Four Season...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041, stands as one of the undisputed crown jewels of the Baroque violin repertoire. With its electrifying rhythmic drive in the outer mov...

With the two Romances Op. 40 in G major and Op. 50 in F major, Ludwig van Beethoven created timeless masterpieces of lyrical elegance, cantabile beauty, and profound emotion. This exquisite Urtext edi...

Immerse yourself in the captivating charm and fiery elegance of Camille Saint-Saëns' famous Havanaise op. 83. This jewel of the late-Romantic repertoire enchants with its characteristic habanera rhyth...

The name Oskar Rieding may seldom appear in concert programmes, but for students of the violin it is all the more familiar. To this day, his short concert pieces for violin and piano, written at the s...

With this one-movement Concertino, Oskar Rieding turns to already advanced students of the violin. Aside from playing in third position, it also requires a considerable degree of dexterity and mastery...

Grieg's first Violin Sonata breathes youthful freshness and captivates with its Norwegian folk style. In terms of technique, it makes far fewer demands than Grieg's later violin sonatas and is thus al...

Of Grieg's three violin sonatas, the great C-minor Sonata op. 45 is the best known today. And unjustly so, because the two early sonatas are captivating in their joy to play and their fresh, youthful...

On the occasion of the 70th birthday of Gidon Kremer, violinist extraordinaire, G. Henle Publishers is issuing a special edition of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in collaboration with the Kronberg Acade...

Grieg’s violin sonatas are a firm staple of violin repertoire and are popular with amateurs and professionals alike. G. Henle Publishers takes this into account with a practical single-volume edition...

Schönberg created his last instrumental work in March 1949 at the suggestion of American violinist Adolf Koldofsky, firstly just the violin part and only thereafter the piano accompaniment. The piece...