To this day, Pierre Rode's  “Caprices” are a milestone in every violinist's education conservatory level. This Urtext edition offers detailed text regarding source material and historical

Published in early 1806, Kreutzer's "40 Études ou Caprices" for violin are the product of his years-long employment at the Conservatoire de Paris. Their systematic and complete reappraisal of

In contrast to the first cello sonata (HN 1357) composed four years earlier, this substantially more catchy and playful second sonata enjoyed great success with audiences and critics right from the start.

Like Elgar's Salut d'Amour, these two chansons are among his most popular melodies. The dreamy Chanson de nuit and its cheerful counterpart Chanson de

Johannes Brahms' late chamber works are surely among the most splendid music ever written for the clarinet. In the last years of his life, Brahms seems to have become weary of composing - but fortunately

With this one-movement Concertino, Oskar Rieding turns to already advanced students of the violin. Aside from playing in third position, it also requires a considerable degree of dexterity and mastery of

Edited by Dominik Rahmer. For viola & piano. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger., Fr. and Eng. Includes critical

The Viennese Jakob Dont is considered one of the most important violin pedagogues of the nineteenth century and wrote numerous study pieces that are indispensable classics of the pedagogical literature for

With his first horn concerto, the merely eighteen-year-old Richard Strauss succeeded in producing a captivating masterstroke. To this day, the concerto is beloved throughout the world (not only) by horn

After the great success of his Elegie, Faure's publisher Hamelle urged him to write another, similarly effective piece for cello and piano. Papillon was probably already composed in 1884,

The Romance for a melodic instrument and piano was a very popular genre in French salon music of the nineteenth century. Saint-Saens also wrote several such pieces for violin, cello, and horn. His only

Though more demanding than some of Pleyel's instrumental works, these six two-movement compositions bring together great melodic richness and eclectic forms in their colorful mixture of sonata movements,

Edited by Peter Jost. Fingering of the piano part by Klaus Schilde. With supplementary violin part marked by Yehudi Menuhin, supplemented by Daniel Hope. For violin & piano. Revised, Urtext

Edited by Ulrich Kraemer. For strings. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger., Fr. and Eng. Includes critical commentary. Set of parts. Study score available.  

Edited by Peter Jost. For string quartet. Urtext Edition, based on the first edition, published by Simrock in 1896. Preface in Ger., Fr. and Eng. Includes critical notes. Set of parts. 

A collection of ten string quartets written by Mozart following tours of Italy in the early 1770s with his father, Leopold, for the purpose of performing operas commissioned by Teatro Regio Ducale. These

Completed in 1888, this sonata was the culmination of several years of work and Brahms' final contribution to the genre. It is his only one in a minor key and stands in stark contrast to its two