The Coronation Of Poppea . An opera in a prologue and three acts. Text by G.F. Busenello, music attributed to Claudio Monteverdi and Francesco Sacrati. Edited by Alan Curtis and English singing version by Arthur Jacobs. / Scores

Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci was his first opera to be performed. The text by the composer is based on one of the cases encountered by Leoncavallo's father a police magistrate in Naples. The actual case concerned a middle-aged actor who murdered his unfaithful wife. Leoncavallo sets his sordid subject matter to melodic material of high quality and great variety. The heart-rending aria 'Ridi Pagliaccio sul tuo amore infranto!' Laugh and be merry though your love betrayed you) has become the most famous number from the opera. This Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score is in Italian with an English version by Joseph Machlis.

The setting of Psalm no. 42 op. 42 ?Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser? (?As the hart pants after the waterbrooks?) for soloists mixed choir and full orchestra dates back to 1837.The well-known Mendelssohn specialist John Michael Cooper has evaluated the first printed edition of the score prepared by the composer himself as well as taking all other important sources into account.This Urtext edition is rounded off by a detailed critical commentary (Ger/Eng). The piano reduction is by Mendelssohn and is an authentic part of this edition.Psalm with a large orchestral scoring in a Urtext editionBilingual foreword(Ger/Eng)Original German as well as English textIncludes a piano reduction by the composer