The Oratorios in a Slipcase-Hardback Urtext study editions of all Haydn's orator...(+)
The Oratorios in a Slipcase-Hardback Urtext study editions of all Haydn's oratorios following the musical text in the Haydn Complete Edition collected together in a slipcase. Aside from the musical text each volume contains a preface in three languagesreflecting the latest in scholarly research and a critical report with key information concerning the sources and textual criticism. These study editions are a feast for the eyes and have been produced with long-term use in mind.All in all a total of almost 2 000 pages of Henle Urtext filled with oratorio artistry.
The Seasons-This high quality hardback study edition which follows the scholarl...(+)
The Seasons-This high quality hardback study edition which follows the scholarly musical text in the Henle Haydn Complete Edition (published in 2007) also contains the most important early versions and sketches in an appendix.
Il ritorno di Tobia-Written 25 years prior to Haydn's late great oratorios his ...(+)
Il ritorno di Tobia-Written 25 years prior to Haydn's late great oratorios his first oratorio telling the Biblical story of young Tobias who is able to cure his blind father with heavenly help is in the tradition of the Neapolitan oratorio andalready displays signs of Haydn's personal style; it is one of the most significant sacred works that he had written up to that time. This applies both to the virtuoso arias as well as to the expressive choruses. This work waslong-neglected but this Urtext Study Edition reflects its renewed popularity.
The Seven Last Words of Christ Hob. XX/1B-When Haydn stopped in Passau on his se...(+)
The Seven Last Words of Christ Hob. XX/1B-When Haydn stopped in Passau on his second journey to England he heard a vocal version of his own orchestral work The Seven Last Words. It had been made by the Kapellmeister at Passau cathedral Joseph Friebert and Haydnwas quite impressed except: 'I believe I could have done the voice parts better'. He acquired a copy and set about making his own vocal version taking over most of the text. Haydn particularly liked his own vocal work and itwas also enthusiastically received by his contemporaries. The study edition is based on the volume (HN 5822) published as part of the Complete Edition by the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne.
As the new house composer at the Theater an der Wien Beethoven had an opportuni...(+)
As the new house composer at the Theater an der Wien Beethoven had an opportunity to perform an oratorio during Passiontide in 1803. In a very short space of time he drew up his one and only work for this genre. It dealswith Christ's suffering and prayer in the garden of Gethsemane until he is taken prisoner.Following the première the publisher of the first edition who disliked the 'operatic' libretto by Franz Xaver Huber had anunauthorized revision of the texts undertaken. Although Beethoven resisted and demanded that it should be changed back to the original this new version spread throughout the world.This Urtext edition presents the workwith the original libretto that Beethoven set to music and following the text in the Beethoven Complete Edition.