Format : Sheet music
Full Score-Thomas Adès The Tempest one of the most striking and successful operas of recent years is available for the first timeas a beautifully produced limited-edition full score. Featuring the stunning image Octopus by artist Claire Burbridge this unique cased edition includes colour plates of exclusive images from Adès original handwritten score and sketches. Each copy is signed and numbered by the composer. From the turbulent orchestral prelude with which it begins to Ariel s stratospheric yet ethereal Five fathoms deep and the radiant quintet of reconciliation inits final act Thomas Adès conjures up a wholly compelling musical world in The Tempest.Responding to librettist Meredith Oakes clear unfussy refashioning of Shakespeare into formalised rhyme schemes Adès has created a new kind of tonal language that is both direct and communicative but also indelibly contemporary. Limited to 250 copies with signed and numbered limitation page. Cased square back and sewn. Endpapers feature original artwork The Firmament by Claire Burbridge. Case features original artwork Octopus by Claire Burbridge printed in neon Pantone 809 with scratch-proof matt lamination and high gloss uv. Black book-block edges ribbon and head
SKU: AP.12-0571541550
ISBN 9780571541553. English.
Thomas Adès's four Purcell arrangements, Four Songs, for medium voice and piano are ideal repertoire for recitals. The collection is comprised of two of Purcell's Tempest songs, Come Unto These Yellow Sands and Full Fathom Five, alongside the much-loved An Evening Hymn and By Beauteous Softness. The whole collection lasts around 12 minutes.