Urtext Edition

With the two sonatas of his Opus 27, Beethoven broke new formal ground at the beginning of the 19th century. Each named Sonata quasi una Fantasia, the second in particular became immortal under its la...

Beethoven's last three piano sonatas have always exerted a great fascination. With the Sonata op. 109, composed in 1820, Beethoven opens the door to the future - through the highest expressivity, the...

The two sonatas op. 14, written in the immediate vicinity of the "Pathétique", Beethoven's great C minor sonata op. 13 (BA 10851), are among the composer's easiest sonatas and are an indispensable par...

Composed in 1803/04, Beethoven's Sonata in C major op. 53 marks his move towards a large-scale, symphonic piano movement. The highly virtuosic work, which Beethoven dedicated to his friend and patron...

The three popular sonatas op. 10 were composed between the end of 1795 and the beginning of 1798, only a short time after Beethoven's first complete sonata oeuvre op. 2. They were heralded in the pres...

There is hardly a piano pupil who would not have played Beethoven's two sonatas op. 49, both of which are described as "Sonate facile", in his early years. The works are not only technically easy, but...

The much-performed sonatas op. 2 nos. 1, 2 and 3 were written at the time when the young composer was taking lessons from Joseph Haydn in Vienna and are dedicated to him. After the three youthful sona...

This new edition replaces the existing edition (BA 5634). Schubert's Sonata in B flat major was composed in 1828 and is probably the last instrumental work he ever completed. The Urtext edition, edite...

Schubert composed his great A major Sonata a few months before his early death in 1828. With its balance of lyrical melody, intimate feeling and pianistic brilliance, not least thanks to its poetic "A...

As early evidence of Schubert's preoccupation with early music, his Fantasy in C D 2 E from 1811 contains echoes of Mozart's C minor Fantasy, while the virtuoso Graz Fantasy in C D 605 A, probably com...

Schumann's Arabeske and Blumenstück were composed during his stay in Vienna from October 1838 to April 1839 in the context of weightier piano works such as the C major Fantasy op. 17, the Humoreske op...

Schubert's great C minor Sonata D 958 was composed in 1828, a few months before his death, at the same time as the late sonatas in A D 959 and in B flat D 960. The three works, conceived by Schubert a...

There has been much debate about the significance of Liszt's late piano pieces. On the one hand, they are regarded as harbingers of the ageing Liszt's fading inspiration; on the other, they are praise...

The "Six Grandes Marches" op. 40 - D 819 are probably among Schubert's most impressive late works for piano four hands. He may have composed them during his second stay at Zselíz Castle, where he was...

Not only the price is impressive, but also the well-chosen, colorful cross-section of the Bärenreiter piano program, designed according to our Urtext colors. The cover is an eye-catcher. The compiled...

The Czech composer František Xaver Dušek (1731-1799) was one of the most important figures in Prague's musical life in the second half of the 18th century. He was an outstanding pianist, composer and...

Otilie Suková was the daughter of Antonín Dvorák and the wife of Josef Suk. A gifted musician, she played the piano and wrote several compositions of her own, inspired by her musical surroundings. Fou...

Leopold Koželuch (also known as Koželuh), who lived in Vienna, was one of the leading figures in 18th century music and was also known in his time as an outstanding pianist and piano teacher. Six deli...

The sonatas for piano and harpsichord by Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781) are scattered throughout Europe in numerous copies, which testifies to their popularity at the time (among others, W. A. Mozart me...

Beethoven composed the works known as the "Elector Sonatas" in 1783 as a pupil of Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. "He would certainly become a second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart if he progressed as he ha...

If the epithet "Appassionata" applies to one of Beethoven's sonatas, it is not the famous work in F minor op. 57, as Carl Czerny believed, but the E flat major sonata op. 7, which was written "in a ve...

Beethoven's Piano Sonata in B flat major op. 22, composed in 1800, marks the end of his first creative phase. The only surviving manuscript source of the work, which was entitled "Grande Sonate" in th...

Beethoven's four-movement Sonata in A flat major op. 26 is one of his most popular works. It is dedicated to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, one of his most important patrons, to whom Beethoven also dedic...

With the sonatas op. 31, composed in 1802, Beethoven brought together piano sonatas as a group for the last time. The highlight of the collection is undoubtedly the middle work in D minor, whose drama...

The Sonata in F major op. 54, written in 1804 immediately after the highly virtuoso "Waldstein" Sonata, is still unjustly overshadowed by its predecessor and the subsequent "Appassionata" in F minor o...