Oratorio in three
acts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Hans Dieter
Clausen. This edition:
complete edition, urtext
edition. Linen. Halle
Handel Edition (HHA)
Series I, Voume 18, Nos.
1 2. Complete edition,
Score. Composed 1743. HWV
57. Duration 3 hours.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04099_00. Published by
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ISBN
9790006550111. 33 x 25.7
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English. Preface: Hans
Dieter Clausen. Text:
Newburgh
Hamilton.
Handel
composed Samson directly
after completing the
Messiah. After its
premiere in 1743 in the
Covent Garden Theatre in
London, the work rapidly
became one of the
composerâ??s most
successful oratorios
alongside Esther and
Judas Maccabaeus. This
probably had as much to
do with the popular Old
Testament story of the
libretto as with
Handelâ??s masterly
shaping of the arias and
choruses.
By
including some movements
in the appendix, this
edition makes it possible
for the first time to
perform the work in its
original 1741 version.
The edition is based
on the complete edition
volume of the Halle
Handel Edition (BA 4099),
offering the complete
music text of the
oratorio for the first
time.
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In 1828 Berlioz
wrote the Huit scènes
de Faust. The work was
soon withdrawn but almost
twenty years later each
of the eight scenes found
a place in the Lgende
dramatique La damnation
de Faust dedicated to
Franz Liszt. The first
part of the Damnation
exposes the figure of
Faust and has an
introductory nature. From
the second part onwards,
the course of action is
largely based on
Goethe’s
drama.
Contrasting
characters and dramatic
effect are of central
importance in
understanding
Berlioz’s musical
thought and his
compositional process.
Magic and fairy tale,
incantations and ghosts,
have been the
ever-recurring themes of
opera since the Baroque.
It is precisely this
fantasy in Berlioz's
Faust, the “Opra de
Concert en Quatre
actsâ€, which comes
very close to the spirit
of Goethe's
presentation.
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Oratorio in three
parts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Merlin Channon.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Series I,
Volume 23. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 62.
Duration 2 hours, 20
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Language: English. Text:
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Hamilton.
The
“Occasional
Oratorio†was
composed as a reaction to
a political event which
shook the whole of
England : the Jacobite
rebellion of 1745-46
against the Hanoverian
monarchy was crushed
under the leadership of
the Duke of Cumberland.
Handel, who was working
on the oratorio “
Judas Maccabaeusâ€
at the time, composed the
oratorio quickly and
reused some movements
from earlier works. With
the choice of a libretto
by Newburgh Hamilton he
demonstrated his support
for the monarchy. The
work was first performed
on 14 February 1746 at
the Covent Garden Theatre
in London .
For
the first time this
seldomly performed
oratorio which
nevertheless contains
wonderful music is
available in an Urtext
edition based on the
“ Halle Handel
Edition†. All
available sources have
been consulted. Further
movements which Handel
added for later
performances are included
in the appendix.
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Kantate für
Männerchor und
Orchester
(tschechisch/deutsch/engl
isch) mit Supplement:
Erste Fassung 1911,
(tschechisch).
Composed by Leos Janacek.
Edited by Jan Hanus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek B/3.
Complete edition, Score.
Composed 1920. Duration 7
minutes. Baerenreiter
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ISBN 9790006483266.
34.3 x 27 cm inches. Text
Language: Czech, German,
English. Translation:
Kurt Honolka / Bernard
Keeffe. Text: Martin
(Pseudonym fur Maximilian
Kunert)
Kurt.
Kantate fur
Mannerchor und Orchester
(tschechisch/deutsch/engl
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Erste Fassung 1911,
(tschechisch).
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Romantic opera in
three acts. Composed
by Franz Berwald. Edited
by Folke Lindberg. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Franz Berwald.
Complete Works, Volume
18a. Complete edition,
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ISBN 9790006460526. 33
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Language: Swedish.
Preface: Lindberg, Folke.
Text: Vial, J. B. C. /
Favières, E. G. F.
de.
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Litaniae Lauretanae
B.M.V. in der Bearbeitung
von Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Composed by
Leopold Mozart. Edited by
Ernst Hintermaier.
