Look insideRichard Strauss (1864–1949) Don Quixote Op. 35 TrV 184
Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character – Urtext edited by Nick Pfefferkorn [Due to copyright reasons not available in France, Spain and Mexico!] Duration: 35'
picc.2.2.cor ang.2(Eb-clar).Bb-clar.3.dble bsn – 6.3.3.ttb.btb – timp – perc(3) – hp – vc solo – str
- First Urtext edition since the original edition
- Evaluation of all available manuscript and printed sources
- Detailed preface giving the genesis and reception history
- Detailed critical report
- Facsimile pages
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Strauss had originally intended that Don Quixote always be performed, if possible, together with Heldenleben, “since Don Q. in particular is only fully comprehensible alongside Heldenleben.” To date, Strauss’s wish is rarely respected. The Don Quixote Urtext edition now being published by Breitkopf & Härtel can assist here. Once again, the new edition is based on Strauss’s own engraver’s model, helping to clarify numerous misunderstandings, and facilitating the correction of dozens of traditional errors. Furthermore, the woodwind parts, previously available only in manuscript form, are now appearing completely engraved for the first time.
This edition is also being augmented by a piano reduction of the most important orchestral passages for facilitating the study of the solo cello and viola parts; these two solo parts are also separately included with the purchase of the piano reduction.