Urtext Edition

The verismo opera Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo is the first work in Bärenreiter's new series 'Masterpieces of Italian Opera' (MIO). Pagliacci, which was Leoncavallo's most successful work, has rem...

The premiere of Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" in May 1890 is a milestone in the history of opera. It was a huge success, considered the beginning of verismo in opera and was praised for rev...

Zweifellos ist 'Samson et Dalila' heute die bekannteste der dreizehn Opern von Camille Saint-Saëns, die wie wenige Stücke des französischen 19. Jahrhunderts im Repertoire der internationalen Bühnen pr...

Charles Gounod's 'Faust' secured its international recognition in the version as an entirely sung opera, which from thenceforth has largely obscured the fact that the work was originally composed with...

Agostino Steffani's “Henrico Leone” is a work that stands out in the history of opera at the end of the 17th century due to the confluence of very different factors. The world premiere marked the inau...

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...

Originally conceived as a prologue for the ballet "Les Beaux Jours de l'Amour", the one-act opera "La Naissance d'Osiris" was performed only twice, together with revivals of "Pigmalion" and "Les Incas...

Richer than ever - Rameau’s 'Zoroastre' in the version of 1756 Rameau’s revised version of his opera 'Zoroastre', which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académi...

Rameau's "Io" has only survived posthumously, namely in the form of a copy of the score and the orchestral parts, both of which were produced in Rameau's successor generation from the now lost autogra...

The Acte de ballet "Zéphire" was never performed during the lifetime of its authors, although the autograph manuscript shows traces that Rameau worked on it several times between 1748 and 1759 – possi...

This collection of the instrumental numbers from Zoroastre, a "Tragédie in five acts" includes the movements and dances of all the original versions, i.e. those of January and February 1756 (found in...

Although not performed during his lifetime, Rameau’s “Les Boréades” from 1762 are his musical masterpiece and a synthesis of his compositional work. All the musical innovations to which the composer s...

'Dardanus' is Rameau's third 'Tragédie lyrique' composed for Paris after 'Hippolyte et Aricie' and 'Castor et Pollux'. With its multi-facetted music it represents quite a high point of this genre. Its...

'One Opera I saw represented about 16 severall times; and so farr was I from being weary of it, I would ride hundreds of miles to see the same over again (…).' These words are from the travel diary of...

The critical edition of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini restores the opera in its complex transitional phase, taking as its point of reference the performances in Lucca in 1891—the composer’s final attempt t...

Daphnis et Chloé 'is certainly not only one of Ravel's best works, but also one of French music's most beautiful creations,' thus, Stravinsky's view of this ballet in his memoirs, published in 1935. C...

Based on the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition (Z. 15009), these three cloth-bound volumes in slipcase include Bartók's complete choral works. The lyrics in this Urtext edition are in the original...

Psalm 8 aus Psalmen Davids für 2 Favoritchöre, 5stimmige Instrumental- oder Vokal-Capella ad lib. und Basso continuo. Urtext der Neuen Schütz-Ausgabe. Gemischter Chor (2)-SATB+SATB, Violine 1/ Trompet...

Psalm 8 aus Psalmen Davids für 2 Favoritchöre, 5stimmige Instrumental- oder Vokal-Capella ad lib. und Basso continuo. Urtext der Neuen Schütz-Ausgabe. Gemischter Chor (2)-SATB+SATB, Violine 1/ Trompet...

Psalm 8 aus Psalmen Davids für 2 Favoritchöre, 5stimmige Instrumental- oder Vokal-Capella ad lib. und Basso continuo. Urtext der Neuen Schütz-Ausgabe. Gemischter Chor (2)-SATB+SATB, Violine 1/ Trompet...

Urtext der Lechner-Gesamtausgabe. Gemischter Chor-SATB - Singpartitur; Urtextausgabe

Urtext der Neuen Schütz-Ausgabe. Gemischter Chor-SATB, Basso continuo - Sammelband; Urtextausgabe; Partitur; Gesamtausgabe

Erstdruck aus dem Album eines Sammlers Zwischen all den umfangreichen Veröffentlichungen im ereignisreichen Mendelssohn-Jahr 2009 liess ein kleiner Erstdruck aufhorchen. Das bis jetzt unbekannte 'Heil...

Johann Kuhnaus überliefertes Vokalwerk wird den Katalog von Breitkopf & Härtel in den kommenden Jahren vollständig ergänzen. In der Regel sprechen wir dabei con Kantaten, zumindest jedoch von Werken m...