Arranged by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. New Mozart Edition
(Neue Mozart Ausgabe -
NMA) Series X, Workgroup
28, Vol. 3-5, No. 1a.
Complete edition, Score,
Critical commentary.
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9790006451975. 33.2 x
25.8 cm inches. Key:
E-flat major.
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separately published
Critical Commentary
offers extensive
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genesis, reception,
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A
latin Intermedium of the
Schooldrama Clementia
Croesi. Composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Edited by Alfred Orel.
This edition: complete
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Linen. New Mozart Edition
(Neue Mozart Ausgabe -
NMA) Serie II, Volume 5,
No. 1. Singspiele,
Klassik (Choral,
Classical). Complete
edition, Score. Composed
1767. K. 38. Duration 1
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9790006449521. 33 x 25.8
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Widl.
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Serenade in three
parts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Artie Heinrich.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) I, 9.2. 2nd
version. Complete
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Duration 1 hour, 20
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ISBN 9790006550135. 33
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Language: English,
Italian. Preface:
Heinrich, Artie. Text:
Gay, John / Hughes, John
/ Pope, Alexander /
Giuvo,
Nicola.
Handel set
the myth about the love
of the shepherd Acis for
the sea nymph Galatea
from Ovid’s
“Metamorphosesâ€
a total of three
times: in the cantata
“Aci, Galatea e
Polifemo†HWV 72
(1708), the masque
“Acis and
Galatea†HWV 49a
(1718) and finally the
pasticcio-like serenata
“Acis and
Galatea†HWV 49b
(1732) of which the
original version is now
made available in its
complete form for the
first time.
A
particular charm is
provided by the use of
two languages in the
serenata. The work was
originally conceived in
English, as was required
for the first
performance. However,
Handel’s Italian
singers were criticised
for their poor command of
English, – so in
the end, many numbers
were sung in Italian.
The extensive
appendix to the vocal
score includes the
additional arias and
newly composed movements
for the versions used in
the 1734 and 1736
performances.
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Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Uwe Wolf. This edition:
Edition of selected
works, Urtext edition.
Linen. New Bach Edition -
Revised (NBArev) 1. New
revised version. Edition
of selected works, Score.
BWV 232. Duration 2
hours, 15 minutes.
Baerenreiter Verlag
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9790006556304. 33 x 26 cm
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Text Language: Latin.
Preface: Uwe
Wolf.
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Azione teatrale.
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Edited by
Josef-Horst Lederer. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. New Mozart Edition
(Neue Mozart Ausgabe -
NMA) Series II, Volume 5,
No. 6. Singspiele,
Musiktheater (Choral,
Concert Music). Complete
edition, Score. KV 126.
Duration 2 hours.
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Oratorio in Three
Acts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Hans Dieter
Clausen. This edition:
complete edition, urtext
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edition, Score. HWV 67.
Duration 2 hours, 30
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ISBN 9790006550180. 33
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Preface: Hans Dieter
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ISBN
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Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Edited by
Barry Cooper. This
edition: urtext edition.
Paperback. Barenreiter
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Beethoven
described his grandly
conceived â??Missa
solemnisâ? as â??my
greatest workâ? and
sold manuscript copies to
some of the subscribers
even before it had
appeared in
print.
This Urtext
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account all the sources
including the old and the
new complete editions
whose relationship is
clearly explained in a
stemma. In several
passages the renowned
Beethoven specialist
Barry Cooper has arrived
at variant readings, such
as in the
â??Sanctusâ?, where
the choir enters instead
of the soloists, rather
than coming in at
â??Pleni sunt
coeliâ?. No less
worthy of mention is the
addition of the soloists
to the choir in most of
the â??Credoâ?. These
matters and many other
editorial decisions are
documented in the
detailed Critical
Commentary
(Eng).
The
appendix contains
Beethovenâ??s
arrangement of the
Gregorian chant
â??Tantum ergoâ? for
the first time. This was
composed at the same time
as the â??Missa
solemnisâ? and most
probably stands in a
close relation to
it.
This edition
is designed for everyone
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Seven
sacred compositions.
