Description

Composer: Frederic Chopin
Editor: Norbert Mullemann
Fingering: Hermann Keller
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Piano
Frederic Chopin’s stay with George Sand on Mallorca in the winter 1838/1839 was ill-fated. Yet Chopin still managed to finish his « Preludes » there which he had begun to compose in Paris. Today’s interpreter not only has to deal with numerous variant readings but also with corrupt performance traditions. The « Preludes » are the first edition to be completed in Henle’s comprehensive Chopin revisions; the editor has taken the latest scholarly findings into account and in the musical text brings to light « established » variants as well as others which are to be found in the sources. And there is another first here, too: the printed volume contains a shorter critical report – the extensive version with all the details can be downloaded.
Contents:

• Prelude C major op. 28,1
• Prelude a minor op. 28,2
• Prelude G major op. 28,3
• Prelude e minor op. 28,4
• Prelude D major op. 28,5
• Prelude b minor op. 28,6
• Prelude A major op. 28,7
• Prelude f sharp minor op. 28,8
• Prelude E major op. 28,9
• Prelude c sharp minor op. 28,10
• Prelude B major op. 28,11
• Prelude g sharp minor op. 28,12
• Prelude F sharp major op. 28,13
• Prelude e flat minor op. 28,14
• Prelude (Raindrop) D flat major op. 28,15
• Prelude b flat minor op. 28,16
• Prelude A flat major op. 28,17
• Prelude f minor op. 28,18
• Prelude E flat major op. 28,19
• Prelude c minor op. 28,20
• Prelude B flat major op. 28,21
• Prelude g minor op. 28,22
• Prelude F major op. 28,23
• Prelude d minor op. 28,24
• Prelude c sharp minor op. 45
• Prelude A flat major KK IVb,7
• Appendix:
  • Prelude no. 3 early version
  • Prelude no. 17 early version