• New Urtext edition in which the discrepancies in previous editions have been corrected
• New sources taken into account
• With a Foreword (Eng/Ger) by Misha Donat on the genesis of the work

With his septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass, Beethoven created a key chamber music work for larger ensembles. He composed the six-movement septet at the same time as his Symphony no. 1 and premiered the two works together in April 1800 at his first benefit concert ...