Composed by George
Frideric Handel. Edited
by Gerald Hendrie. This
edition: complete
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Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Series III,
Volume 9. Complete
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Singspiel in three
acts. Composed by
Georg Philipp Telemann.
Edited by Brit Reipsch.
This edition: Edition of
selected works, Urtext
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Musical Works. Volume 38.
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Solo voices, choir,
orchestra (Solo SATB
voices, Mixed choir,
4Fl(Flote I-III muta in
Piccolo-Flote), 2
Ob+EnglHn, 3clar(clar III
muta in Bass-clar),
3bsn(bassoonott III muta
in Kontra-bassoonott),
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SKU: BA.BA06863
September 1927
Version. Composed by
Leos Janacek. Edited by
Jirà Zahrádka. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek. Series B,
Volume 5-II. September
1927 Version. Complete
edition, Score. 179
pages. Duration 41
minutes, 13 seconds.
Baerenreiter Verlag
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ISBN
9790260105317. 34.2 x 27
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Church
Slavic.
“The
Glagolitic Massâ€,
one of the 20th century
masterpieces of sacred
music, has a very complex
genesis and constitutes
an intricate editorial
challenge.
This
new critical edition
presents two different
versions of the work in
two separate volumes
(B/5-I, BA 6862 und
B/5-II, BA 6863): the
“September
1927†version which
the composer completed
before the first
rehearsals and subsequent
premiere in Brno and the
version he partly
reworked for the first
Prague performance in
April 1928. This second
version was then revised
further and published
after Janacek’s
death by Universal
Edition Wien in 1930.
Known as the “final
authorised
version“, it has
been newly edited for
this publication which is
based on the
engraver’s copy of
the score prepared by
Janacek’s regular
copyist Václav
Sedlacek.
The new
Barenreiter edition also
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preface
(Cz/Eng/Ger/Fr/Ru) as
well as detailed critical
commentary. The
“September
1927†version can
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BA.BA09594
Composed
by Jan Dismas Zelenka.
Edited by Václav Luks.
This edition: urtext
edition. Paperback.
Barenreiter Urtext.
Score. ZWV 12.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA09594_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA09594).
ISBN
9790260107526. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Text language:
Czech, English, German.
Preface: Stockigt, Janice
B. / Luks,
Václav.
The
â??Missa Divi
Xaveriiâ? ZWV 12, an
expansive and unusually
richly scored work, marks
a highlight in the uvre
of Jan Dismas Zelenka
(1679-1745). It was
composed in 1729 while he
was working at the
Dresden court.
The
principal source of this
first edition is the
damaged autograph score
which had long been kept
under lock and key.
Passages missing because
of its damaged condition
have been supplemented
using secondary sources
or reconstructed by
Václav Luks, clearly
marked as such in the
musical text.
The
first performance to use
the present new edition
took place in the summer
of 2014, when it was
performed at the Utrecht
Early Music Festival. A
CD recording by Collegium
1704, conducted by
Václav Luks, has been
released by the label
Accent (ACC
24301).
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Oratorio in two
parts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Terence Best.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Series I,
Volume 3. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 47.
Duration 1 hour, 50
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA04096_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA04096).
ISBN 9790006550098. 33
x 26 cm inches. Text
Language: Italian.
Preface: Terence Best.
Text: Carlo Sigismondo
Capece.
The Italian
oratorio La Resurrezione
(The Resurrection) was
written during
Handel’s time in
Rome. It was performed on
Easter Sunday 1708 with
great splendour and
extravagance by a large
orchestra conducted by
Arcangelo Corelli in the
Palazzo Bonelli, the
Roman palazzo of
Handel’s patron
the Marchese Francesco
Maria Ruspoli. In its
dramatic structure and
characterisation of the
protagonists, the work
displays a striking
affinity with Italian
opera. Lucifer’s
raging sixty fourth notes
call to mind the demon
characters in Venetian
opera and
Maddalena’s arias
are so full of expressive
power and virtuosity that
Handel later incorporated
one of them into his
opera Agrippina. The
unusual musical richness
of this work and the
virtuosic and masterly
shaping of the arias make
it a welcome addition to
any concert programme.
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sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
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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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LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding