Solo voices, choir,
orchestra (Soprano Voice
Solo, Mezzo Voice Solo,
4Tenor Voice Solo,
BarSolo, 3Bass Voice
Solo, Mixed choir:
SSTTBB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2
clarinet, 4 bassoon, 4Hn,
4Trp, 2 Pist, 3trombone,
Op, 3timpani, percussion,
4harp, Str, Buhnenmusik:
2 guitar, 2 Trp,
percussion)
SKU:
BA.BA05441
Opéra comique.
Principal versions Paris
1, Paris 2 and Weimar.
Part volumes a-d.
Composed by Hector
Berlioz. Edited by Hugh
MacDonald. This edition:
complete edition, urtext
edition. Linen. New
Berlioz Edition (Neue
Berlioz-Ausgabe - NBE)
Volume 1a-d. Oper
(Opera). Complete
edition, Score. Hol 76.
Duration 2 hours, 45
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA05441_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA05441).
ISBN 9790006494996.
33.2 x 26 cm inches. Text
Language: French. Text:
Wailly, Léon
de.
Benvenuto
Cellini, premiered in
1838, is inspired by the
life of the legendary
Florentine goldsmith and
Renaissance figure. The
premiere was a disatster
yet even by Berliozâ??s
high standards it
contains music of
exceptional inventiveness
and beauty.
The
work is challenging not
least due to the three
versions which
exist:
I The
original version (Paris
1) as Berlioz composed
it
II The version
premiered in Paris (Paris
2) after rehearsal and
copied into an archival
full score
III The
Weimar version based on
the revival in 1852
following changes
suggested by
Liszt
Our edition
offers a solution to the
problem of publishing
operas which have been
heavily revised by their
composers, so that any of
its many versions may be
adopted on stage
today.
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- Valuable
notes on performance
practice
- Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
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