Franz Liszt: Années De Pèlerinage, Première Année - Suisse

Henle Urtext edition based on the original manuscript and first edition. Edited by Ernst Hettrich with fingerings by Hans-Martin Theopold.ContentsChapelle de Guillaume Tell Au lac de Wallenstadt Pastorale Au bord d''une source Orage Vallée d''Obermann Eglogue Le mal du pays Les cloches de Genève Appendix: Vallée d''Obermann (early version based on the Haslinger edition of 1842)

Franz Liszt: Années De Pèlerinage Deuxième Année - Italie

Between 1837–39 Liszt was travelling through Italy with Marie d’Agoult. As was the case with the first volume of the Années de Pèlerinage, Schweiz (1835/36) he once again recorded his travel impressions in musical form. He devoted himself to subjects from literature (Petrarca, Dante) and the visual arts (Raffael, Michelangelo). Many years later Liszt reworked the pieces, publishing them in 1858 as Années de Pèlerinage, Zweites Jahr, Italien. The central work in this volume is the large-scale so-called Dante Sonata (Après une Lecture de Dante, see also single edition HN 981). The Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (also available as a single edition HN 982) is just as popular. In 1861 Liszt published an appendix to Volume II, Venezia e Napoli, which is also available as a separate edition HN 985.

Albert Roussel: Joueurs De Flûte Op.27

The stimulus for this work, composed in 1924, was given by the French flautist Louis Fleury, who also gave the first performance of the work. As suggested by the title, the four single movements are dedicated to particular flautists, yet not real people but imaginary ones in mythology, religion and literature. ?Pan?, ?Tityre?, ?Krishna? and ?Monsieur de la Péjaudie? (a character in a novel by Henri de Régnier) are the individual titles in the composition, which is a loose type of Sonatine. The specific cast of the pieces is given by the sophisticated rhythm and striking harmony. It is fitting that this charming work has recently been enjoying increasing popularity.

Franz Liszt: Bénédiction De Dieu Dans La Solitude

Liszt?s piano cycle ?Harmonies poétiques et religieuses? (HN639) was inspired by religious-philosophical poems of the French Romantic Alphonse de Lamartine. Whereas the cycle as a whole remained comparatively unknown, single works have become an established part of the demanding standard repertoire for pianists. Aside from ?Funérailles? (HN748), the same is true of the longest work in the volume ?Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude?. This work, which is particularly expressive musically, is now appearing for the first time in Henle's catalogue as a single volume; it is prefaced by Lamartine?s text in three languages. The fingering is by the composer.

Franz Liszt: Trois Etudes De Concert (Urtext Edition)

A set of three piano studies composed by Franz Liszt in 1848. Similar to Chopin?s Etudes, they address some basic problems of piano technique within a poetic context.Available here is a highly authoritative Urtext edition of Liszt?s Trois Etudes de Concert, as edited by Rena Charnin Mueller and Wiltrud Haug-Freienstein, with original fingering by the composer.

De Falla: Nights In The Gardens Of Spain Piano

The seven years that the Spanish composer Falla spent in Paris (from 1907 to 1914) marked a turning point in his compositions. His encounter with contemporary, French Impressionist music made a big impact on him. From then on it was to leave its mark on his oeuvre, which was otherwise inspired by Spanish folk music. It was thanks to the advice of the pianist Ricardo Viñes and the composer Isaac Albéniz that Falla decided to expand his “Nocturnes” for solo piano of 1909 into a three-part symphonic suite for piano and orchestra. He finally completed it in 1915, and named it “Noches en los jardines de España” (“Nights in the gardens of Spain”). Yuja Wang kindly provided fingerings for the solo piano part of de Falla’s enchanting musical evocation of his Andalusian homeland.

Franz Liszt: Après Une Lecture De Dante - Fantasia Quasi Sonata

Often referred to by pianists as the "Dante Sonata", it is the closing piece in the second volume of the "Années de Pèlerinage" (HN174) and is now finally available as a single edition. In 1839, while under the spell of Dante's "Divine Comedy", Liszt had begun work on a "fragment dantesque". He later incorporated the work in revised form into the volume "Italy" of his "Années de Pèlerinage". The single-movement sonata is based on the Canto "Inferno" in Dante?s poem. It describes the wild ride of the soul into hell in an effective manner, finally closing with several forgiving chords in a kind of transfiguration - one of the best examples of Liszt?s technical ingenuity and sound artistry.

Franz Liszt: Années De Pèlerinage - Troisième Année

In 1883 the third volume of Années de Pèlerinage was published. Whereas the pieces in Volumes I and II were recollections of early travels in Switzerland and Italy, the new works, composed between 1867 and 1877, were more of a religious pilgrimage. Some parts already reflect Liszt ’s austere later compositional style. With the visionary Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este , on the other hand, he almost enters the world of Impressionist sounds (it inspired Ravel to write his Jeux d’eau). The Bible quotation about the “water of life”, contained in a footnote, leaves no doubt as to the spiritual dimension of the piece (also available in a separate edition HN 983).

