Category Archives: Composers

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto – extraordinary works involve extraordinary solutions

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Dominik Rahmer

Probably no other work in recent years has brought us … Continue reading →

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On Mozart’s ‘second naïveté’ (Alfred Einstein)

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

I can’t recall when I first read Alfred Einstein’s Mozart … Continue reading →

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Schönberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” in a special kind of Urtext edition

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Annette Oppermann

Arnold Schönberg’s 150th birthday is duly being celebrated by Henle: … Continue reading →

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Elgar’s Serenade for Strings: spring sunshine garbed in Henle Urtext. Interview with Rupert Marshall-Luck

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Norbert Müllemann

The start of 2024 is a special moment for the … Continue reading →

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Waiting can be worthwhile – On Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Peter Jost

At the outset the piano reduction of Ravel’s Piano Concerto … Continue reading →

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Christmas Blog Post

Posted on December 23, 2023 by publisher

Unlike Johann Sebastian Bach, whose Christmas Oratorio and numerous Advent … Continue reading →

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‘Every year again’ as a new chance

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Annette Oppermann

Not annually like the Christ Child, but every few years … Continue reading →

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‘Free, but lonely’ – an extraordinary sonata and its new edition

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Dominik Rahmer

Our new Urtext edition HN 1572 introduced in today’s blog … Continue reading →

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A difficult case: Chopin’s b-minor sonata op. 58 in Urtext

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Norbert Müllemann

Frédéric Chopin’s final piano sonata op. 58 is full of … Continue reading →

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“Gabriellas sång” by Brahms?

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Whilst preparing for a lecture on the Johannes Brahms piano … Continue reading →

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