Sheet Music for Orchestra

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...

Jeden Sommer mobilisiert die Kathedrale von Chichester im englischen Sussex zusammen mit ihren Nachbarn aus Winchester und Salisbury alle Kräfte und stemmt eines der wichtigsten Krichenusikfestivals G...

Max Bruch succeeded in composing an impressive setting of the well known Advent text, 'O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf' (O Saviour, tear open the heavens). Compositionally it is extremely sophisticated...

Bruckner’s mighty "Mass in F minor" is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music...

Das etwa Te Deum von 1832 überzeugt durch rasche Ausdruckswechsel und warme Orchesterfarben. Chöre, auch für Doppelchor, wechseln mit Arien und Solistenensembles, weiche Holzbläserklänge und obligate...

Das Requiem von Gabriel Fauré liegt bei Carus in zwei Fassungen vor, der 1900 abgeschlossenen 'sinfonischen Fassung' sowie einer rekonstruierten Fassung mit kleinem Orchester von 1889. - kritische Aus...

Anton Bruckner composed his Requiem in D minor at the young age of 24 in memory of a friend of his father's who was his patron. The work was greatly influenced by the Viennese classical style. He revi...

Bruckner described his setting of Psalm 150 of 1892 as 'my best festive cantata of all'. Psalm 150 has a definite festive character, manifested straight away in the monumental Hallelujah theme for the...

As Kapellmeister of the royal court theater in Dresden, Carl Maria von Weber's primary task was to establish a German opera at court. However, it was also part of his duties to provide the "church ser...

The Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata) BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 at various wedding celebrations in different forms, and was evidently also lent out for performances further afiel...

Psalm texts inspired Mendelssohn throughout his career, and he left behind five large orchestral psalms in addition to a cappella movements.

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio "Paulus" under the influence of the revival of J. S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (1829), which he himself conducted. He integrated choral movements into "Paulu...

Elijah is regarded as a milestone in Mendelssohns compositional output and as a high point in the oratorio literature of the 19th century. Mendelssohn composed his second great oratorio just a year be...

The Missa Gratias agimus tibi by Jan Disma Zelenka was composed in 1730, a little before the Missa Sancti Josephi (Carus 27.082), and is thus already close to Zelenka's late style. As a festive mass,...

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Haydn's composition is characterized by a dramatic, extremely moving emotionality that is hard to resist. The work was originally conceived as a purely instrumental composition - as meditation music i...

Stimmensatz Streicher 1/1/1/1/1 1x Flöte, 2x Klarinette in B, 2x Horn, 2x Trompete (C und B), Posaune

The Missa Dei Patris ZWV 19 was composed in 1740 and ranks among the later works of the Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. It opens an incompletely transmitted cycle of six masses which the compose...