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This new revised and corrected performing edition of the complete four-act ballet Romeo and Juliet is based on the full score published in Moscow in 1961 in the series of Collected Works of Serge Prokofieff. 

Schott Music is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Austrian start-up OKTAV. The collaboration will strengthen Schott’s digital portfolio and create new and exciting opportunities for music lovers worldwide.

On August 21, 2025, at the Staunton Music Festival in Staunton, Virginia, the world premiere of Stefan Heucke’s new Concerto for trumpet "The Glory of Life" will take place. Solo trumpet is performed by Bruno Lourensetto, accompanied by the Staunton Music Festival Orchestra under Carsten Schmidt.

Edited by Kate Mitchell, Classical Highlights for Trumpet brings together a selection of celebrated works arranged for trumpet, including Schubert’s Ave Maria, Mendelssohn’s Wedding March, and Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance.

New editions of Hans Winterberg’s chamber works, including string quartets, a quintet, a suite, and a trio. Featuring first and revised editions, study scores and scores with parts, the selection spans compositions from before, during, and after the Second World War, reflecting both his artistic evolution and his experiences as a Holocaust survivor.

On August 11, 2025, the New National Theatre Tokyo will host the world premiere of a remarkable new opera: Natasha by Toshio Hosokawa. Under the musical direction of Kazushi Ono and staged by Christian Räth, this opera confronts some of the most pressing issues of our time.

The new album Körper [Body] with works by Enno Poppe joins a series of its own on WERGO, the albums of which are dedicated to the composer born in 1969, who has steadily developed into a permanent fixture among German composers of international renown.

 A Strauss anniversary, a historic venue and one of Vienna’s finest operettas – Wiener Blut is back!

In her new work The Divine Thawing of the Core for bass flute and ensemble, Chaya Czernowin expresses emotional rupture and resistance – inspired by her homeland Israel, Galina Ustvolskaya, Claire Chase and the Sagrada Familia.

Piano teacher and composer Hans-Günter Heumann, has created simple arrangements of Serge Prokofieff's enchanting musical tale, Peter and the Wolf, for young pianists. All the pieces are presented in their original keys and follow the story of Peter, his grandfather and the animals he encounters.