Masses

Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) stand von 1698 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1741 als angesehener Komponist und Wiener Hofkapellmeister in Diensten der Habsburger-Kaiser Leopold I., Joseph I. und Karl VI. E...

Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) stand von 1698 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1741 als angesehener Komponist und Wiener Hofkapellmeister in Diensten der Habsburger-Kaiser Leopold I., Joseph I. und Karl VI. E...

In der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts genoss die Musik am Wiener Kaiserhof einen ausgezeichneten Ruf; weit über die Grenzen des Habsburgerreiches hinaus. Adelshäuser und Klöster ahmten die prunkvo...

Die Missa Brevis Akarana entstand im Auftrag des Auckland Symphony Orchestra unter der Leitung von Peter Thomas und spiegelt Chris Artleys Interesse für das klassische Kirchenmusik-Repertoire und die...

Just as the rays of the sun greet the day with their "golden light" in the early morning and envelop us with a last touch of warmth, Jean Kleeb succeeds with his mass composition in moving the celebra...

In der Schweiz geboren, wirkte Eugen Siegfried Rauber, der in Zürich Musik und in München Theologie studierte, mehrere Jahre als Seelsorger, bevor er sich ganz der Musik widmete. Nach Stationen in Sec...

Diese Komposition kann als alpenländisches Chanson umschrieben werden. Lorenz Maierhofer erweitert dabei das Volksliedhafte musikalisch und textlich in lebensphilosophischer Weise: " Wohin und wie wei...

Die Pflanzen sprießen, alles wächst - die erblühende Natur im Frühling schenkt neue Kraft, Hoffnung und Zuversicht für das Leben. Dies schildert Peter Herbist in dieser leicht singbaren Frühlingsmesse...

The Missa BonAventura for three-part mixed choir SAB and organ, piano or keyboard was composed by Thomas Thurnher out of gratitude for his happy family life. This Latin Mass is named after Saint Bonav...

Häärzwärts, written in the Swiss Valais, is on the one hand a complete mass for church services and religious celebrations, and on the other a collection of soulful choral songs that can also be perfo...

Häärzwärts, written in the Swiss canton of Valais, is on the one hand a complete mass for church services and religious celebrations, and on the other a collection of emotional choral songs that can a...

Who doesn't wonder if peace will ever come? This earnest prayer for peace is a thoughtful, provocative anthem which features both children and adult choirs. The inclusion of the Prayer of St. Francis,...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) wrote five total Kyrie-Gloria Masses (Missa brevis) over the course of his lifetime, the 1733 Missa, BWV 232 which was later incorporated into the MASS in B minor, an...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) wrote five total Kyrie-Gloria Masses (Missa brevis) over the course of his lifetime, the 1733 Missa, BWV 232 which was later incorporated into the MASS in B minor, an...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) wrote five total Kyrie-Gloria Masses (Missa brevis) over the course of his lifetime, the 1733 Missa, BWV 232 which was later incorporated into the MASS in B minor, an...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) wrote his Requiem Mass for four soloists, double choir, and orchestra in 1874 in memory of Italian writer and humanist Alessandro Manzoni, whom Verdi greatly admired. It pre...

DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI (PARADISE AND THE PERI), Op. 50, is a secular oratorio by Robert Schumann (1810-1856). It is based on a German translation of a story from LALLA-ROOKH, an 1817 collection of...

DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI (PARADISE AND THE PERI), Op. 50, is a secular oratorio by Robert Schumann (1810-1856). It is based on a German translation of a story from LALLA-ROOKH, an 1817 collection of...

DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI (PARADISE AND THE PERI), Op. 50, is a secular oratorio by Robert Schumann (1810-1856). It is based on a German translation of a story from LALLA-ROOKH, an 1817 collection of...

Charles Gounod was an important French composer and figure in French music during the latter part of the nineteenth century. He began and ended his life's work in the composition of sacred works, incl...