Category Archives: Works

Without words, but with a foreword – what’s new on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

Looking at the topics of the by now more than … Continue reading →

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A “new” Mozart work. On the c-minor “Fantasy” (K. 396/385f) in its original setting for violin and piano

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In the year 1821 three distinguished personalities met in Weimar: … Continue reading →

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Clarinet – Oboe – Horn. New chamber music by Carl Nielsen on the Henle agenda

Posted on May 26, 2014 by publisher

Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) is probably best known as a prominent … Continue reading →

Posted in Canto serioso (Nielsen), clarinet, Fantasy Piece op. 2 (Nielsen), G. Henle Publishers, horn, Monday Postings, Nielsen, Carl, oboe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Best until… How long does an accidental last?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Norbert Müllemann

Today’s musicians tend to react to the above question with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, flute solo, Flute Sonata BWV 1030 (J.S. Bach), Monday Postings, notation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The accent question in Schubert: An old theme with new variations

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Peter Jost

Anyone working with Schubert’s autographs inevitably runs up sooner or … Continue reading →

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‘Servant of two masters’ – when the editor is caught between two composers

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

The basic idea behind an Urtext edition is well known; … Continue reading →

Posted in arrangement, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Busoni, Ferruccio, Isoldens Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" (Wagner/Liszt), Liszt, Franz, Monday Postings, Partita BWV 1004 (J.S. Bach), piano solo, transcription, Urtext | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Listeners are also only human

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Observations on the necessity of body language in piano playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Alfred Brendel, Beethoven, Ludwig van, Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt), Lang Lang, Liszt, Franz, Marc-André Hamelin, Monday Postings, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 81a Les Adieux (Beethoven), Victor Borge | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The lord of the low tones – Tobias Glöckler in conversation about Dragonetti’s “Famous Solo”

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Annette Oppermann

The double bass entered the Henle publishers’ catalogue a few … Continue reading →

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A wrong ‘D’ goes out into the world – Rachmaninoff’s Prélude in c sharp minor under the magnifying glass

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

The last blog posting on 6 January has already let … Continue reading →

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Corelli, La Folia and Rachmaninoff’s Variations, Op. 42

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Norbert Gertsch

In May and June 1931 Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his famous … Continue reading →

Posted in Corelli Variations op. 42 (Rachmaninoff), Corelli, Arcangelo, Monday Postings, piano solo, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, Vladimir Ashkenazy | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments