G. Henle Verlag Gypsy Airs, Op. 20 (Zigeunerweisen Opus 20) - Sarasate/Heinemann - Violin/Piano

Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
Editor: Ernst-Gunter Heinemann
Violin Bowing/Fingering: Ingolf Turban
Format: Softcover (Urtext Edition, with marked and unmarked string parts)
Instrumentation: Violin and piano accompaniment

Following Paganini's death, numerous musicians strove to assume his position as the "devils violinist", but none of them were able to do so as convincingly as the Spaniard Pablo de Sarasate. His unique violin technique enthralled the public right from the start. So it was no surprise that Sarasate composed highly virtuosic pieces for his own use. Composed in 1877, the Gypsy Airs are in the form of a broadly conceived Hungarian Csardas, exhibiting all of the refinement of breakneck violin playing. They still present a challenge to all great violinists.

Henle were able to win over a modernday sorcerer of the violin for their Urtext edition: Ingolf Turban, who provided fingerings and bowings.