

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartets, Volume III (Haydn Quartets)
Each of these four-movement works is a real jewel. Mozart worked hard on these six string quartets, and dedicated them to none other than the “inventor” of the genre himself: Joseph Haydn. They were first published in 1785, and have since then been reprinted innumerable times. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, the editor of this new Henle Urtext edition, already penned the Critical Report for these Haydn Quartets in the New Mozart Edition, 25 years ago. He is now presenting this core repertoire in an edition of its own. This Urtext edition clarifies numerous inaccuracies in other editions, especially with regard to dynamics and articulation, and even corrects a few wrong notes that had gone unnoticed up to now. Special attention has here been paid to making the music as easy-to-read as possible, with ideally placed page turns. The Armida Quartet provided artistic input for this edition.
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About the Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart is one of the few composers to have produced masterpieces in all genres. On the concert tours he undertook in his early years (London, Mannheim, Italy, Paris) he gained many varied musical impressions that he assimilated in his youth and which formed the prerequisite for his later consummate musical language.
About the Authors

Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (Editor)
Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, born in 1959 in Frankfurt/M., read musicology, modern German literature, and philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. On a scholarship from the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”, he did his doctorate in 1990 with a thesis on “Mozarts frühe Streichquartette” (Rudolf Bockholdt). That same year, Seiffert started work at G. Henle Publishers as an editor. Parallel to his work at the publisher, he completed a diploma in business studies at the St. Gallen University, KMU-HSG, financed by the Günter Henle Foundation. Seiffert was managing director of G. Henle Verlag from 2000 to 2023.
Seiffert has edited numerous Urtext editions for G. Henle Publishers, predominantly on Mozart’s works.
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It goes without saying that the printing is beautiful and the paper of the highest quality. The typography is also exemplary, both in the detailed introductions and critical commentaries (in three languages!) and the music itself. Outstanding work at unbelievably reasonable prices!
Early Music Review, 2019Für die Einspielung sämtlicher Streichquartette Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts hat sich das Armida Quartett mit dem Herausgeber der Neuausgabe von Mozarts Streichquartetten innerhalb der Neuen Urtext-Edition zusammengetan – mit dem Musikwissenschaftler und G. Henle-Verlagsleiter Wolf-Dieter Seiffert. Tempi, Dynamik, Phrasierung, Fragen zu Stricharten oder zur Artikulation – alles steht bis zum Ende der Gesamteinspielung im Jahr 2021 auf dem Prüfstand. Die Früchte der bisherigen Zusammenarbeit? ... Noch nie hat mich das Subtile der Tonsprache Mozarts derartig angesprungen; so farbig und überraschend nuanciert ist mir Mozarts Quartettsatz tatsächlich noch nie begegnet.
Klassik Heute, 2019So ergeben sich laut Seiffert doch im Detail ganz viele Verbesserungen für die quartettspielende Zunft. Wer wenn nicht er wäre für die Neuausgabe prädestiniert, der er schon 1989 ... kritische Berichte der NMA redigiert und verfasst hat! ... Diese Ausgabe ist praxisgerecht mit Ausklapp- und vacant-Seiten gedruckt ...
European String Teachers Association, 2019Henle continues its fins tradition of meticulous editing with this handsome Urtext set of parts and study score, complete with an extensive Preface and Comments by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert. Layout (with fold out pages avoiding awkward page-turns), clarity of the text, and complete absence of editorial markings such as bowings and fingerings, make this an ideal publication for string quartet players.
Stringendo, 2020Mozart-expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert levert voor Henle met regelmaat moderne, ruim opgezette kritische edities af, met speciale aandacht voor de speelbaarheid van de partijen en voor het corrigeren van foutjes en muzikale archaïsmen in voorgaande edities. ... Inderdaad heeft Henle de layout van de partijen zeer intelligent vormgegeven, waardoor het omslaan van de pagina nooit problemen met zich meebrengt.
de nieuwe muze, 2021Professionelle Quartette – und hoffentlich auch eifrige Liebhaber – kommen an dieser Gesamtedition in 4 Bänden nicht vorbei.
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