Schubert’s 22 piano sonatas sketch a most illuminating picture of the prematurely departed composer and of his compositional path. From the first attempts of the gifted 16- to 19-year- old musician one can trace a continuous development leading to the five great sonatas which he wrote in the years 1823 and 1826, and finally to the three masterworks written shortly before his death, which place him on a level with Beethoven as a composer of sonatas. Volume II of the three-book Henle Urtext edition contains not only the G major Sonata D 894 op. 78, with its glorious piano writing full of delicate expressiveness, but also the three great sonata masterpieces in c minor, A major and B flat major, with which Schubert looks far into the future and which have long since taken their place in the classical canon of piano sonata literature.
For
Piano
Musical Editions
Piano score (Urtext edition)
Item no.
401114
Author / Composer
Franz Schubert
Editor
Paul Mies
Level
advanced
Languages
german, english, french
Scope
127 pages; 23 × 30.5 cm

As is the case with quite a few of his works, there are two versions of Schumann’s opus 14 – a three-movement “Concert sans Orchestre” from 1836 and a “Grande Sonate” in five movements from 1853. We do not know the reason for the revision; the publisher of the first version was, however, delighted; he considered the “idea of the concerto” to be very up-to-date. Perhaps Schumann later reacted to what the dedicatee Ignaz Moscheles had said that the piece had “less of the demands of a concerto and more the characteristics of a grand sonata”. In our revised edition, which now also contains the complete early version, the editor Ernst Herttrich provides detailed information on both versions in an extensive preface and commentary.
For
Piano
Item no.
401326
Author / Composer
Robert Schumann
Editor
Herttrich, Ernst
Publisher / Producer
Henle Verlag
Pages: 83

As is the case with quite a few of his works, there are two versions of Schumann’s opus 14 – a three-movement “Concert sans Orchestre” from 1836 and a “Grande Sonate” in five movements from 1853. We do not know the reason for the revision; the publisher of the first version was, however, delighted; he considered the “idea of the concerto” to be very up-to-date. Perhaps Schumann later reacted to what the dedicatee Ignaz Moscheles had said that the piece had “less of the demands of a concerto and more the characteristics of a grand sonata”. In our revised edition, which now also contains the complete early version, the editor Ernst Herttrich provides detailed information on both versions in an extensive preface and commentary.
For PianoItem no. 401326Author / Composer Robert SchumannEditor Herttrich, ErnstPublisher / Producer Henle Verlag
Pages: 123

Mozart assembled this sonata from two parts that had been composed at different times. The Rondo K. 494 is from 1786. It was only in January 1788 that Mozart composed the two pieces K. 533, and had Hoffmeister in Vienna publish the three movements as a sonata.
To this end he did, however, thoroughly rework the Rondo, incorporating a small fugue-like passage – perhaps to bring the finale closer to the other two movements. In its final version, the work shows how intensively Mozart had looked into the style of Bach and Handel at the time. We are now offering this sonata, included in the complete volume, as an attractive single edition with a new preface by the editor.
For
Piano
Musical Editions
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.
582834
Author / Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Editor
Ernst Herttrich
Level
difficult
Scope
25 pages; 23.5 × 31 cm
Release year
2011