Classical Music

Britten's confirmed pacifism resulting in various works including this setting for mixed choir of text by Randall Swingler.

Nocturnes addresses aspects of the common theme of 'Night'. Morten Lauridsen's setting of Rilke's impassioned and atmospheric Sa Nuit D'ete is rich with dense, colourful harmonies, while Soneto De La...

As I Sat Under a Holly Tree in an arrangement by Imogen Holst for 3 equal upper voices.

Madrigali - 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance no. 6

O Magnum Mysterium

Morten Lauridsen's setting of 'Lux aeterna' - a five-movement, non-liturgical requiem for choir and chamber orchestra/organ - is a rich and intensely moving work. Choral textures are fully explored, f...

Piano reduction with German/English text - Passio secundum Johannem. Soprano solo, alto solo, tenor solo (2), bass solo (2), mixed choir-SATB, orchestra > This edition replaces the previous piano redu...

The Gloria in D RV 589 is Vivaldi's best-known sacred work and one of his most important church music compositions. It was probably composed as an independent single movement between 1713 and 1717 for...

> BA 5038-90 replaces the previous vocal score but retains its longstanding article number. > The pagination has been adopted from the previous edition. This means that you can rehearse and perform th...

Symphonic Adiemus presents twelve numbers from the Adiemus series in dynamic new scorings for SATB choir and full symphony orchestra. Since it was first heard in 1994, Adiemus has captured the imagina...

The Spice Girls released this dance-pop song as their debut single and it has become one of the most recognizable pop songs of the 1990s. Nathan Howe continues his arranging genius with this follow-up...

This work had a long gestation as Britten had problems finding a suitable text. Auden was eventually asked and produced the poem in 1940. Britten's setting was immediately recognised as a major additi...

A real novelty in the German-speaking world, Choral Music Composed by Women features a total of 47 works for mixed choir. Women composers have always made significant contributions to the choral reper...

'This is the best of me', wrote Edward Elgar after the final measure of his Dream of Gerontius. Premiered in 1900, in Great Britain the work has long been a standard work in the repertoire of large or...

Being such a prolific composer, particularly for Vocal and Piano works, Gabriel Fauré's music is always addressed with high expectations. His Les Djinns for SATB choir and Piano is no exception. Fauré...

These four motets were composed in the fall of 1921 while Copland was studying with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. The four motets have remained unpublished until now. Writing to Copland about them in 1924...

An a cappella setting for SATB of Gabriel Fauré's famous Pie Jesu, taken from his Requiem. In Barnaby Smith's arrangement the famous melody is framed at the start and end by atmospheric plainsong. As...

It is regarded by many as his masterpiece in the non-operatic sphere: Britten's War Requiem, premiered in 1962 to celebrate the opening of the new cathedral at Coventry, built to replace the one destr...

Joseph Haydn's monumental oratorio "The Seasons" (Hob. XXI:3) is a masterpiece of Viennese Classicism and one of the most important secular vocal works in music history. Following the great success of...

Upper-voice choirs were delighted with the award-winningfirst volume of Reine Frauensache! (BEST EDITION 2017), and Edition Peters are now proud to release Volume 2 in the series. Containing 25 choral...

Chorausgabe für SATB, nur Klavierauszug lieferbar

The richly orchestrated Missa in C minor K. 317 was probably one of the first church music works that Mozart composed at the beginning of 1779 as the newly appointed Salzburg court organist. With a la...

Voice on the Wind sets an inspiring text, written by the composer, about the empowerment of singing. With a catchy melody, imitative scat singing, and a driving hand drum accompaniment, this piece has...

Edward Elgar's work "From the Bavarian Highlands" (Op. 27) is a charming collection of six choral songs composed in 1895. The cycle was inspired by a vacation of the composer and his wife Alice in Gar...