For half a century Henle s edition of the Beethoven sonatas the New Testament of the Piano repertoire has been universally recognized as the standard starting-point for any serious study of these works. Now withthe publication of the three Op. 31 Sonatas in revised separate editions we are raising the yardstick another notch: no less a musician than the pianist and conductor Murray Perahia has agreed for the first timeever to publish his fingerings and as co-editor to confide his profound insights into the sources to music lovers everywhere. The musical text has been prepared in strict accordance with the rules of modern Urtext editing andthe volume is rounded off with a lengthy and informative preface and detailed notes on sources and alternative readings.