Edited with additional material from the Salzburg version“In Italy nowadays this term (motet) is applied to a Latin sacred solo cantata consisting of two arias and two recitatives concluding with an Hallelujah and sung during the Mass following the Credo generally by one of the best singers.” One composition matching this description is the solo motet Exsultate jubilate K. 165/158a which Mozart wrote in Milan early in 1773 following the highly successful performance of his opera Lucio Silla.In 1978 when the music manuscripts in Bavaria were being sorted and cataloged in a project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft a set ofmanuscript parts for a previously unknown second version was discovered in the town parish church of St. Jakob in Wasserburg am Inn. The music and text of the concluding Alleluja movement were written out by the Salzburg court bassoonist and copyist Joseph Richard Estlinger (c. 1720–1791) who frequently worked for Mozart and his father.The vocal text of this Salzburg manuscript departs from that of the Milan version in the first aria and in the recitative. It was entered in a different hand. The Salzburg version of the text is clearly related to the feast of the Holy Trinity. There is much evidence that this version was sung for the first time in the Dreifaltigkeitskirche on 30 May 1779 (i. e. Trinity Sunday) by the Salzburg male soprano Francesco Ceccarelli during a service mentioned by Nannerl Mozart. On that day Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart together with Ceccarelli were invited to the church’s vicarage at midday. The additional text underlaying of the first aria enabled the solo motet to be employed for the Christmas service as well.- Urtext of the New Mozart Edition- Full score performance material (BA4897) and vocal score (BA4897-90) available for sale

French composer Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) is best known for his serialist experimental and electronic compositions. However his work for Soprano Mixed Choir and Piano Reduction  Le Soleil Des Eaux also remains regularly performed. Having studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Olivier Messiaen Boulez soon began his own creative experiments. Amongst his earlier works was his cantata  Le Soleil Des Eaux composed in the late 1940s. The work has since been revised many times. Based on poems by René Char  Le Soleil Des Eaux is atonal exploitingmany techniques. For advanced choirs and Soprano soloists Boulez's Le Soleil Des Eaux provides a challenging yet riveting performance work.

Concert Arias-Concert Arias For Soprano is a collection of 15 arias expertly composed by Mozart. Concert Arias For Soprano is free from practical references on performance aspects or suggestions on performance practice. Instead the piece contains a comprehensive supplement with detailed explanations on the execution of appoggiaturas and other performance practice phenomena which are relevant to every aria. In addition there is a choice of suggestions for the performance of cadenzas and lead-ins as well as a suggestion for the ornamentation of dal segno parts which are often found in the early Mozartarias.

Benjamin Britten is widely held to be one of the greatest opera composers of the 20th century. His works are regularl performed in opera houses throughout the world and many of the arias have become essential repertoire for students and professional singers.This second book includes arias from the famous operas The Little Sweep The Turn of the Screw and A Midsummer Night?s Dream. The German singing translations are also included.