Urtext Edition

In spring 2002 the double bass will make its première appearance in the Henle urtext catalogue as a solo instrument. The Hoffmeister Double Bass Concerto will be joined by the 'Elephant,' Camille Sain...

Franz Schubert’s celebrated "Arpeggione Sonata" D 821 is one of the true masterpieces of Romantic chamber music. Originally written for the bowed guitar (arpeggione), this work unfolds an exceptionall...

Good intentions are simply not good enough (to freely paraphrase Kurt Tucholsky): the arpeggione, a kind of hybrid instrument like a large bowed guitar, never won acceptance among musicians. This curi...

The core repertoire of low string instruments would not be the same without Johann Sebastian Bach's three gamba sonatas, which hark back to other works by him that were originally scored for different...

A pearl in the romantic repertoire for viola and orchestra! Bruch's 'Romance' has long occupied a permanent place in the viola repertoire, whether in lessons or on the concert stage. Our edition is th...

Urtext edition with articulation markings - Soft-cover performing edition When you think cello, you think of Bach's immortal cello suites. The suites take centre stage in the cello literature. They ar...

The six solo suites for violoncello are probably among the most important and most frequently performed compositions for a solo string instrument. They demand a high degree of virtuosity from the cell...

Experience the masterful chamber music of Johann Sebastian Bach in its full sonic splendor: The 3 Sonatas BWV 1027–1029 represent absolute pinnacles of the Baroque repertoire for viola da gamba and ob...

It is well known that Chopin almost exclusively wrote works for solo piano. Only for the cello did he make some exceptions: two works - a Polonaise brillante and the Duo Concertant (HN 788) were writt...

It was only with his late works that Debussy, an unconventional innovator, turned back to tradition. In 1915 he had six sonatas for various instruments in mind. He was only to complete three of them b...

The most important source for Bach's Cello Suites is a copy made by his wife Anna Magdalena because the autograph is no longer extant. As further copies show, the actual musical text is scarcely probl...

Ysaye's Cello Sonata, unlike its companion piece for violin solo, has remained relatively unknown. All the same, it merits special attention as it was written at the same time as the Violin Sonatas an...

The nine sonatas for violoncello and basso continuo by Antonio Vivaldi are among the best-known cello works of the Baroque era. Thanks to their moderate technical demands, the pieces have a firm place...

This new Wiener Urtext Edition presents Bach's Chromatic Fantasy not just in the traditional form but contains two additional versions, one late and one early. The early version is based on sources pr...

Bassoonists are eagerly awaiting the new Urtext edition of this work, which is widely beloved for its virtuoso passages and inventive richness. Not only does this edition offer a carefully prepared te...

Experience masterful Baroque chamber music with the second volume of Georg Philipp Telemann's "6 Canonic Sonatas Op. 5" (TWV 121–123). These ingenious duets captivate through inventive counterpoint, b...

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...

The Partita was virtually unknown until 1917 when the manuscript (call number: Mus. Ms. Bach P 968) was acquired by the then Royal Library in Berlin from the heirs of the former Thomaskantor and avid...

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...

Just as in his 'Trout' Quintet (D 667), 'Wanderer' Fantasy (D 760), and string quartet 'Death and the Maiden' (D 810), in the flute variations on 'Trockne Blumen' (D 802) Franz Schubert employs one of...

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...

The Wiener Urtext edition of Telemann's Fantasies is based on the first print published by the composer himself. The few obvious mistakes in the music have been corrected. In the critical notes the ed...

Throughout his life, Antonio Vivaldi wrote almost thirty instrumental works that use the cello as a solo instrument. Vivaldi knew how to tailor his music to the cello and in doing so, helped to establ...