Quartets

Brahms' Third Piano Quartet stands out for the extremely involved and complex history of its genesis. A very first version of certain sections – st...

Editor: Del Mar, Jonathan Orchestral scoring : V1/V2/Va/Vc Product format: set of parts, Urtext edition Binding: Paperback Pages / Format: 68/59/61...

“In the evening we played Robert's E-flat major Quartet for the first time... and I was once again truly delighted at this beautiful and so youthfu...

When it came to the genre of the string quartet, Beethoven was a relative latecomer. He was already 28 years old when he obtained the contract for ...

Editor: Finscher, Ludwig Orchestral scoring : 2V/Va/Vc Product format: set of parts, Urtext edition, Anthology Binding: in a folder Pages / Format:...

It is hardly imaginable today, but the Viennese public of Mozart's time was unable to appreciate the beauties of Mozart's Piano Quartet K. 478. It ...

Editor: Federhofer, HellmutOrchestral scoring : piano/V/Va/VcProduct format: Performance score, set of parts, Urtext editionBinding: StapledPages /...

The origins of Brahm's G minor Quartet op. 25 go back to the 1850s, although the work was not finished until fall 1861. The composer held his new ...

Editor: Federhofer, HellmutOrchestral scoring : piano/V/Va/VcProduct format: Performance score, set of parts, Urtext editionBinding: StapledPages /...

The E-flat Major String Quartet, Op. 127, is a key work not only in Beethoven's Oeuvre but in the entire history of the genre. The first of the lat...

Editor: Herlin, Denis Orchestral scoring : piano/V/Va/Vc Product format: score, set of parts, Urtext edition Binding: Paperback Pages / Format: XVI...

The five string quartets in this volume are generally designated as Beethoven's “middle quartets,” even though stylistically they do not all build ...

As with the G minor Quartet op. 25, the origins of opus 26 reach back into the 1850s. However, it assumed its final shape only in summer and fall 1...

Beethoven's Op. 135, one of the last works he composed, is equally famous for its compositional clarity and for the inadequacy of previous editions...

We have now come full circle – this edition concludes the Henle Urtext series of the complete Beethoven string quartets. The ending of this highly ...

“Masterly and full of new ideas”: thus the Swedish ambassadorial secretary Silverstolpe when he first heard these pieces in 1797. Haydn's friend, t...

Editor: Pohanka, JaroslavOrchestral scoring : Fl/V/Va/VcProduct format: set of parts, Urtext edition, AnthologyBinding: in a folderPages / Format: ...

Attention, string quartet players: the long wait is over! Henle launches its series of late Beethoven quartets with op. 131 in c sharp minor and op...

The study edition complements the parts of the String Quartets op. 20 that have already been published in Henle Urtext (HN 208); a new preface by C...

One can only regret that Beethoven left only four piano quartets, as these four works rank among the most popular of this genre. Three of them, the...

The string quartet is generally considered as the chamber-music genre of the classical era: invented by Haydn, elaborated by Haydn and Mozart, and ...

“Spirited”, “dramatic”, “highly expressive”, and “masterly” are among the comments made upon Mendelssohn's String Quartets op. 44 no. 1-3. He wrot...

Editor: Pokorný, Antonín / Šolc, Karel Orchestral scoring : piano/V/Va/Vc Product format: Performance score, set of parts Binding: Stapled Pages / ...