Classical Music

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bachs St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accuse...

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bachs St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accuse...

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bachs St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accuse...

Goethe’s dramatic ballad The First Walpurgis Night inspired Mendelssohn to write a magnificent and vivid portrayal of the conflict between an old heathen community and the new aspirations of Christian...

Goethe’s dramatic ballad The First Walpurgis Night inspired Mendelssohn to write a magnificent and vivid portrayal of the conflict between an old heathen community and the new aspirations of Christian...

Goethe’s dramatic ballad The First Walpurgis Night inspired Mendelssohn to write a magnificent and vivid portrayal of the conflict between an old heathen community and the new aspirations of Christian...

Goethe’s dramatic ballad The First Walpurgis Night inspired Mendelssohn to write a magnificent and vivid portrayal of the conflict between an old heathen community and the new aspirations of Christian...

The Protestant chorale played a major role for Mendelssohn from an early age. Inspired by Bach's work, he also composed cantatas on chorales, including the still well-known and popular Lutheran Christ...

The arrangement of chorales had already played a major role during Mendelssohn's apprenticeship with Zelter, and his preoccupation with the Protestant chorale even runs through his symphonic and orato...

The arrangement of chorales had already played a major role during Mendelssohn's apprenticeship with Zelter, and his preoccupation with the Protestant chorale even runs through his symphonic and orato...

The arrangement of chorales had already played a major role during Mendelssohn's apprenticeship with Zelter, and his preoccupation with the Protestant chorale even runs through his symphonic and orato...

Mit der vorliegenden Veröffentlichung schliesst sich endlich die bisherige Lücke in der Veröffentlichung der drei Kirchen-Oratorien Heinrich von Herzogenbergs. Die Erntefeier vermittelt einen interess...

The "Harvest Celebration" is the third of the church oratorios by Brahms' friend Heinrich von Herzogenberg, which he himself considered to be his most important. The texts, compiled in three parts by...

Haydn composed his first mass as a teenager, when he and his brother were still singing as boy sopranos at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. He probably wrote the two ornamented solo parts for himsel...

Haydn composed his first mass as a teenager, when he and his brother were still singing as boy sopranos at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. He probably wrote the two ornamented solo parts for himsel...

Haydn's first mass, despite its popular melody, has a devotional character which, like its youthful verve, still inspired the old Haydn, who re-orchestrated his first work in 1805. The first version i...

Haydn's first mass, despite its popular melody, has a devotional character which, like its youthful verve, still inspired the old Haydn, who re-orchestrated his first work in 1805. The first version i...

Haydn's first mass, despite its popular melody, has a devotional character which, like its youthful verve, still inspired the old Haydn, who re-orchestrated his first work in 1805. The first version i...

Haydn's first mass, despite its popular melody, has a devotional character which, like its youthful verve, still inspired the old Haydn, who re-orchestrated his first work in 1805. The first version i...

Haydn's first mass, despite its popular melody, has a devotional character which, like its youthful verve, still inspired the old Haydn, who re-orchestrated his first work in 1805. The first version i...

Haydn's first mass, despite its popular melody, has a devotional character which, like its youthful verve, still inspired the old Haydn, who re-orchestrated his first work in 1805. The first version i...

Haydn's popular "Nicolai Mass" is rich in variety and popular. Haydn expresses this lively jubilation with a striking number of large leaps, especially sixth and octave leaps, which choir singers need...

Haydn's popular "Nicolai Mass" is rich in variety and popular. Haydn expresses this lively jubilation with a striking number of large leaps, especially sixth and octave leaps, which choir singers need...

Haydn probably wrote the Missa Sancti Nicolai in 1772 for Prince Nicolaus Esterházy's name day. Not only is it comparatively large in scale, but the orchestra is also larger than usual for Missae brev...

Haydn probably wrote the Missa Sancti Nicolai in 1772 for Prince Nicolaus Esterházy's name day. Not only is it comparatively large in scale, but the orchestra is also larger than usual for Missae brev...