Mendelssohn as you have never heard him before
Pioneer publications of Mendelssohn’s most important and popular overtures
- Edited by the internationally acclaimed conductor and scholar Christopher Hogwood
- Reliable URTEXT editions which make use of all known sources: first instance of a scholarly critical edition of Mendelssohn’s concert overtures
- First ever publication of early versions of some of the overtures
- Audible differences to competing editions in particular with regard to dynamics and articulation, elimination of editorial additions to Mendelssohn’s scores as they exist in competing editions
- Each score includes an extensive English/German preface on the history and genesis of the works, the sources and on performance practice as well as facsimile pages and a critical commentary in English
- On top of its musicological value this edition will meet performers’ needs: good page turns, cues where you need them, rehearsal letters as you know them from the editions available today, parts in large format (25.5 cm x 32 cm)
- With complete performance material available for sale
- All 7 overtures will be published within only 3 years