Gaetano Brunetti, qui est né en Italie, probablement en Fano, en 1744 et mort à Madrid en 1798, était parmi les compositeurs les plus progressistes de son temps. Il rejoint la Cour de Madrid dès le début et sous le roi Charles III rose pour le poste de professeur de violon et Bugles du Prince des Asturies, le futur roi Charles IV. Sous son règne, la vie musicale à la Cour d'Espagne a gagné en importance et Brunetti rose d'être le directeur de l'orchestre royal de chambre fondée en 1795. Le quintette à cordes présents s'engage au style concertante. Comme toutes les parties dans cette pièce peuvent changer leur fonction, les registres sont souvent changés ainsi qui mène à un paramètre de chaîne avec les plus subtiles nuances tonales. Ce quintet est un ajout précieux pour ensembles de l'intéressé. / 2 Violons, 2 Altos Et Violoncelle

Of all his early chamber works the 'Nocturne' is most clearly by the mature Vaughan Williams almost anticipating the influence of Ravel which followed his lessons from the French composer in 1908. In the veiled beauty of its highly chromatic harmonies we hear already the tone-poet of the slow movement of 'A London Symphony' while in the fleet-footed 'Scherzo' there is already a French influence in the way the folk-song is subtly woven into the texture only brief snatches of the tune being heard until the penultimate page when it receives fuller treatment. The work plays for about 10 minutes. The 1904 'Scherzo' is a vigorous march with fugal episodes which lasts some 6minutes and may effectively be performed by itself.

With the publication of the masterpieces K. 593 and 614 all of Mozart’s string quintets are now available in Henle Urtext. Our edition corrects several widespread misreadings of the musical text and also draws on the firstprintings as important sources. The first printing of the Finale from the Quintet in D major K. 593 diverges greatly from the autograph. The editors consider it probable that the print version was authorized which is the reasonwhy we have published both versions of the movement (to enable a better comparison it is given as an ossia version above the musical text). In the Preface and Comments the editors shed light on the source situation to these twoimmortal works written in the last two years of Mozart’s life.

A must for all ambitious String ensembles: this classic of the Henle catalogue has received a great many improvements based on the latest findings of scholarship. After years of research Beethoven‘s completeString Quintets are now available in a thoroughly revised set of parts and an improved appearance on the page. Needless to say the parts are accompanied by a study score (HN 9267).