Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Konzert Nr. 17 G-Dur KV 453

Urtext for the first time after the autograph

The Concerto K. 453 already enjoyed great popularity during the composer's lifetime and was widely distributed through copies and a printed edition. The source situation is thus diverse - and yet unambiguous: the primary source is the rediscovered autograph, which was considered lost after 1945 and was also not available to the New Mozart Edition.

The editorial quality of the new edition is vouched for not only by Schiff's sophisticated fingerings and his stylistically confident cadenzas, but also by Mozart specialist Stephan Hörner, whom Henle-Verlag has entrusted with this Urtext edition.

Each work is edited by an expert according to uniformly established guidelines. First and foremost, Mozart's handwritten scores are used as the most important sources. In some cases, these were not yet accessible at the time of earlier editions. Today it is also known that, in addition to autographs, early copies of parts and prints also contain important information about the musical text.