Urtext Edition

Encouraged by Muzio Clementi, the head of a distinguished publishing house in London, Beethoven transformed his Violin Concerto into a Piano Concerto, but retained the cadenzas to the first and third...

Beethoven wrote ten sonatas for violin and piano during a period of only fifteen years (from 1797 to 1812). It is impressive how in this genre he again pursued the principle of finding a new model for...

Solostimme, Klavierauszug, Urtextausgabe

The two Sonatas op. 5 were written in 1796 expressly for the young Beethoven's performance with the cello virtuoso Jean Louis Duport at the Berlin court. That he wasn't eclipsed by the latter was ensu...

> Bärenreiter Urtext edition by Federico Maria Sardelli > Preface (German/English) and Critical Report (English) > Inspiring information on historical performance practice It was in 1990 - more than 2...

The new Urtext performing editions to Mozart's violin concertos nos. 1-5 contain new easy to play piano reductions. They offer in addition to the Urtext solo violin part, an extra violin part prepared...

High voice

Oratorio in 3 parts. Piano reduction (English/German) after the Urtext of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe - Oratorio in three Parts. Vocal (english/german). Soprano solo, Alto solo (2), Tenor solo, Bass...

No other work by Mozart is so enshrouded in myth as his final composition, the D-minor Requiem. Mozart died before its completion, and the missing sections had to be added by others. The many handwrit...

The "Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile", commonly known as the Cäcilienmesse, is one of Charles Gounod's most popular sacred works. First performed in 1855 in the church of St. Eustache in Paris, the...

Agathe Backer Grøndahl is primarily known as an accomplished Norwegian pianist, but her brilliant compositions have received little attention to date. The Fantasy Pieces, Op. 39, contain some of her m...

Agathe Backer Grøndahl is primarily known as an accomplished Norwegian pianist, but her brilliant compositions have received little attention to date. The ‘fairytale suite‘ I Blaafjellet, Op. 44, cons...

The composer and pedagogue Adolph von Henselt (1814–1889) can truly be considered one of the founding fathers of the Russian School of piano playing. He counted among his pupils Nicolai Sergeyvich Zve...

Urtext, Neue kritische Gesamtausgabe, mit kritischem Kommentar

Like the 'Gymnopédies', the 'Gnossiennes' also allude to ancient Greek traditions. Perhaps inspired by the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889, Satie made use of oriental ornamentation. With his subtle...

As indestructible as Rachmaninoff's c-sharp-minor Prélude (HN1211) may be, it is not his only Prélude to have begun a 'solo career' of its own: with its rousing rhythms and rhapsodic middle section, t...

Schubert at the piano, with his inexhaustible wealth of dance melodies, his friends around him dancing and playing jokes - this is one of the traditional images of Schubert that we so cherish. The ter...

Fingering: Pascal Rogé According to Ravel himself, the strange title of the little piano piece composed in 1899, 'Pavane for a dead princess', should not be ascribed too much importance. He chose it m...

There are probably very few piano students who have not tried their hand at this piece; it is undeniably one of the most popular classical piano pieces today. And yet unanswered questions still remain...

It is a matter of personal taste as to whether Rachmaninoff's second or third piano concerto is his best. But there is no doubt that 'Rach 3', with its abundance of melodic ideas, today numbers among...

Scriabin's early Etudes op. 8 are at the heart of virtuoso piano repertoire, their methodical and pedagogical intent clearly visible. However, they are also 12 character pieces, revealing Scriabin's w...