no. 9 and no. 10 E major and G major op. 14 no. 1 and no. 2
for | Piano |
Musical Editions | Music score (Urtext edition) |
Item no. | 464267 |
Author / Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Editor | Murray Perahia, Norbert Gertsch |
Level | medium–advanced |
Scope | 41 pages; 23.5 × 31 cm |
Release year | 2007 |
Publisher / Producer | Henle Verlag |
Producer No. | HN 810 |
ISMN | 9790201808109 |
Beethoven only arranged one of his piano sonatas for a different instrumentation: an authentic arrangement of the Sonata op. 14 no. 1 for string quartet still exists (it is published in an appendix to our edition of the String Quartets op. 18, HN 139/9139). He undertook this arrangement to protect himself from those made by others.
For this reason he went about it in a meticulous manner- adding, for instance, extremely detailed information regarding dynamics and articulation. The acclaimed pianist Murray Perahia, the co-editor for this new edition of Beethoven’s Sonatas, also takes this source into account for the revision and in addition provides his own fingerings.