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Johann Sebastian Bach’s harpsichord concertos, which are hugely popular today, once offered the composer a real field for experimentation. Bach often used pre-existing material. Thus, there is much to...

It would be hard to imagine today’s concert repertoire without the harpsichord concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is not known whether the A-major Concerto BWV 1055, like some of the other harpsic...

We know very little about Mozart’s Divertimento in D major K. 334, which is still popular today: an autograph has not been preserved, and in the two editions published after Mozart’s death there are i...

This Henle edition is full of mistakes! We can freely admit this, because the odd notes here all come from Mozart himself – he consciously inserted them into his Musical Joke. In this amusing and misc...

In contrast to Mozart, Haydn was not a keyboard virtuoso. He certainly conducted his orchestral works from the harpsichord, and also performed his own piano sonatas, but any ambition to be a concertiz...

Hummels 'Potpourri' for Violoncello and Orchestra op. 95 is part of every violoncello player's core repertoire, especially in its shortened version, the 'Fantasy'. Sprinkled with quotes from operas by...

Since the 1830s, numerous composers have experimented with hybrid forms combining elements of the symphony, concerto and free fantasia. With his Second Piano Concerto, Liszt succeeded in finding an or...

Geminiani’s Op. 3 Concertos have come down to us in no fewer than four different versions. The first is the one published by Walsh in 1732. The Amsterdam music publisher Michel-Charles Le Cène publish...

Ludwig van Beethoven's "Coriolan" Overture, Op. 62, is one of the most thrilling and dramatic masterworks in the orchestral repertoire. Inspired by Heinrich Joseph von Collin's tragedy, the music capt...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively from Breitkopf & Härtel.

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively through Breitkopf & Härtel. The piano reduction (HN 610) is av...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively through Breitkopf & Härtel. The edition for violin and piano (...

With his Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, Ludwig van Beethoven stepped onto the symphonic world stage—a masterful opening marked by youthful vibrancy, bold harmonies, and groundbreaking energy. The...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively from Breitkopf & Härtel.

Exploring the Eroica was the title of the essay with which the editor emerged as early as 1998 and made a significant contribution to researching the complex tradition. The autograph of the work, comp...

The Famous One in the Leading Edition Beethoven spent a relatively long time on his 5th Symphony. Thus, first sketches can already be found from as early as 1804, four years before the work was premie...

During his Bohemian spa trip in September 1811, Beethoven notated the first sketches for the Seventh Symphony, a work that occupied him until May 1812 - parallel at times with its disparate sister wor...

Since 2001 the 'Ninth' has been included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Beethoven was preoccupied with his unique work for many years, since at least 1815, and still shortly before his deat...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively through Breitkopf & Härtel. The edition for 2 pianos (HN 637)...

Louis Spohr's technically, extremely demanding concertos have long been part of clarinetists' standard repertoire. Like the first clarinet concerto, this second concerto was composed for the clarineti...

With the publication of the score and parts of the D major Horn Concerto K. 412/514, Mozart expert Henrik Wiese continues the orchestral edition of this important group of works begun in 2013. What wa...

Many well-known violinists such as the dedicatee Pablo de Sarasate, together later with Eugène Ysaye and Jacques Thibaud, included in their repertoires Camille Saint-Saëns' concert piece composed in 1...

Paganini’s Capricci served as inspiration for many composers. In addition to Brahms, Schumann and Liszt, Rachmaninoff was also inspired by the idea. His Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini has since becom...

Shortly after the Second World War, Richard Strauss, then 80 years old, had remained safe in his villa in Garmisch, though cultural life in Europe had come to a complete standstill. The American occup...