In 1848, the thirteen year old Henryk Wieniawski wrote the first sketches to his Polonaise in D major. The composition was published in Germany in 1853 as Polonaise de Concert in D major op. 4 for violin with piano or orchestra accompaniment. When the work was re-published in Paris (1858), the title changed to Polonaise Brilliante. Tremendously popular already during the composer's life time, this…

for two Flutes without Bass. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Though recovered as part of the long lost Sing-Akademie Berlin archives in 1999, these sonatas were first examined in 2002. Knowledge of their existence, or at least their presumed existence, is due to their partial use by Johann Joachim Quantz in his solfeggi for the Flute. The sonatas, possibly composed sometime after 1730, are presented i…

This edition completes our series of all three clarinet concertos by the Swedish composer and clarinettist Bernhard Henrik Crusell. Issued in Leipzig in 1811, it was his first published work but had definitely been composed several years prior to this. With its elegant head movement and the simple and moving Adagio, it is probably the most 'Mozartian? of all of his three concertos, although the fi…

The quartet in a minor is one of the chamber music works with which Schubert wanted to 'pave the way to the great symphony? in spring 1824. At the same time he was paving his way to a wider audience, as the 'Rosamunde? Quartet was the first and only string quartet that was not only publicly performed in Schubert's lifetime but also published in parts. It is fortunate for us that this was the case …

Par DVORAK ANTONIN. On 18 January 1887 Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904) started composing his Romantic Pieces for violin and piano, opus 75 (B 150), completing that version on 25 January. They were performed for the first time in a private house two days later, with the composer writing to his publisher in Berlin: ‘Played here yesterday and very well received.’ For this edition reference has been made…

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise in E major Op. 83 Breitkopf Urtext - ed. by Christiane Strucken-Paland - in cooperation with G. Henle Verlag A Cuban Dance from France The ?Havanaise? possibly has its roots in the friendship of the composer with the Cuban-born violinist Rafael Diaz Albertini. It is thus perfectly plausible that Saint-Saëns borrowed the Cuban syncopated slow dance Habanera out of kindness …

Bwv 1007-1012. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Urtext edition with articulation markings - Soft-cover performing edition When you think cello, you think of Bach?s immortal cello suites. The suites take centre stage in the cello literature. They are timeless and beautiful and accompany cellists from their student years up through their professional career at the highest level. Appropriately and not surp…

Janácek, Leos Taras Bulba Rhapsody for Orchestra Symphonic rhapsody in a study score edition This study score is based on the 'Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leo' Janácek'. The principal source is the first edition, but the editor has also consulted the handwritten sources and extant proofs. The edition opens with a new Foreword by Jirí Zahrádka. ' 20th century repertoire piece now a…

This edition contains all of Janácek's works for violin and piano:the Sonata as well as the 'Romance and Dumka?, composed while he was still a student.Though probably written as early as 1914, Janácek's Sonata for Violin and Piano was revised several times before finally appearing in a definitive version in 1922.This new edition of the Sonata and the 'Romance? is based on the 'Complete Critical Ed…