Leopold Kozeluh
Souborné vydání sonát pro klavír sólo I + II
Complete Sonatas for Keyboard Solo I + II

Bärenreiter URTEXT

Edited by Christopher Hogwood
Volume I BA 9511 · € 28.95
Volume II BA 9512 · € 28.95

Cover scan of Kozeluh: Sonaten 1+2
Volumes I + II are in preparation

Kozeluh's Piano Sonatas in the Bärenreiter Urtext

As the foremost representative of Czech music in 18th-century Vienna, Leopold Kozeluh (1747–1818) was noted primarily as composer, pianist and keyboard teacher. His 50 keyboard sonatas span his entire career and mark not only the transition from the harpsichord and clavichord manner to the fully idiomatic forte-piano style, but also the development of the »classical sonata« in the range of three decades (1773–1806).
Until now, pianists have had little chance to acquaint themselves with the complete range of Kozeluh’s sonatas since few existed in modern editions. This new complete edition by Christopher Hogwood presents for the first time all of Kozeluh’s sonatas for keyboard solo. The project is divided into four volumes, which will appear in 2007 and 2008, ranging chronologically through the published sets. Volume 4 also contains those sonatas which are found only in manuscript sources.


Overview of the contents of each volume
    LEOPOLD KOZELUH – PIANO SONATAS VOLS. I-IV
  • Vol. I
    12 sonatas from the years 1780–1784
  • Vol. II
    12 sonatas from the years 1784–1786
  • Vol. III
    13 sonatas from the years 1788–1797
  • Vol. IV
    9 sonatas from the years 1807–1809
    4 sonatas from the 1770s, which exist only in manuscript


Also available:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works for Piano solo
BA 5749

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonatas
Bd. I: BA 5642