Maurice Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit - Henle Urtext

A collection of prose poems by the French Romantic Aloysius Bertrand inspired Ravel to write his piano cycle "Gaspard de la nuit". Unlike earlier works he does not merely create an atmospheric depiction of the literary model - in a fascinating manner he recounts the eerie-grotesque scenes using musical means. His "three romantic poems of transcendental virtuosity" were supposed to surpass the technical refinement of Balakirev?s "Islamey" (HN793), which was considered unplayable at the time. This edition not only offers impeccable Urtext in a clear, larger format: the corresponding poem by Bertrand prefaces each part in three languages.

Pablo De Sarasate: Gypsy Airs Op. 20 For Violin And Piano

Composed in 1877, the Gypsy Airs are in the form of a broadly conceived Hungarian Csárdás, exhibiting all of the refinement of breakneck Violin playing. They still present a challenge to all great violinists.Spanish composer Pablo De Sarasate's unique Violin technique enthralled the public right from the start. So it was no surprise that Sarasate composed highly virtuosic pieces for his own use.

Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin Piano Urtext

Debussy intentionally did not place titles at the top of his Préludes for piano (HN 383), published in 1910, but merely wrote them at the end and in parentheses – almost as a belated comment on the piece just played. Nevertheless, no. 8 in the collection, “La Fille aux cheveux de lin” (The girl with the flaxen hair), has become famous in its own right. This image perfectly fits the dreamy graceful music. And ever since, the prelude has been the object of numerous arrangements for other scorings. Our single edition of this much-loved piece contains the Urtext musical text for piano and also includes a detailed preface.

Pablo Sarasate: De Spanish Dances (Jost Peter) Violin/Piano

Just like many other violin virtuosos of the 19th century, Pablo de Sarasate also composed a series of pieces for violin and piano (or orchestra) for his own concert use. Highly virtuosic salon pieces with echoes of national folk music traditions from all over Europe are at the centre. Sarasate published his eight Spanish dances in four books between 1878 and 1882. They alternate between fiery passion and a yearning expressiveness, and are undoubtedly among his most successful compositions. In masterly fashion, Sarasate here mixes up Spanish folk tunes with arrangements of popular compositions of the time. As in the case of the Henle Urtext edition of Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen (HN 573), a violin wizard of our own time is responsible for the fingerings and bowings: Ingolf Turban.

Claude Debussy: Clair De Lune (Urtext)

This piece, probably the young Debussy ’s best known Piano piece, was the slow third movement of his Suite Bergamasque (HN 381) in four movements. Although it is conventional as far as the harmony is concerned, the tonal and melodic details already anticipate Debussy ’s later Piano style. The suite was only published in 1905, although Debussy had made it clear by adding the date of composition “1890” to the proofs that it was an earlier work. The fact that he agreed to its publication shows that he still identified with this piece from a period whose style he had long since left behind him.

Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli - Annees de Pelerinage, Deuxieme Annee

Franz Joseph Haydn: Hymnus de Venerabili I-IV Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d

Alexandre Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique Op. 88 And Morceau De Lecture (Trombone/Piano)

Alexandre Guilmant was one of the greatest representatives of the French Romantic organ school, and composed almost exclusively for his instrument. A rare exception is this “Morceau symphonique”, written in 1902 for the Paris Conservatoire’s annual trombone class competition. The charming piece soon found its way into the repertoire – as did Saint-Saëns’s “Cavatine” (HN 1119) – and is today among the essential standard works of trombone literature. The “Morceau symphonique” is here offered in its first-ever Urtext edition, based on the autograph and the first edition. We also offer here a particularly special treat – the sight-reading piece that Guilmant wrote for the same competition, which had until now slumbered in the archives and is here published for the very first time.

Franz Joseph Haydn: Hymnus de Venerabili I-IV Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d

Franz Joseph Haydn: Hymnus de Venerabili I-IV Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d

Franz Joseph Haydn: Hymnus de Venerabili I-IV Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d

Franz Joseph Haydn: Hymnus de Venerabili I-IV Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d

Franz Joseph Haydn: Hymnus de Venerabili I-IV Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d

Franz Joseph Haydn: Hymnus de Venerabili I-IV Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d

Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie Op. 79 And Morceau De Lecture For Flute And Piano

Fauré ’s exquisite Fantaisie is one of the jewels in chamber music for which we are indebted to his time at the Paris Conservatoire. The Flute professor there, Paul Taffanel, had asked his colleague for a virtuoso examination piece. Fauré presented him with the manuscript in 1898 with the explicit indication “to modify unplayable passages” before using it in the exam. As the autograph score no longer exists, we do not know what and how much Taffanel might have changed; however, the result is a brilliant recital piece. In this Henle edition they have added a little Adagio without opus number that Fauré also composed in 1898 for the exams at the Conservatoire as a sight-reading piece.

Claude Debussy: Syrinx (Henle Urtext Edition)

A highly authoritative Urtext edition of Claude Debussy's Syrinx for 'flute de pan', or flute solo, as edited by Ernst-Gunter Heinemann.