Vocal soli, narrator, choir, orchestra SKU: BR.SON-415
Complete Works. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Armin Koch. Linen. Complete Works. Romantic period. Complete Works. 476 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #SON 415. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.SON-415). ISBN 9790004802601. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Mendelssohn's Athalia, i.e. the incidental music to Racine's tragedy Athalie, occupies a special place among the composer's incidental works for stage plays. The composer began by setting the original French text (Vol. V/9A) before expanding his concept step by step for the German version. He revised this version several times - and especially the closing chorus - for the first performance in 1845. The work was not published during the composer's lifetime, which means that, in consideration of Mendelssohn's notorious self-criticism, there is no definitive final version. Armin Koch has taken up the editorial challenge and, with his great knowledgeability, cleared up all questions concerning the authentic form of the work.
