Bach for Brass: Sämtliche Blechbläserpartien Johann Sebastian Bachs in Stimmenpartitur mit Pauken = Johann Sebastian Bach's Complete Brass Parts in a Short Score including Timpani, and: L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato: Oratorio in three parts, HWV 55; version of 1741, and: Messiah, HWV 56, and: Die lateinischen Messen = The Latin Masses in Eleven Volumes, Hob. XXII: 1–14, and: Geistliche Musik für Chor und Orchester = The Sacred Vocal Music with Orchestra in Critical Editions, and: Preludio sinfonico, SC32 (review)
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- Bach for Brass: Sämtliche Blechbläserpartien Johann Sebastian Bachs in Stimmenpartitur mit Pauken = Johann Sebastian Bach's Complete Brass Parts in a Short Score including Timpani, and: L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato: Oratorio in three parts, HWV 55; version of 1741, and: Messiah, HWV 56, and: Die lateinischen Messen = The Latin Masses in Eleven Volumes, Hob. XXII: 1–14, and: Geistliche Musik für Chor und Orchester = The Sacred Vocal Music with Orchestra in Critical Editions, and: Preludio sinfonico, SC32
Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach for Brass: Sämtliche Blechbläserpartien Johann Sebastian Bachs in Stimmenpartitur mit Pauken = Johann Sebastian Bach's Complete Brass Parts in a Short Score including Timpani. Band 2: Kantaten BWV 101 ff., für Trompeten und Pauken/Zink (Horn/Posaune). Herausgegeben von = edited by Edward H. Tarr and Uwe Wolf, assisted by Frans Berglund and Philip Tarr. (Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben.) Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, 2009. [Pref. in Eng., Fre., Ger., p. iii–vii; score, p. 2–177; facsim., p. 178. ISBN-13 979-0-007-09370-9; ISMN M-007-09370-9; pub. no. CV 31.302. €50.] [End Page 183]
George Frideric Handel. L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato: Oratorio in three parts, HWV 55; version of 1741. Based on editions by Friedrich Chrysander and Helmut Bornefeld, revised by Matthias Wamser. (Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben.) Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, 2009. [Foreword in Eng., Ger., p. iii–viii; Konkordanz, p. ix–xiii; score, p. 1–180; Krit. Bericht in Ger., p. 182–83. ISBN-13 979-007-09443-0; ISMN M-007-09443-0; pub. no. CV 29.214. €68.]
George Frideric Handel. Messiah, HWV 56. Herausgegeben von = Edited by Ton Koopman and Jan H. Siemons. (Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben.) Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, 2009. [Foreword in Eng., Fre., Ger., p. v–xv; facsims., p. xvi–xxi; score, p. 1–293; crit. report in Eng., Ger., p. 296–306. ISBN-13 979-007-01628-9; ISMN M-007-01628-9; pub. no. CV 55.056. €99.]
Joseph Haydn. Die lateinischen Messen = The Latin Masses in Eleven Volumes, Hob. XXII: 1–14. Various editors. (Urtext.) Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, [2008]. [11 study scores in slipcase. ISBN-13 978-3-89948-097-9; ISMN M-007-04899-0; pub. no. CV 51.900. €179.]
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Geistliche Musik für Chor und Orchester = The Sacred Vocal Music with Orchestra in Critical Editions. Various editors. (Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben.) Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, [2008]. [22 study scores in slipcase. (Vol. 1, Paulus = St Paul, op. 36; vol. 2, Elias = Elijah, op. 70; vol. 3, Christus, op. 97; vol. 4, Der 42. Psalm, op. 42; vol. 5, Der 95. Psalm, op. 46; vol. 6, Der 98. Psalm, op. 91; vol. 7, Der 114. Psalm, op. 51; vol. 8, Der 115. Psalm, op. 31; vol. 9, Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein; vol. 10, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden; vol. 11, Zwei Choralkantaten; vol. 12, Drei Choralkantaten; vol. 13, Vom Himmel hoch; vol. 14, Lobgesang, op. 52; vol. 15, Lauda Sion, op. 73; vol. 16, Hymne, op. 96; vol. 17, Tu es Petrus, op. 111; vol. 18, Gloria; vol. 19, Magnificat; vol. 20, Kyrie; Herr Gott, dich loben wir; vol. 21, Hymne, Hör mein Bitten; vol. 22, Geistliche Musik für Solostimme.) ISBN-10 3-89948-096-1; ISBN-13 978-3-89948-096-2; ISMN M-007-03857-1; pub. no. CV 40.900. €299.]
Giacomo Puccini. Preludio sinfonico, SC32. Herausgegeben von = Edited by Michele Girardi. (Urtext.) Stuttgart: Carus Verlag, 2009. [Pref. in Eng., Ger., Ita., p. 2–4; score, p. 5–33; crit. report in Ger., p. 34–40. ISBN-13 979-0007-06358-0; ISMN M-007-06358-0; pub. no. CV 16.206. €20.]
Bach for Brass, volume 2, is part of a series that will eventually contain the complete brass parts of Johann Sebastian Bach in short score, including timpani parts where applicable. Of the seven planned volumes, four have so far been published. The first two include music from the cantatas, the third volume presents excerpts from Bach's Latin church music and oratorios, and the fourth volume is concerned with his orchestral music. The volume under review here contains...
