Overture No. 2 for the Opera Fidelio
SKU: HL.51484331
ISBN 9790201843315. UPC: 888680733285. 10x12.5 inches.
Beethovens einzige Oper 'Fidelio' (1814) ist die zweite Umarbeitung seiner Oper 'Leonore'. Der Band enthalt die 3 Leonoren Ouverturen, die jeweils fur eigene Auffuhrungen der Oper Leonore vorgesehen waren, 1805 'Leonore II', 1806 'Leonore III' und zusatzlich fur eine nicht zustande gekommene Auffuhrung in Prag 'Leonore I'.
SKU: BR.PB-5142
ISBN 9790004208878. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Despite the numbering, the overture Leonore No. 2 was Beethoven's first effort to precede his only opera with an adequate introduction. It had been composed last minute and in between the rehearsals for the premiere of the opera Leonore oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love) on 20 November 1805 at the Theater an der Wien. This comprehensive, programmatic work was met with incomprehension at first performances just like the opera itself. Beethoven felt compelled to re-write Leonore completely and presented it under its new title Fidelio. In 1806 he revised the overture to such an extent that a symphonic sonata movement emerged; with another incorrect numbering, Leonore No. 3 has gone down in music history and above all it has achieved a regular place in concert repertory. And in order to complete the confusion: written in 1806/07, only Overture No. 1 is Beethoven's chronologically last effort to write an overture for Leonore, before he - many years later - put an end to this infinite subject with the so-called Fidelio overture for the third version of the opera. After all, thanks to the search after a dramaturgically convincing beginning of the opera, the music world has been enriched by four quite different orchestra scores.The music text of the present score is based on Volume 11 of the Supplements to the Complete Edition. The performance material of the Fidelio and Leonore No. 3 overtures is available in Breitkopf Urtext editions..
SKU: HL.51484332
ISBN 9790201843322. UPC: 888680733247. 10x12.5 inches.
SKU: BA.BA08833
ISBN 9790006566594. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Preface: Luhning, Helga.
Of the four overtures that Beethoven composed for his only opera, the “Leonore Overture” No. 3 is the most popular. The first reviewer found fault with it for its “incessant dissonances and overblown fluttering of the violins” (Wiener Theater-Zeitung, 1806), but it soon became famous as “one of the most imposing, difficult, yet richest and strangest of compositions” (Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, 1810). This version of the “Leonore Overture” quickly established itself independently of the stage in the concert hall and has found a lasting place in the symphonic repertoire.The editor has devoted herself to the complex genesis of the various “Leonore Overture” versions, in particular the question whether the trumpet call in measures 272–277 and 294–299 should be played by one or two instruments. The edition is based on the Complete Edition of the “Works of Ludwig van Beethoven” issued by the G. Henle publishing company.
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UPC: 680160500413.
SKU: BR.OB-5142-16
ISBN 9790004329528. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004329559. 10 x 12.5 inches.