Downes, Edward

Overview

Works:	473 works in 1,009 publications in 8 languages and 15,354 library holdings
Genres:	Excerpts Symphonies Librettos Operas Songs and music Songs Filmed operas Musical settings Drama Music videos
Roles:	Conductor, Performer, Translator, Arranger, Interviewee, Instrumentalist, Adapter, Editor
Classifications:	M1001, 784.2184

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Edward Downes

The young Domingo by Plácido Domingo( )

10 editions published in 1999 in 4 languages and held by 535 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner( Book )

2 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 524 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Libretto by the composer. The Rhinegold.--The Valkyrie.--Siegfried.--The twilight of the gods

Domingo sings Caruso by Plácido Domingo( )

4 editions published in 2004 in Italian and German and held by 482 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphony no. 3, op. 42 in B minor : "Ilʹya Muromets" by Reinhold Morit︠s︡evich Glière( )

13 editions published between 1991 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 432 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gliere's most successful orchestral work, the spectacular Symphony No. 3, is heard on the recording in its uncut version. Scored for a large orchestra including eight horns, two harps and celesta, it was inspired by the adventures of Il'ya Muromets, the legendary warrior from the Middle Ages of Mother Russia

Symphony no. 1 in E flat major, op. 8 ; The red poppy suite, op. 70 by Reinhold Morit︠s︡evich Glière( )

12 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 25 ; The Zaporozhy Cossacks : op. 64 by Reinhold Morit︠s︡evich Glière( )

8 editions published between 1992 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lieder des Abschieds : op. 14 ; Symphony, op. 40 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold( )

4 editions published in 2007 in German and held by 358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sinfonia drammatica by Ottorino Respighi( )

12 editions published in 1993 in 4 languages and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sinfonia drammatica

Symphonies nos. 5 and 9 by N Mi︠a︡skovskiĭ( )

5 editions published between 1993 and 2004 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bronze horseman suite ; Horn concerto by Reinhold Morit︠s︡evich Glière( )

4 editions published between 1995 and 1998 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Piano concerto in A minor ; Concerto in modo misolidio by Ottorino Respighi( )

12 editions published in 1994 in 3 languages and held by 340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Concerto in la minore per pianoforte e orchestra / Concerto in modo misolidio per pianoforte e orchestra

Concerto gregoriano by Ottorino Respighi( )

9 editions published between 1993 and 1995 in 4 languages and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Eugene Onegin : [incidental music] by Sergey Prokofiev( )

10 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Eugen Onegin: Schauspielmusik zu S.D. Krschischanowskys Bühnenbearbeitung von Alexander Puschkins Roman, op. 71. Englische Uebersetzung von Charles Johnston

Salome by Richard Strauss( Visual )

4 editions published between 1992 and 2001 in German and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Violence, murder and erotic passion: discover the charms of Richard Strauss's Salome in the iconic staging by Peter Hall. Naraboth, captain of the guard, is in love with Salome, Herodes' stepdaughter. But the young woman is irresistibly attracted by the prophet Jochanaan (John the Baptist) imprisoned in an old cistern nearby. Salome tries to seduce the prophet, but John the Baptist's steadfastness in his faith hurts the young woman's pride. Herodes, under Salome's spell, ask her to dance in his presence. She accepts, but imposes a condition: Jochanaan shall die. The character of Salome, a Minor figure of the New Testament, has inspired many artists, including the painters Cranach the Elder, Sandro Botticelli, Gustave Moreau, and the writers Gustave Flaubert, Oscar Wilde, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Guillaume Apollinaire ... Richard Strauss's vision of the myth gave birth to an opera in one act inspired by a play written by Oscar Wilde. It shocked the audience during its premiere in Dresden in 1905. The "dance of the seven veils" especially, highly sensuous and provocative, offended the audience's sensibility. The opera was even banned from London's stages for several years. Now considered a masterpiece of the genre, Salome has become a classic in the operatic repertoire. Musically speaking, Strauss ventures further than ever before on the edge of the tonal system. Unheard chords, discordant tones and tortured melodic lines stress out the violence of the drama. Peter Hall's production, with the striking Maria Ewing in the role of Salome, underlines with brio the combination of the biblical theme, the murderous and the erotic brought together in Richard Strauss's opera

Royal opera house : Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi( Visual )

2 editions published in 2001 in English and Italian and held by 273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"With a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo, the Royal Opera House brings this controversial melodrama back to the stage. The story focuses on a hunchbacked jester's attempted revenge on his master, François I, for the seduction of his daughter. This production falls in the 100th anniversary year of Giuseppe Verdi's death, in a new production by David McVicar."--Alexander Street, resource website

The very best of Elgar by Edward Elgar( )

4 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in No Linguistic content and Latin and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of Edward Elgar's most famous works

Paata Burchuladze by Paata Burchuladze( )

9 editions published between 1985 and 2016 in Russian and German and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Robert Merrill by Robert Merrill( )

2 editions published in 2004 in Italian and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Plácido Domingo sings Caruso by Plácido Domingo( )

5 editions published in 1992 in Italian and German and held by 261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Domingo sings arias from 14 operas with which Caruso was identified

Mirella Freni : opera arias and duets by Mirella Freni( )

3 editions published in 2008 in Italian and held by 258 WorldCat member libraries worldwide