Don Giovanni Overture

SKU: FL.FX070620

SKU: BR.OB-5266-19

ISBN 9790004333358. 10 x 12.5 inches.

There are many clues hinting that Mozart himself wrote the wind-band version of his "Entführung” located in Donaueschingen. Our arrangement features a concert close to the Overture which is unquestionably superior to the posthumous endings added by other musicians. Bastiaan Blomhert transposed this coherent close to the orchestral version. After "Don Giovanni” there ist now a second authentic concert close for a Mozart overture.

SKU: BR.OB-5266-23

ISBN 9790004333365. 10 x 12.5 inches.

There are many clues hinting that Mozart himself wrote the wind-band version of his "Entführung” located in Donaueschingen. Our arrangement features a concert close to the Overture which is unquestionably superior to the posthumous endings added by other musicians. Bastiaan Blomhert transposed this coherent close to the orchestral version. After "Don Giovanni” there ist now a second authentic concert close for a Mozart overture.

SKU: BR.OB-5267-19

ISBN 9790004332139. 9 x 12 inches.

Bars 282-285 or not? To this day, it has been impossible to ascertain exactly how Mozart wanted to end his Overture for a concert performance. Bastiaan Blomhert's source-critical new edition, which makes use for the first time of authentic performance material revised by Mozart himself, gives the conductor the freedom to choose between the two plausible alternatives. Johann André’ s concert close, the standard ending for nearly two centuries, went down in history as a historically legitimated version.

SKU: HL.44010949

UPC: 884088611842. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

In 1786 Mozart composed his wonderful opera Le Nozze di Figaro (KV 492). The Italian libretto, based on the play Le mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais, was written by Lorenzo da Ponte—who also made the libretti of Mozart's opera's Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. In the opera Le Nozze di Figaro, Count Almaviva tries to seduce the fiancee of Figaro, his valet. Eventually, through four acts full of complicated intrigue, he is outwitted. In his music, Mozart—at times in a humorous way—reflects the numerous social and erotic intrigues with both empathy and insight. The brilliant overture is just as vivacious and witty as the opera itself. Mozart delightfullyanticipates the passion and playful love that is to come. The skillful transcription for concert band by Tohru Takahashi certainly does justice to this appealing music.

De muziek van Mozarts Cosi fan tutte werd door tijdgenoten meteen bejubeld. Deze luisterrijke opera is vandaag de dag nog steeds geliefd en wordt wereldwijd veel uitgevoerd. Het is heel goed mogelijk dat de vrij korte ouverture vanCosi fan tutte is bedoeld als sfeerbeschrijving van een koffiehuis waarin heftig gedebatteerd wordt. De herhaalde en stijgende melodieen zouden lachen en discussieren kunnen suggereren. Deze suggestie wordt nog versterktdoor de dynamische contrasten in het stuk.

Cosi fan tutte ist eine der spaten Opern Mozarts und sicherlich auch eine seiner besten. Cosi fan tutte bedeutet so viel wie so sind sie alle und bezieht sich auf die Unzuverlassigkeit des weiblichen Geschlechts in Liebesdingen. Dies war ein ziemlich heikles Thema zu Mozarts Zeiten und es ist daher kaum verwunderlich, dass die Oper als unmoralisch galt, dennoch von Beginn an sehr beliebt war. Wil van der Beek setzte die eher kurze, dynamisch kontrastive Ouverture fur Blasorchester um.

SKU: BR.OB-5267-26

ISBN 9790004332146. 9 x 12 inches.

Bars 282-285 or not? To this day, it has been impossible to ascertain exactly how Mozart wanted to end his Overture for a concert performance. Bastiaan Blomhert's source-critical new edition, which makes use for the first time of authentic performance material revised by Mozart himself, gives the conductor the freedom to choose between the two plausible alternatives. Johann André’ s concert close, the standard ending for nearly two centuries, went down in history as a historically legitimated version.