SKU: PR.UE035864

ISBN 9783702474256. UPC: 803452071365.

Universal Edition presents very special full scores of Leoš Janáček works. These new Critical Edition scores are based upon the work of Janáček expert Jiří Zahrádka. Jenufa was Janáček's third opera (1904), and his breakthrough work in that genre. Katya Kabanova, The Cunning Little Vixen, and The Makropulos Affair are three of his last four operas, composed between 1921 and 1926. Janáček joins Dvořák and Smetana among the best of the Czech composers. Each score measures a full 10 x 13 1/2, hardbound.

SKU: HL.14014797

ISBN 9781844496389. 9.5x13.75x9.74 inches.

The fifteenth full Opera from the prolific Hans Werner Henze, and the first to feature a self-penned libretto. After the poems he wrote for his Songs from the Arabian, Henze has produced this unusal tale through adapting both Arab and Persian legends and invoking the same half-real, half-imaginary Arabia as the song cycle. The story itself is a fairy tale comedy with much in common with The Magic Flute. The orchestral arrangement is huge, featuring quadruple wind, five percussionists and a part for tape.

SKU: HL.14004129

ISBN 9780711992139.

This Swedish Folk Tale, reminiscent of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, explores new and intriguing instrumental and vocal textures, yet is always poetic, lyrical and accessible, with a fairy tale quality that assures it a universal appeal.