after Quintet for Piano and Wind Instruments K. 452
for | Violin, viola, cello, piano |
Musical Editions | Score, Parts |
Item no. | 635392 |
Author / Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Editor | Christopher Hogwood |
Publisher / Producer | Edition HH |
Producer No. | HH 275 |
ISBN | 9781905779611 |
ISMN | 9790708092285 |
After first performing his quintet for piano and winds in 1784, Mozart described it to his father as “the best work I have ever composed”. But, mysteriously, it was not published for several years and then in the form of a quartet for piano and strings — and with a bogus ending
The present edition presents this excellent transcription in Urtext form, and at the same time explain the strange circumstances that surrounded the disappearance and rediscovery of the manuscript. For the curious, both the “bogus” ending and a more Mozartian version are given.