Edizione Nationale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini : Vol II/1 - Instrumentalwerke

As the second volume of the "Edizione Nationale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini," a critical new edition of his compositions for orchestra has been published in the series "Musical Works." In addition to the familiar Preludio a orchestra [SC 1], Preludio sinfonico [SC 32], Trio in Fa [SC 52] and Capriccio sinfonico [SC 55], the volume contains a short but unknown Adagetto [SC 51], probably a sketch of a composition from Puccini's student years in Milan. And, for the first time ever, it also includes an orchestral version of the Scherzo in La [SC 34] from 1882, a work which was just recently discovered. The Scherzo, known until now only in a version for string quartet, complementsthe Trio in Fa, which is scored for the same orchestral forces, to form an independent movement.

Messa di Gloria : in Fa maggiore

Edizione Nat. delle Opere di Puccini, Bd. III/2

Critical edition of Puccini’s only Mass. Based on a comparison with the autograph score, numerous errors were corrected which had been present in previous editions of this Mass. In preparing this edition, Puccini’s additions to the instrumentation in the Benedictus and his new version of the tenor aria “Gratias agimus” from the Gloria have both been taken into consideration. The newer version of the tenor aria changes the character of the piece to such a great degree, that it has been included separately as an appendix in this edition. The doubling of the brass and string parts, the addition of two French horns and a harp, as well as the addition of an instrumental postludewhich consists of a repetition in the violoncelli of the main section of the aria, leads one to believe that possibly Puccini considered having this Aria performed outside the context of the Mass as a separate concertante piece.