Category Archives: Performers

Just a bit of Passacaglia?

Posted on March 9, 2026 by Andreas Pernpeintner

Last fall, I attended a concert in the Dachau Palace. … Continue reading →

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Mozart’s last piano concerto – re-encountering a classic

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Norbert Müllemann

You know that feeling? For years, you’ve been familiar with … Continue reading →

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Arcis meets Alexander – Glazunov’s saxophone quartet finally in a reliable Urtext edition

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Dominik Rahmer

Some time ago, a young Munich ensemble surprised us with … Continue reading →

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At the pinnacle of virtuosity

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Andreas Pernpeintner

“Alkan? Lots of notes!” – That’s what you hear when … Continue reading →

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Rostropovich and Atovmyan – the two midwives of Prokofiev’s Cello Sonata op. 119

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Annette Oppermann

Mstislav Rostropovich is considered one of the greatest cellists of … Continue reading →

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A minor sensation: Chopin’s recently discovered a-minor waltz. Interview with Jeffrey Kallberg

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Norbert Müllemann

In spring 2024, a new work by Frédéric Chopin was … Continue reading →

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“It ended up being quite substantial” – on Sergei Prokofiev’s 2nd violin sonata op. 94a

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Dominik Rahmer

Last year the Henle catalogue very much welcomed the addition … Continue reading →

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If that’s not reason enough to celebrate: 300 years of WTC I!

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

2022 seems to be particularly rich in musical anniversaries: Even … Continue reading →

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Newly discovered 20th-century classics: Bartók’s six String Quartets in the Complete Edition

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

The Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition that since 2017 the … Continue reading →

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Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and the challenges of an Urtext edition

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Norbert Gertsch

In the already more than 70 years since the founding … Continue reading →

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