Julius Klengel (1859-1933) was a German cellist composer and pedagogue. He was a cellist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus for over fifty years and was also a Professor at the Leipzig Conservatory. He wrote around 60 performance works including several concertos for the Cello. He is best remembered for his three volumes of Tägliche Übungen or Daily Studies but his two volumes of Technical Studies?(Technische Studien) arguably have an even greater pedagogical value. The first volume is presented here and covers a wide range of key signatures accidentals and clefs with fingering providedwhere appropriate.?

Brahms completed his Cello Sonata op. 99 during the productive summer of 1886. The first public performance took place in Vienna on 24 November of the same year. Robert Hausmann played the cello part and the composer himself was his partner at the piano. Even though the work was generally received positively, it took some years until it was fully appreciated and gained its irrevocable place in the cello repertoire.Of particular value to the editors were the two early performance editions of the Cello Sonata op. 99 by Hugo Becker and Carl Friedberg, as well as by Julius Klengel. Both cellists, Becker and Klengel, had a connection to Brahms who very much admired and trusted Becker's playing and who performed together with Klengel. This edition not only incorporates Becker's and Klengel's performance markings but also Hausmann's for whom the piece was written. As such, the Barenreiter edition comes with a cello part marked with fingering and bowing by the editors which are based on the practices of Brahms' contemporaries. We also provide an unmarked Urtext part.An important part of this edition is the extensive Preface. Firstly it informs about the work's origin, early performances, its publication as well as early reception. Truly remarkable is the unique Performance Practice Commentary. Here the editors take the premise that already a few decades after Brahms' death, a widening gulf developed between the composer's expectations and the performance practices of the early 20th century. In a very concrete and practical way, the editors summarize some of the key issues in understanding Brahms' notation with regard to rhythm and timing, dynamics and accentuation, dots and strokes, slurring and non legato, piano pedalling and overholding, piano arpeggiation and dislocation, string instrument fingering, string instrument harmonics and vibrato. In this way, the edition offers an exciting and often surprising insight into Romantic musical interpretation.- A pioneering Urtext edition- With an unmarked Urtext part- With a second part including fingering and bowing based on the practices of contemporaries of Brahms- With an extensive Performance Practice Commentary- For further information on Romantic performance practice we recommend the text booklet: 'Performance Practices in Johannes Brahms' Chamber Music?, BA 9600 / Violoncelle Et Piano

Max Reger composed his Three Suites for Violoncello solo in 1914/15 for three important cellists and teachers of the time: Julius Klengel, Hugo Becker and Paul Grümmer. Klengel was also friends with the composer. Reger humorously told him of his Opus 131c in summer 1915, calling them 'strapping triplets?. He asked the cellist to 'use these three things as often as possible in your lessons?, although they presuppose a great degree of skill on the students' part. For all those who wish to conquer these works in theory, we are now also offering our Urtext edition of the Suites (HN 478) as a study score. / Violoncelle

Originally Édouard Lalo was meant to follow an officer's career but his musical talent soon became apparent and so he decided to become a musician. Every cellist is familiar with his Cello Concerto in d minor whichis just as spirited as his 'Symphonie espagnole'.Many renowned virtuosi from Julius Klengel to Leonard Rose have published their own editions of the concerto. Henle's Urtext edition distances itself from all of theadditions made by other editors but it offers both an unmarked part and one with fingerings and bowings by the famous cellist Heinrich Schiff.