Piatti, 12 Caprices Op. 25 for Cello (Henle)

Piatti’s Twelve Caprices, op. 25, are the daily bread of all advanced players of the cello: Sir Yehudi Menuhin mentioned them in the same breath with the Bach Suites. Now Henle is presenting the very first urtext edition of this opus, with information on sources and alternative readings and with fold-out pages to solve the previously knotty problem of page turns.

Piatti was an Italian cellist and composer. Described by Franz Liszt as the “Paganini of the cello,” he was among the most sought-after virtuosos on his instrument. Compositionally he devoted himself primarily to the cello, for which he wrote concerti, solo pieces, sonatas, and transcriptions of popular works.