Henle Album: Piano Music from Bach to Debussy

Ballades-In 1836 Chopin introduced the term 'ballad' into Piano music with the publication of his Ballad op. 23 although up to then it had only been used in literature and in vocal music.Indeed all four of Chopin'sballads have the character of a dramatic story: the musical thread is spun with increasing tension throughout the work reaching a powerful climax at the end. Following the 'Préludes' Henle have now thoroughly re-evaluated thisedition and revised it to include the latest scholarly findings. The most significant ones are documented in the printed critical apparatus; the detailed version can be downloaded from the Henle website.

Piano Works Volume II-To mark the 150th anniversary of Debussy?s birth in 2012 Henle are proud to present a tribute to his piano solo works in three volumes available as a paperbound or a clothbound edition. As a publishing house whose main focus ison piano music it was important for Henle to give a special place to the works of Claude Debussy the innovator of piano style. Thus since the early 1980s they have steadily been publishing single editions of all of Debussy?simportant works for the piano. Henle's editor Ernst-Günter Heinemann has worked closely with the French Debussy scholar François Lesure to present Debussy?s elaborate music in high quality Urtext editions. Beginning with the'Danse bohémienne' from 1880 all of the single works from Henle's catalogue have been drawn together in these three volumes arranged according to their date of composition. And as a little 'encore' Henle have included thePrélude to the cantata 'La Damoiselle élue' in volume I. Each of the three volumes contains true highlights for the piano. But the short and lesser known works also offer a glimpse at the modern classical composer Debussy from adifferent angle. In addition each volume contains a helpful glossary with all of Debussy?s often very vivid performance instructions translated into English and German. Bon anniversaire Claude Debussy!

Fifteen popular pieces for Piano including 'Danny Boy' 'Shenandoah' and 'Scarborough Fair' arranged for Easy Piano by Dan Fox.

for Clarinet and Piano-It is little known that alongside his three great sonatas for Clarinet and Piano Reger also wrote two charming miniatures for the same instrumentation. At the same time it was the composer’s express desire to reach awider public with smaller works such as these that were to be published in music journals. This Henle single edition (taken from the volume of all of Reger’s sonatas and pieces HN 909 also edited by MichaelKube) meets this wish today: its effervescent Tarantella and the Albumblatt that is full of nuances provide clarinettists and pianists with an easy introduction to Max Reger’s magical world of sound.

Edition without Fingering-Ludwig Van Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas were described by the German conductor and virtuoso pianist Hans von Bülow as “Music’s New Testament”. Since its first release Henle’scomplete two-volume edition (HN32 and HN34) has been valued by specialists as the most dependable Urtext and belongs in every pianist’s library. It contains an inexhaustible treasure of pianistic and musical mastery settingtechnically challenging works with a high level of name-recognition such as the “Pathétique” “Moonlight” “Tempest” “Waldstein” “Appassionata” and“Hammerklavier” sonatas alongside other less difficult works. Henle's two original editions HN32 and HN34 include Conrad Hansen’s much-admired fingerings. For those who want an Urtext edition withoutthe fingerings they are now releasing HN1032 and HN1034.

Frédéric Chopin is known worldwide as one of the leading musicians of the Romantic era. This collection of Mazurkas features all 57 of the Polish virtuoso pianist?s works written inthis genre for the solo Piano. Chopin started composing his mazurkas in 1825 and continued composing them until 1849 the year of his death. His Mazurkas while originating in the Polish dance(the ?mazurek?) differ from the traditional variety in that they were written for the concert hall rather than the dance hall so that it was Chopin who put the mazurka on the European musical map. Thesemazurkas signalled new ideas of nationalism and influenced and inspired other composers to support their national music. This Urtext edition is based on many different sources and follows the current state of research topresent the pieces in a form as close to the original intentions of the composer as possible. The comments at the end of the volume give detailed information about the sources and their deviations and an appendix with the firstversions of certain works is also included. Most of the pieces are quite brief and thus perfect for any skilled pianist?s repertoire.

Violin Sonatas Fragments-This Urtext edition contains rewarding discoveries for all lovers of Mozart.Mozart left behind a total of eight unfinished works for Piano and Violin predominantly discontinued sonata movements. Themusic is so wonderful that Henle have published a separate volume with this group of works all of which (aside from a fragment in the appendix of this edition) have been completed so that they can be performed.They notonly include the familiar completed versions by Maximilian Stadler but also new ones by Robert D. Levin. He has contributed five each of which is full of Mozartian spirit. A preface with a critical report presents the facts indetail and incorporates the most recent scholarly findings. Benjamin Schmid and Ariane Haering have provided fingerings for this edition that is in every sense unique.

