Sacred Music

This new publication makes the Benedictus available for performance as a separate work, with piano accompaniment. The score includes the iconic introductory cello solo part on its own page, although p...

Composer's note: 'Christmas is always a new gift, always a fresh and refreshing gift: the human heart is renewed by the gift not of wealth but of a small, fragile child. His light in us is a thanksgiv...

Kim André Arnesen’s Stabat Mater breathes new life into the 13th-century Latin hymn, which portrays the Virgin Mary’s suffering at the crucifixion of her son, Jesus Christ. Amongst the traditional sta...

Bring sacred splendor to your concert and service programs with the impressive setting of "Der 114. Psalm" (Psalm 114). This stirring work for mixed choir (SATB) and organ captivates through the power...

The Prayer: Laudamus Te' is taken from Jenkins' vibrant 'Gloria', a large-scale festival piece commissioned by the Really Big Chorus for performance at London's Royal Albert Hall. Cast in five movemen...

One of the latest hotly-anticipated choral works from Eric Whitacre, Alleluia is sure to be popular with choirs for concerts and liturgical services and events alike. The work simply sets one word - A...

Enrich the musical liturgical year with the renowned "Chorbibliothek" series for mixed choir, published by the esteemed Breitkopf & Härtel. The first volume of this sacred repertoire collection is ded...

Mit zahlreichen neuen Kompositionen und frischen Bearbeitungen bekannter Chorwerke gibt das Chorbuch a tre. Band 2 dem Singen im Gottesdienst neue Impulse. Der Band ist eine Ergänzung und Fortsetzung...

Jubilate Deo entstand im Juni 2002 und ist dem Ensemble des Komponisten (Ensemble vocale Calycanthus) gewidmet. Die Uraufführung fand am 10. Mai 2003 auf der italienischen Insel Vicentina - Santuario...

Faure's Requiem, op. 48, is his only large-scale sacred composition and certainly his most important essay in the genre. Already popular with audiences during his lifetime, its success continues to th...

For this work carus music the choir app, is available. In addition to the vocal score and a recording, the app offers a coach which helps to learn the choral parts. Please find more information at www...

For this work carus music the choir app, is available. In addition to the vocal score and a recording, the app offers a coach which helps to learn the choral parts. Please find more information at www...

The Missa in Tempore Belli is an interesting work in several respects. On the one hand, this mass setting allows some conclusions to be drawn about the situation of Austrian church music under the inf...

Die zu Michael Haydns Zeit sehr beliebte Gabrielsmesse liegt in zwei Fassungen vor: die erste und ursprüngliche Fassung enthält ein sehr kurzes Gloria und Credo. In der zweiten Fassung wurden die beid...

This Latin mass for choir and wind band was composed in honour of Saint Cecilia's feast day, Saint Cecilia being the patroness of musicians. For this reason, many ensembles have annual concerts dedica...

Ludwig van Beethoven komponierte seine Missa solemnis zwischen 1819 und 1822. Die vorliegende Ausgabe legt als Hauptquelle die Arbeitskopie der Partitur zugrunde, die Beethoven wohl unmittelbar nach F...

Für die Komposition des Weihnachts-Oratoriums bediente sich Johann Sebastian Bach wie auch bei anderen großen Vokalwerken des Parodieverfahrens, d. h., er griff auf früher komponierte Sätze zurück (in...

Experience one of the most sublime moments in music history through a fascinating meeting of two geniuses: the world-famous "Hallelujah" from George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" (HWV 56), mast...

The cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" (BWV 29) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a festive council change cantata that was premiered in Leipzig on August 27, 1731. It was composed on the occasi...

Celebrate Easter with the radiant splendour of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata "Erfreuet euch, ihr Herzen" BWV 66! Written for Easter Monday (the second day of Easter), this masterful work bursts with...

Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale cantata "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" (BWV 93) for the 5th Sunday after Trinity is among the most moving masterworks of Baroque sacred music. Radiating profoun...

Johann Sebastian Bach's festive cantata "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen" BWV 182 is one of the most radiant works of his Weimar period. Composed for Palm Sunday and the Feast of the Annunciation, this m...

Immerse yourself in the splendid sound world of the Baroque with Johann Sebastian Bach's magnificent secular cantata "Lasst uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen" BWV 213 ("Hercules at the Crossroads"). This c...

Immerse yourself in the evocative world of choral music with "Madrigale: O primavera," published by the renowned Schott Musik. This expressive piece masterfully captures the awakening of nature and th...

Of the 11 surviving settings of the Mass by Charpentier, the present work, the Messe de minuit, is without doubt one of the most popular. Although Charpentier's Parisian career is quite well documente...