Verdi's last great work and his first and only comedy. Complete unabridged score from original Ricordi edition
SKU: AP.6-41387X
ISBN 9780486413877. English.
Based on the play by Schiller about tragic love and intrigue at the court of Philip II of Spain, Don Carlos is among the most complex and challenging of Verdi's works. The composer revised the opera twice in the 20 years following its 1867 debut at the Paris Opéra, incorporating into it the musical ideas that later culminated in such masterpieces as Otello and Falstaff. For that reason Don Carlos is much studied by students and performers, who will welcome this new edition of the final version.
SKU: CA.2750000
ISBN 9790007137335.
The single works forming the sacred music cycle Quattro pezzi sacri were composed as independent pieces between 1889 and 1897. The scoring ranges from solo voices a cappella to double choir with large orchestra. In 1898, the year of their first joint performance, Verdi had them published together as Quattro pezzi sacri. With the composition of the Quattro pezzi sacri in the last years of his life, Verdi thus returned to his church musician origins. Already at the age of 10, Verdi performed the duties of organist in his home congregation and later in Busseto, where he received his first music lessons. The masses at the collegiate church in Busseto formed some of his most important musical impressions. During the time Verdi composed Falstaff, his last opera, he was once again composing sacred music, this time in a conscious encounter with historical models such as Palestrina and Bach.