Piano Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:48. This Haydn sonata has previously not been available in the Henle catalogue as an individual Urtext edition. Nevertheless, it numbers among Haydn?s famous piano works. It was written in 1789 (thus making it one of the ?late sonatas?) for the Leipzig publisher Christoph Gottlob Breitkopf. Its two-movement structure fathoms the entire spectrum of Haydn?s musical language: from the brooding-improvisational first movement to the sparkling, humorous Finale. Haydn exploits here the full range of the keyboard and its tonal possibilities. The world-famous pianist Piotr Anderszewski has contributed his fingerings for this Henle Urtext edition and invites you to explore this extraordinary work!

Version for Piano two-Hands-Grieg?s incidental music for Henrik Ibsen?s drama ?Peer Gynt? contains some of his best-known compositions such as ?Morning mood? and ?In the hall of the Mountain King?. Grieg later extractedthe most beautiful pieces to form two orchestral suites and arranged himself these versions for Piano solo and Piano four-hands. There was a surprise in store for Henle when they were preparing our Urtext edition. In theautograph and the first print run the second suite contained another movement the ?Dance of the Mountain King?s Daughter? which Grieg deleted shortly afterwards. This charming dance appears in the appendix to thisedition printed again for the first time in 120 years! The Norwegian pianist and Grieg expert Einar Steen-Nøkleberg was co-editor for this edition and also provided the new fingerings.

Rondos-Chopin's early works include a wealth of new stimuli for anyone wishing to take a closer look at the creative works of the Polish genius. Up to now the four Rondos have been missing from our catalogue; but now they are finallyavailable in Henle Urtext. Although they have been unfairly neglected there are real discoveries to be made. It is hard to imagine that Chopin was only 15 when his Opus 1 the Rondo in c minor was first published. Likewise hisRondo op. 5 which incorporates the exotic sounds of Polish folk music and the brilliant work in C major op. 73 were also written during his time in Warsaw. Without a doubt the young composer who was the darling of the Warsawsalons wrote these works as showpieces for himself. Here and also with the Rondo op. 16 his mark is unmistakable. Our Urtext edition is also available as an affordable study score.Rondo c minor op. 1Rondo F majorop. 5Rondo E flat major op. 16Rondo C major op. post 73A

Of the many works Bartók composed on Hungarian and Romanian folk melodies between 1914 and 1918 these three piano pieces occupy a special place. Originally outlined for the collection 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs (Urtext edition HN 1404) the drafts were left untouched for the next twenty years. Not until 1941 when Boosey and Hawkes asked the composer to contribute to an anniversary album for the great pianist Ignaz Paderewski did Bartók now settled in the United States return to these long since notated piano pieces on the folk music of his homeland and thoroughly revise them. Unusually the first edition issued in 1942 did not include the folk music sources however they have ofcourse been reproduced in this Urtext edition based on the Bartók Complete Edition. Whatâ??s more Bartókâ??s own recording of the pieces has been analysed by editor László Somfai both in his preparation of the text and in Suggestions for Performance. Of the many works Bartók composed on Hungarian and Romanian folk melodies between 1914 and 1918 these three piano pieces occupy a special place. Originally outlined for the collection 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs (Urtext edition HN 1404) the drafts were left untouched for the next twenty years. Not until 1941 when Boosey and Hawkes asked the composer to contribute to an anniversary album for the great pianist Ignaz Paderewski did Bartók now settled in the United States return to these long since notated piano pieces on the folk music of his homeland and thoroughly revise them. Unusually the first edition issued in 1942 did not include the folk music sources however they have ofcourse been reproduced in this Urtext edition based on the Bartók Complete Edition. Whatâ??s more Bartókâ??s own recording of the pieces has been analysed by editor László Somfai both in his preparation of the text and in Suggestions for Performance.

revised edition hard cover-Johann Sebastian Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias are rightly considered as indispensable to every pianist. In his famous preface to the collection Bach himself called it an“Instruction” which teaches students and keyboard lovers to “treat correctly” both two and three voices to “achieve a singing style in playing” and to “acquire a strong foretaste ofcomposition”. To this end Bach created timelessly beautiful music which has lost nothing of its relevance to us nearly 300 years after its creation. We are now presenting a new edition of this classic collection whichdraws upon all known sources and offers the best in “instruction” especially with respect to the transmitted embellishment variants. 

Towards the end of the 18th century Clementi increasingly advocated the piano as the successor to the harpsichord. He composed expressly for the new instrument and in 1801 published a piano school. His interest in teaching isalso shown by the ?Six progressive Sonatinas? op. 36 - six sonatinas in ascending order of diffi culty which are still extremely popular with today's piano teachers. Our Urtext edition follows the long established practice ofusing the musical text of the first edition from 1797. Clementi?s original fingering which is surprisingly modern has been included throughout the work.