Scoring: 3.3.2.2. – 4.0.0.0 – Cymbales antiques – 2 Harps – Strings

“Prélude á l’aprés-midi d’un faune”, often referred to as the first composition of the “modern” era, is one of Debussy’s most popular and frequently performed orchestral works. The piece comes down to us in an array of sources, and several important ones are drawn upon for the first time in Bärenreiter’s new scholarly-critical edition.

Most of the currently available editions are based on the first edition from 1895 which...