Edition in 3 volumes: HN 1536 (Volume I), HN 1538 (Volume II), HN 1540 (Volume III)
The revision of the three-volume edition of Haydn’s piano sonatas also appears in a version without fingerings. Whoever wishes to study the Classical sonata canon in “pure” Urtext, free from added fingering suggestions, will now also find these in the Henle catalogue. Volume I contains Haydn’s early sonatas, very much still born of the spirit of the early Classical period: catchy music, fun to play, often at a moderate level of difficulty, without which modern piano instruction would be nearly unthinkable. Time and again, the authenticity of individual sonatas from this group has been questioned – the preface by Armin Raab, the Scholarly Director of the Joseph Haydn Institute, now provides comprehensive information on new findings regarding this important topic area.
- Piano Sonata G major Hob. XVI:6
- Piano Sonata B flat major Hob. XVI:2
- Piano Sonata C major Hob. XVI:1
- Piano Sonata C major Hob. XVI:7
- Piano Sonata G major Hob. XVI:8
- Piano Sonata F major Hob. XVI:9
- Piano Sonata C major Hob. XVI:10
- Piano Sonata G major Hob. XVI:G1
- Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVII:D1
- Piano Sonata C major Hob. XVI:3
- Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:4
- Piano Sonata e minor Hob. XVI:47
- Piano Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:45
- Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:19
- Piano Sonata A flat major Hob. XVI:46
- Piano Sonata B flat major Hob. XVI:18
- Piano Sonata g minor Hob. XVI:44
- Piano Sonata D major Hob. XVI:5a
- Piano Sonata G major Hob. XVI:11
- Piano Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:16
- Piano Sonata A major Hob. XVI:5
- Piano Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:Es2
- Piano Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:Es3
G. Henle Publishers stands for Urtext sheet music of the highest quality. The Urtext editions not only provide the undistorted and authoritative musical text but are also aesthetically pleasing, optimised for practical use and extremely durable. And then there is the strong, distinctive blue profile: (almost) all of the Urtext editions are bound in the characteristic blue cardboard.
Musicians trust Henle's blue Urtext editions because they:
- provide an undistorted, reliable and authoritative musical text
- offer superb, aesthetically appealing music engraving
- are optimized for practical use (page turns, fingerings)
- are of high quality and durable (cover, paper, binding)
- contain a short preface that introduces the work (particularly useful for AMEB exams) in German, English and French, as well as explanatory footnotes for particularly interesting passages in the score
- contain a description of the sources, an evaluation of the sources, readings and a documentation of the corrections made (= "Critical Report") in German and English, and often also in French
