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Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Book I

The urtext edition of Haydn?s early string quartets. Parts only. Includes editorial notes.

Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18 (Urtext)

This fantastic volume contains Beethoven's String Quartets Op.18 which is the string quartet version of his Piano Sonata Op.14 No.1. Inside there are the complete sets of parts for each individual instrument for these grand and powerful sonatas. This is the Henle Verlag Urtext Edition which provides one of the most authoriaitve and accurate versions available.

Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Book VII

The chamber music world has been eagerly awaiting this ? all of Haydn's string quartets are finally available in Henle Urtext quality! The last edition to be finished contains the String Quartets op. 54/55, sometimes also known as the "First Tost Quartets". Contrary to what the opus numbers might suggest, it is a cohesive cycle of six works. Mozart's influence is felt more deeply, the forms are more diverse and the first Violin is every now and then required to do real acrobatics. In this volume in particular several treasures can be found that are not often played.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Book IV - Sun Quartets Op. 20

The preface by Christin Heitmann provides illuminating background information. Haydn did not assign the nickname “ Sun Quartets ”: it alludes to an edition of the time, in which the title page was decorated with a rising sun. The Quartets op. 20 are the last series in a group of earlier string quartets, but are clearly ahead of their time. The demanding fugues which close three of the six quartets are a particular structural feature. The study edition HN 9208 complements the parts of the String Quartets op. 20 .

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trios op. 3, 8 and 9 and String Duo WoO 32

As the opus numbers suggest, the five string trios are relatively early works. Beethoven had sent opus 3 to print in early 1796, and in the same year, he began his compositional work on the Serenade op. 8, which was then followed by the three Trios op. 9. This marked the definitive close of Beethoven’s work on this genre. Nevertheless, the five pieces are thoroughbred Beethoven and often played to this day. Also included in the volume is the piece designated in the autograph as “Duet for two obbligato eye-glasses” that Beethoven had apparently written for two myopic friends.

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartets op. 44, 1-3

“Spirited”, “dramatic”, “highly expressive”, and “masterly” are among the comments made upon Mendelssohn’s String Quartets op. 44 nos 1 3. He wrote them in 1837/1838, at a very happy time: he had just married, was becoming world famous, and had been appointed director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Concerts, one of the highest positions in the German musical world at that time. The quartets were written in the order 2 (in e minor), 3 (in E-flat major) and 1 (in D major). Mendelssohn himself considered the Quartet in D major as his best perhaps a reason why he placed it at the beginning of the collection.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Volume II Op.9 (Parts)

Six works belong to opus 9 – the first group of Haydn ’s String quartets of which we know. The composer also went new ways as far as form was concerned: whereas he had still adhered to the five movement divertimento in the previous quartets opus 1 and 2, in this case he favoured four movements, something he continued in the future. Apart from this, he also expanded the register and experimented with metric surprises (for instance in the trio of the minuet from the G major quartet).

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets op. 59, 74, 95

The five string quartets in this volume are generally designated as Beethoven’s “middle quartets,” even though stylistically they do not all build a closed unit. More than three years lie between the inception of the three quartets op. 59 (1806) and the quartet op. 74 (1809/10). In the quartets op. 59, Beethoven sprinkled several Russian folksong themes an homage to Prince Razumovsky, who had commissioned the works.This is why the pieces are often called the “Russian Quartets.” The next quartet, op. 74 in E flat major, was also given a nickname: thanks to extended pizzicato passages in the first movement, it is frequently called the “Harp Quartet”. The f minor Quartet op.95, in turn, bears in the autograph title “Quartett serioso.” All five quartets are mature masterworks which demand high interpretative and technical mastery.

Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Book VI

This volume opens with something unusual: opus 42 is a single work, short and surprisingly easy to play; Haydn described it as "something small and with only 3 pieces". The Quartets op. 50, including the so-called Frog Quartet, are dedicated to the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II, who was a talented cellist. Even though the "solo" at the beginning of opus 50,1 is meant as joke, there are some good passages for cellists.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Streichquintette

A must for all ambitious string ensembles: this classic of the Henle catalogue has received a great many improvements based on the latest findings of scholarship. After years of research, Beethoven‘s complete string quintets are now available in a thoroughly revised set of parts and an improved appearance on the page. Needless to say, the parts are accompanied by a study score (HN 9267).?

Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quintets - Critical Report

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Duets (Paperbound Edition)

Complete Edition. Paperbound, with critical report.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Volume III, op. 17

The autograph score of the Quartets op. 17 was in the possession of the imperial police chief Johann Nepomuk Neuwirth, whose widow gave it to the Wiener Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1875. It is said that Haydn “used to play the viola in quartet rehearsals” at the Neuwirth’s house. Whether the Quartets op. 17 were composed for these gatherings can no longer be ascertained. However, even today they still have a fixed place amongst the music of all chamber music friends – and in particular nos. 4, 5 and 6, which are very different to the divertimento style of the early quartets, are played again and again.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet In F KV 168

Epilogue Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Trios 2nd sequence (with critical report)

Franz Joseph Haydn: Streichtrios Heft I

Joseph Haydn composed twenty-one string trios for two violins and violoncello, of which three have been lost. These chamber music gems, which do not turn up very often on concert programs, are full of surprises and provide much playing enjoyment. Based on the Haydn Complete Edition, also published by G. Henle, Haydn’s eighteen surviving string trios are presented in two practical volumes. The first contains Trios Hob. V:1 8 and 10 13. The preface to this Urtext edition offers valuable information about the genesis of the trios. Moreover, it contains numerous hints on performance practice, concerning for example the execution of embellishments.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Volume VIII, op. 64 [Second Tost Quartets]

The quartets were dedicated to the violinist Johann Tost, who was the second principal violinist at the Esterházy court during the 1780s. His business sense led him to sell twelve quartets - opus 64 was probably amongst them - to a Parisian publisher. Whether Haydn approved of this is open to question - the dedication was, however, no longer present in the second imprint or the following ones. Our edition follows the Haydn Complete Edition and for the first time juxtaposes the quartet in E flat major and the two original trios.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Volume IX, op. 71 and 74 [Appony-Quartets]

Haydn dedicated the series of Quartets op. 71 and 74 to the Hungarian Count Apponyi, a Viennese patron of music and a freemason friend. Haydn composed them when he was enjoying a great deal of success with his "London Symphonies" in England. With their weighty slow introductions and dense movements focusing on sound, they also have symphonic characteristics. In particular the Quartet in g minor op. 74,3 is striking on account of its expressiveness and originality. Due to the rhythmic drive of the outer movements it was give the epithet "Rider Quartet". The study edition complements the parts of the " Apponyi Quartets " which are already available in Henle Urtext.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets op. 64 and op. 71/74, Volume 5

Critical Report.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets - Volume V Op.33 'Russian Quartets' (Henle Urtext Edition)

Edited by George Feder and Sonja Gerlach.

Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Piano (Harpsichord) and Orchestra G Hob. XVIII:4

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 concertizing pianist was foreign to his nature. Thus “only” three piano concertos by Haydn have come down to us. The Concerto for piano and string orchestra Hob. XVIII:4 is full of spirit and the joy of playing. We know neither the occasion for which it was written, nor the year of its composition, the extensive preface to our edition of the playing score, with one string part each, discusses this in detail. As in the sources of the time, the solo part here also includes the bass line (withfigures) for tutti sections. Axel Ruoff makes suggestions for the solo cadenzas required in movements 1 and 2, Haydn composed the cadenza for the concluding Rondo movement. This Urtext edition is based on the musical text of the Haydn Complete Edition, which is likewise published by G. Henle Publishers. The trade press applauds it: “In view of the scarcity of easier piano concertos, one can be thankful for this new edition, especially since it can be presented with a very small orchestra, perhaps even with a string quartet.”

Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Piano (Harpsichord) and Orchestra F major Hob. XVIII:3

This volume completes Henle's urtext series of Joseph Haydn 's three Piano concertos. Written in or around 1765, the delightful first Concerto is ideally suited for playing at home, for the relatively undemanding part for Piano (or Harpsichord) is accompanied merely by a String quartet. This edition draws on the musical text in our complete edition of Haydn 's works, guaranteeing an urtext of the finest quality.

Robert Schumann: Klavierquintett Op. 44

The composition cost him his sleep. In October 1842, when Schumann had finished his Piano quintet in a short period of time, he was physically and emotionally drained. The work in no way reflects this, quite the contrary. “Full of strength and freshness” said Clara Schumann of the new composition, as well as “extremely brilliant and effective”. Even Richard Wagner added his voice to the great wave of admiration. Thus Op. 44 soon became one of Schumann ’s most successful compositions, which today is still a jewel in chamber music literature. If the quartet reminds one of a Piano concerto with Orchestra in String quartet format at times, this is explained by the fact that it was intended for Clara’s repertoire. The work was also dedicated to this brilliant pianist.