Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The St. John Passion, Bach’s first passion oratorio, can hardly be understood as “one” work. Between 1724 and 1750 the work was performed at least four times in various Leipzig churches under the composer‘s direction and for every one of these occasions it was revised – sometimes quite substantially. This edition presents the St. John Passion in its second version of 1725, of which only excerpts were rendered in the New Bach Edition volume II/4 (1973). This version as well as the last one of 1749 constitute the two versions that have come down to us almost in their entirety. Most recently found sources – in particular the libretto print of the passion rediscovered in 2015 – are taken into consideration in this edition for the first time./ Répertoire / Chant et Orchestre

Concentus Musicus 17. Par PACINI GIOVANNI. Giovanni Pacini's (1796-1867) opera 'Gli Arabi nelle Gallie' was composed for Milano where it was successfully premiered at the Teatro alla Scala on 8 March 1827. During the same year the work was also performed in Naples and Vienna and in the years to follow - outside of Italy - also in Madrid, Barcelona and New York. The work represents Pacini's style and creative powers in full maturity./ Répertoire / Chant et Orchestre

Loops for Werner. Par LANG BERNHARD. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Voix et Ensemble

Edizione critica a cura di Alessandro Borin - Antonio Moccia (testi in italiano e inglese). Par ANTONIO VIVALDI. 'With Il Teuzzone, RV 736, the collected edition of operas by Antonio Vivaldi gains a new volume that brings to completion the pair of operas written by the ?Red Priest? for Mantua. Premiered during the last days of 1718, the opera preceded by a few months the production of Tito Manlio, RV 738 (PR 1411). This edition of Teuzzone, the first in modern times, is based on the two complete sources to have survived: a copy originating from the composer?s own archive (Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino, Raccolta Mauro Foà 33) and the one today housed in Berlin (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ? Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, N. Mus, ms. 125), which was made for the Mantuan production. Additionally, numerous secondary sources have been collated. An appendix to the volume contains the musical materials discarded by Vivaldi during the period preceding the opera?s premiere. The supporting texts for the edition report on new findings that have emerged from archival and documentary research. It has been established, for instance, that the aria Tu, mio vezzoso (I.03) is a borrowing from Alessandro Severo by Antonio Lotti, while the aria Tornerò, pupille belle (II.02) is a reworking of Nelle mie selve natie, an aria in Scanderbeg, RV 732. These examples reveal the pasticcio-like nature of this Vivaldi opera. In the section concerned with the description of the sources, which includes a meticulous codicological examination of the source in Turin, a bold attempt has been made to reconstruct the phases that the composition of Vivaldi?s opera underwent, an operation that sheds light on the inner workings of Vivaldi?s atelier. In addition, the close relationship of this score to a work with the same title staged in Turin with music by G. Casanova and A. S. Fiorè is analysed. '/ Répertoire / Chant et Orchestre

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Les éditions G. Henle réunissent l'intégrale des oeuvres vocales avec orchestre de Beethoven en un seul paquet qui va faire battre plus vite les coeurs des chanteurs et des chanteuses: des deux messes et de son seul oratorio, en passant par sa célèbre Fantaisie chorale et sa mise en musique du texte de Goethe «Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt», jusqu'à son «Ah perfido!» et autres airs solistes, ce coffret offre l'opportunité d'étudier toute la diversité de l'art vocal de Beethoven – et, bien sûr, au plus haut niveau de la qualité: toutes les éditions d'étude se basent sur l'édition complète des oeuvres de Beethoven, les notes de bas de page renvoient à d'intéressants questionnements concernant l'édition et l'interprétation. Dans leurs préfaces concises, les éditeurs permettent de jeter un regard sur l'état actuel de la recherche en matière de genèse et d'interprétation des oeuvres./ Répertoire / Chant et Orchestre