Sparkling miniature opera, filled with intense drama and elegant song, lasts no more than an hour, yet unfolds a virtuoso range of expressive music, from a high-spirited sailors' dance to Dido's touching lament "When I am laid in earth." First presented in 1689, it remains the oldest operatic work still popularly performed. Authoritative early edition. Authoritative early edition.
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Tristan und Isolde in Full Score by Richard Wagner The legendary love story is presented in full orchestral score with complete instrumentation. Commentary by Felix Mottl, great Wagnerian conductor and scholar. Reprinted authoritative edition prepared by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, ca. 1910.
St. Matthew Passion in Full Score by Johann Sebastian Bach Great choral masterpiece long considered the noblest, most inspired musical treatment of the crucifixion of Christ. Reprinted from the definitive Breitkopf & Härtel edition.
The Mikado in Full Score by W. S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan "Three little maids from school are we," "The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la," many other charming melodies from ever-popular operetta. Newly edited, full-score performing edition by Ephraim Jones and Carl Simpson.
Messiah in Full Score by George Frideric Handel Authoritative full-score edition of the oratorio that is the best known, most beloved, most performed large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world. Edited by Alfred Mann.
Ariadne auf Naxos in Full Score by Richard Strauss One of Strauss' most highly regarded operas combines music of great satiric wit and breathtaking flights of lyricism while it intermingles backstage comedy, Greek mythology and Italian commedia dell'arte. Reprinted from the 1916 Adolph Fürstner edition.
