The Grande mess des morts (Requiem) was composed in 1837 as the result of a commission from the French Minister of the Interior Adrien de Gasparin. By means of annual commissions of this kind Gasparin intended to ?restore sacred music to the prestige which it had long ago lost in France?.Urtext of the New Berlioz EditionFull score (BA5449) vocal score (BA5449-90) and study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP332) available for salePerformance material (BA5449-72) available for hire

This study score of Franz Schubert’s complete string trios (Violin Viola and Violoncello) takes its text from the New Schubert Edition. It also includes Schubert’s very first essay in the genre which only resurfaced in 1997: the draft trio in B-flat major D 111A (1814). Besides this draft two other trios in B-flat major written a short while later have come down to us: D 471 and D 581. The first is likewise a fragment as it breaks off in m. 39 of the second movement. D 581 survives in two versions the first based on the autograph score the second on a set of parts prepared and thoroughly revised by Schubert. Both versionsprovide useful performance alternatives that differ widely in their form rhythm articulation and dynamics. - All of Schubert's string trios- All drafts and alternative versions for the first time in a study score- Urtext from the New Schubert Edition Contents:- Trio in B-flat major D 471 (movement 1)- Trio in B-flat major D 581 (versions 1 and 2)- Incomplete first movement to Trio in B-flat major D 111A- Incomplete second movement to Trio in B-flat major D 471

Dramma giocoso (Opera) in two acts-In early 1787 Mozart made his first visit to Prague where he attended a performance of Le nozze di Figaro on 17 January and conducted the performance five days later. Thoroughly impressed by the huge success of his opera and the personal triumphs he had enjoyed during his visit he and his wife left the city on 7 February but not before he had concluded a contract to write a new opera for the next season. This contract signed with Pasquale Bondini the director of Count Nostitz’s National Theater led to the composition of his first opera for Prague Don Giovanni (K. 527). Ever since its première on 29 October 1787 the opera has moved audiences over andover again and has occupied a special position in Mozart’s rich and variegated output for the stage.Urtext of the New Mozart EditionFull score (BA4550-01) vocal score (BA4550-90) study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP279) available for salePerformance material (BA4550-72) available for hire