The Oratorios in a Slipcase-Hardback Urtext study editions of all Haydn's oratorios following the musical text in the Haydn Complete Edition collected together in a slipcase. Aside from the musical text each volume contains a preface in three languagesreflecting the latest in scholarly research and a critical report with key information concerning the sources and textual criticism. These study editions are a feast for the eyes and have been produced with long-term use in mind.All in all a total of almost 2 000 pages of Henle Urtext filled with oratorio artistry.

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. Le Requiem allemand n?est pas une messe des morts au sens liturgique habituel du terme. Dans cette ?uvre en sept mouvements pour soli, ch?ur et grand orchestre, Brahms a mis en musique un assemblage très personnel et bien réfléchi de textes tirés de la Bible de Luther, qui traitent tous de thèmes se rapportant à l?éphémère, au deuil et à la consolation. En tant que l?une des plus émouvantes compositions spirituelles, le Requiem allemand a franchi toutes les frontières linguistiques et conquis un succès universel - qui va parfaitement dans le sens du compositeur: «en ce qui concerne le texte, je dois reconnaître que pour ma part je laisserais volontiers de côté le mot allemand pour le remplacer simplement par humain». La présente édition d?étude reprend le texte musical de la nouvelle édition intégrale Brahms (HN 6029), ce qui en garantit le plus haut niveau de précision scientifique. Sa préface informative décrit non seulement la genèse du Requiem allemand selon l?état le plus récent de la recherche, mais traite également, sous forme critique, des légendes, suppositions et préjugés qui se sont d?emblée tressés autour de l??uvre. / Date parution : 2023-03-11/ Répertoire / SATB et Orchestre

The Seven Last Words of Christ Hob. XX/1B-When Haydn stopped in Passau on his second journey to England he heard a vocal version of his own orchestral work The Seven Last Words. It had been made by the Kapellmeister at Passau cathedral Joseph Friebert and Haydnwas quite impressed except: 'I believe I could have done the voice parts better'. He acquired a copy and set about making his own vocal version taking over most of the text. Haydn particularly liked his own vocal work and itwas also enthusiastically received by his contemporaries. The study edition is based on the volume (HN 5822) published as part of the Complete Edition by the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne.

As the new house composer at the Theater an der Wien Beethoven had an opportunity to perform an oratorio during Passiontide in 1803. In a very short space of time he drew up his one and only work for this genre. It dealswith Christ's suffering and prayer in the garden of Gethsemane until he is taken prisoner.Following the première the publisher of the first edition who disliked the 'operatic' libretto by Franz Xaver Huber had anunauthorized revision of the texts undertaken. Although Beethoven resisted and demanded that it should be changed back to the original this new version spread throughout the world.This Urtext edition presents the workwith the original libretto that Beethoven set to music and following the text in the Beethoven Complete Edition.