About this edition
Completed in January 1791, just eleven months before his death, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K.595 stands as the composer's final work in a genre he essentially invented in its modern form. The concerto's serene, almost transparent character — particularly the wistful Larghetto and the famous finale, whose theme Mozart reused in his Lied "Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling" (K.596) — has long invited interpretation as a valedictory utterance, marked by an extraordinary economy of means and a chamber-like intimacy unusual among his concertos.
This score reproduces the text from the landmark Mozarts Werke (Serie XVI, Band 4, No. 27), the first complete critical edition of Mozart's works, issued by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig in 1879 under plate number W.A.M. 595. Prepared by a distinguished editorial board including Johannes Brahms, Joseph Joachim, and Philipp Spitta, the Breitkopf Gesamtausgabe established the foundational scholarly text for Mozart's music and remains an essential reference edition, valued for its careful engraving and its proximity to manuscript sources that were still readily accessible to nineteenth-century editors.
About this edition:
- Full orchestral score (conductor's score)
- Page size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Reproduced from the 1879 Breitkopf & Härtel Mozarts Werke edition (plate W.A.M. 595)
- Pages 1–50 of the original volume (originally paginated 309–358)
- Scoring: solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings
- Reproduced from a public domain historical source
- Published by Purple 4R Publishing
This volume makes a historically significant edition of one of Mozart's most beloved concertos available in a clean, practical format for study, performance, and reference. Because the original score has long been in the public domain, we are pleased to offer it to a new generation of conductors, pianists, scholars, and music lovers.
