Schott Chormusik

Rolf Rudin has made a name for himself as an award-winning composer far beyond the borders of Germany. Among the large number of his sacred choral compositions is also the church music setting of 'Ave...

E. E. Cummings' poem about a bygone love, about despair, indifference to acceptance is set for mixed choir. Brown's music relives the story with hovering and grating sounds, demanding courage to use e...

Zart und filigran wirken die feinen Melismen des vertonten Liebesgedichtes, die sich über herbe und archaisch anmutende Klänge erheben. Sie entführen Hörer und Sänger in die schroffe Landschaft Schott...

The composition 'An Evening Prayer' for four-part mixed a-cappella choir (SATB) by Magdalena Zimmermann is based on a sacred poem by the English Baroque poet and philosopher Thomas Browne. To set thes...

Nino Rota's Mass was composed in Rome in 1962, the very same year when the Second Vatican Council formally opened in 1962, whose fundamental changes regarding the use of liturgical music directly foun...

This short piece for four-part mixed choir was composed by Krzysztof Penderecki in 2015 on the text of a well-known Polish Christmas carol. The traditional text is about common shepherds travelling to...

Altes mit Neuem kunstvoll zu verbinden - das zählt zu den Markenzeichen von Alwin M. Schronen. Dass dem vielseitigen Tondichter und Träger zahlreicher Kompositionspreise dieser künstlerische Spagat me...

The mass was composed to be easy to rehearse and accessible music for church services. A notable feature of this mass is the complete absence of accidentals, making it a 'white key mass'. The range fo...

Alwin Michael Schronen has long been known for his versatility and ability to compose works of varying degrees of difficulty. His setting of the Agnus Dei for eight-part mixed choir a cappella (SSAATT...

Altes Lied by Heinrich Poos for mixed a cappella choir (SSATBB) is a three-part sacred work which addresses a topic that had been frequently taken up in old times as well - love. In this case a tragic...

Peteris Vasks komponierte dieses Werk auf denText des gleichnamigen Gedichtes des 1936 in Riga geborenen Autors Knuts Skujenieks als liebevolle Hommage an die Landschaft seines Heimatlandes Litauen: W...

Peteris Vasks komponierte dieses Werk auf denText des gleichnamigen Gedichtes des 1936 in Riga geborenen Autors Knuts Skujenieks als liebevolle Hommage an sein Vaterland Litauen. Durch die Aussprachhi...

Das Vaterunser als höchstes Gebet des Christentums wird hier in einem schlichten, aber nicht banalen Satz von Javier Busto vorgelegt. Das Werk beschreibt einen sehr ruhigen, demütigen und leisen Chara...

Das Weihnachtswunder wird in dieser sechsstimmigen Vertonung von Javier Busto kanonisch bestaunt. Der Sopran führt, die anderen Stimmen folgen mit keinem Versatz. Das dreistimmige Halleluja, das zunäc...

The famous researcher and music teacher also proves to be a longtime experienced expert of male-choir music: a concise and effective musical setting of the text from the Ambrosian hymn of praise based...

This 'utility music' in the best sense of the word is warmly recommended for all male-voice choirs. Bertold Hummel wrote a-cappella choral music mainly for use in church services. He composed Cantate...

In this sonorous and colourful composition for male choir, commissioned for the award-winning male-voice choir of Chorknaben Uetersen who recorded the piece on CD under the direction of Hans-Joachim L...