Idomeneo, K.366 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

Title Idomeneo
Alternative title Idomeneo, rè di Creta ; Ilia e Idamante
Creators Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
Giovanni Battista Varesco, librettist
Opus K.366
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1780
First published 1797
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Composition types Opera seria
Language Italian
Period Classical
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
2 violins, 2 violas, cello and double bass
View Complete piano Richard Metzdorff
View Selections organ William Thomas Best
View Overture 2 violins, viola and cello Johann Georg Busch
View Overture piano 4 hands Richard Kleinmichel
View Overture piano 4 hands Hugo Ulrich
View Overture piano 4 hands
View Overture piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Breitkopf und Härtel 1881 Complete Score
Contents
Overture
Act I (Sc.1–6)
Act I (Sc.7–11)
Act II (Sc.1–5)
Act II (Sc.6–7)
Act III (Sc.1–6)
Act III (Sc.7–11)
Anhang (including K.490)
View Overture Breitkopf und Härtel 1881 Complete Score (modern reprint)
Complete Score (original engraving)
View Overture Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score (with concert ending)
View Aria: 'Vedrommi intorno' (Act I No.6) Breitkopf und Härtel 1881 Complete Score (with bar numbers)
View Aria: 'Vedrommi intorno' (Act I No.6) Holograph manuscript 1780 Act III
View Overture parts Breitkopf und Härtel Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
Bassoon 1,2
Horn 1, 2 (D)
Trumpet 1, 2 (D)
Timpani
Violins I, II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Overture parts Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Parts
View Overture parts Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
View Aria: 'Vedrommi intorno' (Act I No.6) parts Simon Ansell 2021 Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
Clarinet 1 (B)
Clarinet 1 (C)
Clarinet 2 (B)
Clarinet 2 (C)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1 (C)
Horn 1 (F)
Horn 2 (C)
Horn 2 (F)
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete vocal score N. Simrock Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Edition Peters Complete Score
View Chorus: 'Placido è il mar' (Act II, No.15) vocal score Novello "Calm Is the Glassy Ocean"
View Aria: 'Zeffiretti lusinghieri' (Act III, No.19) vocal score International Music Company 1958 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
2 violins, 2 violas, cello and double bass
N. Simrock Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola 1
Viola 2
Cello and Bass
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Richard Metzdorff
Litolff Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for organ
by William Thomas Best
; selections
Novello 14. Marcia (Act 2)
15. Chorus: Placido è il mar (Act 2)
25. Marcia (Act 2)
View Overture Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Johann Georg Busch
Johann André Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Richard Kleinmichel
Edition Peters Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Hugo Ulrich
Muzgiz 1981 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Hugo Ulrich
Piano Primo
Piano Secondo
Engraving files (Cubase)
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands Marco Berra Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Hirsch Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano Friedrich Hofmeister Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionPerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Selections Meinhard Von Zallinger, conductor Overture
Il padre adorato
Qual nuovo terrore!
Eccoti in me, barbaro nume!
Scenda Amor, scenda Imeneo
View Héctor Valls, piano Vedrommi intorno
View MIDI Overture For Piano 4 Hands (Ulrich) Synthesized Performance


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