Two sources in one edition
Both the autograph and a later manuscript in a different hand are included in this edition.
The Concertino for cor anglais and orchestra by Gaetano Donizetti is one of the best-known and most popular works for this instrumentation. The situation of the sources and the transmission is complex and complicated; the ambiguities extend to the choice of key and the structure of the individual variations. A new edition, recently published by Boosey & Hawkes, describes and considers all the sources in detail and in particular weighs up the autograph (from Paris) and a later manuscript (not by Donizetti, from Bologna). As an extremely pleasing and profitable addition, the successful edition contains a double solo part in which both variations are printed on top of each other. In the variations in particular, it is a good idea to use both variants alternately for the repeats.
Gaetano Donizetti: Concertino for English Horn 1816, Critical edition by Stefaan Verdegem, Piano reduction with solo part, BB 3571, print edition € 28.00, Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock, Berlin
