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Gabriel Fauré and the Orchestra: A Re-evaluation

It has been claimed time and again that Gabriel Fauré was a reluctant and indeed unsuccessful composer for orchestra. Fauré certainly appears to take little interest in symphonic tone and timbre. The 100th anniversary of the composer’s death on 4 November 2024 offers an opportunity to reassess his orchestral oeuvre.

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Complete – with new discoveries. The Gluck Complete Works edition

It is over seventy years since the publication of the first volume of the Complete Works of Christoph Willibald Gluck. Now the edition, which made many works accessible for the first time, is almost complete. A preliminary assessment.

 

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Refined orchestration. Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera “Castor et Pollux”

Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera Castor et Pollux was an outstanding success, though initially in the reworked version of 1754. The performance material for this work is now available. The volume from the Complete Edition will follow.

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Ancient myth for the concert hall. Georg Friedrich Handel's "Semele"

Opera or oratorio? There is still uncertainty about the classification of Handel's "Semele". What is certain is that this full-length work is filled with musical gems and lends itself well to staged performances due to its fast-paced plot.

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The Triumph of Time and Truth. Handel's "Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità"

During the fasting season in Handel's London, dramatic works were not allowed to be performed. This prompted the composer to revive an Italian oratorio he had composed thirty years earlier in 1737 and enrich it with choruses.

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In Honor of the Saints of Music. Handel's second Cecilian Ode

Georg Friedrich Handel's "Song for Cecilia's Day" HWV 76, composed in 1739, underwent, like many works of genius, revisions and expansions. The new volume in the "Halle Handel Edition" includes all early and late versions, enabling historically informed performance practice based on the latest source evaluation.

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Love and Freedom. Cavalli's opera "Scipione Affricano" in a new edition

Cavalli's opera "Scipione Affricano" offers many possibilities for realisation on stage. In addition to the love plot, the opera also deals with the themes of freedom and slavery. The new edition which is part of the critical edition “Francesco Cavalli-Opere” offers opera houses a dependable basis.

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Complete Editions

Rameau’s masonic opera “Zoroastre” in the 1756 version
Laying a curse to rest - The new edition of Rameau’s Les Boréades
“A prayer for the native country” Bohuslav Martinů’s “Field Mass” in Urtext
Paër’s “Leonora” semi-staged in Innsbruck
Less theatrical, but more successful – Rameau’s “Dardanus”
An army commander torn between two women. Handel’s opera “Alessandro”
Purified Beauty. Handel’s first oratorio in the Halle Handel Edition
Not always just the “Danse macabre”. The symphonic poems of Camille Saint-Saëns
A vocal challenge, then as now. Gluck’s “Atto di Bauci e Filemone”
George Frideric Handel’s “Fernando” in Halle
Arcadia breathes a sigh of relief. Handel’s “Il pastor fido” in the Halle Handel Edition
Masterly role characterisation. Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” in the Halle Handel Edition
Reconciled: French and Italian styles. Rameau’s „Les Paladins“ or the mixture of genres
„Il Xerse“ by Francesco Cavalli at the Festival della Valle d’Itria
Drama and passion. Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera „Antigono“
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