Shostakovich, Dmitri - Violin Concerto No.2 Op 129 - Full Score (New Collected Works vol.44)

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Orchestra:
Piccolo, Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (A and B flat), 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 4 French horns (F), Timpani, Tom-tom, 1st violins (16), 2nd violins (14), violas (12), cellos (12), double-basses (10).

The author’s manuscript of the score of the Second Violin Concerto, Op. 129, is kept in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archive. The score of the Concerto was published by Sikorski Publishers in 1967, by Sovetsky compozitor Publishers in 1970, and by Muzyka Publishers in 1981 as part of 14th volume of Shostakovich’s Collected Works. This publication is based on the lifetime edition of the score which has been collated with the author’s manuscript. 1981 edition of Muzyka Publishers was also used, since when preparing this edition, editor of the volume A. Nikolayev took into account the author’s corrections in the handwritten copy of the score. When necessary, the piano score editions of 1969 and 1976 (both published by Sovetsky compozitor Publishers), as well as the author’s manuscript of the piano score, were used.

This ambitious series by DSCH, the exclusive publisher of the works of Dmitri Shostakovich, when complete, will run to 150 volumes.

Based on authentic manuscripts, accompanied by commentaries in Russian and in English, each volume contains new engravings, articles relating to the history of the compositions, facsimile pages of Shostakovich's manuscripts, outlines, and rough drafts.

Divided into 15 different "series" or genres, the edition will include nearly all the original works of the composer, and his instrumentation of music by Domenico Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Johann Strauss, Youmans, Braga, Tishchenko, and others.

25% of the New Collected Works will be made up of previously unpublished material: over 80 of his works are being published here for the first time. Many of these previously unknown works could not be published or performed during the composer's lifetime for ideological reasons.

The fifteen "series" within the edition comprise:
I: Symphonies (vols 1-30)
II: Orchestra Compositions (vols 31-37)
III: Instrumental Concertos (vols 38-49)
IV: Compositions for the Stage (vols 50-67)
V: Suites from Operas and Ballets (vols 68-72)
VI: Compositions for Choir and Orchestra (With or Without Soloists) (vols 73-83)
VII: Unaccompanied Choral Compositions/Arrangements of Russian Folksongs (vols 84-86)
VIII: Compositions for Solo Voice(S) With Orchestra (vols 87-90)
IX: Chamber Compositions for Voice and Songs (vols 91-97)
X: Chamber Instrumental Ensembles (vols 98-105)
XI: Instrumental Sonatas(vols 106-108)
XII: Piano Compositions (vols 109-115)
XIII: Incidental Music (vols 116-121)
XIV: Film Music (vols 122-145)
XV: The Works of Other Composers, Instrumentation by Shostakovich (vols 146-150).