The Critical Report on the oratorio “Elijah” concludes the five-volume edition of this major work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It presents – by way of exception in the form of a volume separate from the music editions – the summary of all the editorial commentaries particularly associated with the early versions (Volume V/11A) and the final version (Volume V/11) of “Elijah”, which has appeared in print.

With the piano reduction (Volume V/11B) and the volume containing sketches and discard...