Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet In C Op.60 (Henle Uertext Edition)

Piano Quartet In C Op.60

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Op. 60

Beethoven 's Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Op. 60 was composed in 1806, a very productive year for the composer during which he wrote numerous other great works – such as the 4th Piano Concerto and the Violin Concerto. Today, this work is unjustly overshadowed by its famous neighbours, the “Eroica” and the 5th Symphony, although it was one of Beethoven ’s best-loved and most often performed works throughout the 19th century. The Henle Urtext edition features a preface by the editor Bathia Churgin. This edition is based on the musical text of the Beethoven Complete Edition and continues the series of study editions of Beethoven symphonies in a convenient format.

Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle In F Sharp Op.60 (Urtext Edition)

Chopin?s circumstances were rather strained in 1845, so that a planned trip to Italy with George Sand looked as if it would fall through. Yet with his "Barcarolle" he immersed himself in the atmosphere of the lagoon city Venice: the themes are reminiscent of gondolier melodies; they are carried by accompanying figures that evoke the rush of water and the sound of oars. Chopin developed the basic idea of the strophic song into exciting, highly complex music full of breaks and opposites. Revising the text of this unique work has given us an opportunity to also offer it separately (alongside the Chopin volume "Piano Pieces", HN318) and with extensive explanatory notes.

Niccolo Paganini: 60 Variations on Barucabà for Violin and Guitar op. 14

Pocket umbrella: "Raindrop Prelude"

Keep yourself dry from the rain with this blue/silver windproof, pocket umbrella.The frame is made of aluminium and fibre glass.88 cm in diameter when opened, measures 17 cm when folded, weight 170 g.

Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 In A Major OP 16

In his Serenade no. 2 op. 16, composed in 1858?60, Johannes Brahms keeps to the usual, smaller, scoring for this genre, using pairs of winds and horns as well as low strings (no violins!). His friend Clara Schumann was ?delighted? with the work, but the public reaction was restrained and even Brahms himself was not happy with some details. Thus 15 years after the first performance he rigorously revised the serenade. Henle are now publishing this definitive version from 1875 that was ?new, revised by the author? as a study score with the musical text from the Brahms Complete Edition.

Frederic Chopin: Piano Pieces

Mazurkas, nocturnes, waltzes and polonaises constitute the core of Chopin’s expressive world. However, he also moved comfortably beyond such genre cycles, and pieces of this sort are brought together in this “Klavierstücke” book, in which we find lesser-known works (two Variation cycles, three Ecossaises) from Chopin’s earlier creative period along with rousing dance movements (Bolero and Tarantelle) and, to finish, the orchestrally conceived Allegro de concert. This forms the introduction to a sequence of three great individual works from Chopin’s middle and later creative periods: the Fantasie op. 49, the Berceuse op. 57, and the Barcarolle op. 60 the finest Chopin, availablein Henle paperback, cloth-bound, and study editions.

Leos Janácek: March Of The Bluebirds For Piccolo And Piano

The little march composed in 1924 forms the nucleus of the suite for Wind Instruments Mládí (HN 1093/7093), in which the jaunty Flute theme weaves through the 3rd movement. Incidentally, the “bluebirds” do not refer to birds but to the light blue robes worn by the choristers at the monastery in Brno, which Janáček entered at the age of eleven. Almost 60 years later during a visit to Potsdam he remembered the Prussian troops’ invasion of Brno and, with this in mind, wrote a chamber music miniature with a military element. This Janáček edition by Jiří Zahrádka , a specialist on the life and work of the great Czech composer, contains top-quality Urtext as well as detailed information on the work’s genesis and transmission.

Franz Joseph Haydn: Streichtrios Heft III

Following the first two volumes of Haydn ’s String Trios in a study score (HN 9424 and 9425), we are now publishing the third and final one. Although Haydn is said to have composed about 60 string trios, most of them must be discounted for source-critical and stylistic reasons. The eighteen trios which definitely lay claim to authenticity were published in volumes 1 and 2. The third volume contains eight trios attributed to Haydn , although his authorship cannot be proven. In addition to the Urtext edition (HN 628) these charming works are now also available in a handy score format. The musical text is that of the Haydn Complete Edition and it has been complemented by a new and informative preface by the Haydn scholar Sonja Gerlach.

Robert Schumann: Works for Organ or Pedal Piano

Robert Schumann revered Johann Sebastian Bach and his polyphonic style throughout his life. Thus the “Six Studies in Canonic Form” op. 56 and “Four Sketches” op. 58 for pedal piano, which are reminiscent of Bach’s Inventions, were composed during a relatively short period starting in 1845. From a music history perspective, the “Six Fugues on the name BACH” op. 60 for organ or pedal piano are the first important organ compositions on the B-A-C-H theme before those by Franz Liszt and Max Reger. With his compositions for pedal piano the Leipzig School of Music had one at that time Schumann wanted to “bring new impetus to piano music”. However, this type of piano, which wasequipped with a pedal keyboard, did not find wide dissemination in the years that followed. Therefore it is more than legitimate to play the compositions by Schumann presented in this edition on the organ. The editor is the well-known organist and professor Gerhard Weinberger.