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In 1784, Haydn modernized his oratorio "Il ritorno di Tobia" for a revival at the Burgtheater in Vienna. He added the choruses "Ah, gran Dio" and "Svanisce in un momento", the second of which was rewo...

Johann Michael Haydn's masses are masterpieces of their genre and were extremely popular during his lifetime, as the large number of copies shows. This also applies to the Missa Sancti Dominici, which...

Der Komponist Peter Schindler über diese Einzelausgabe aus „Perpetuum mobile“: „Ad cor tuum“ (No. 26 im Codex Buranus) ist ein Text, der Philipp dem Kanzler (geb. nach 1160, gestorben 1236, Kanzler vo...

Der Komponist Peter Schindler über diese Einzelausgabe aus „Perpetuum mobile“: Ein ruhig fließendes Duett von Mann und Frau. Beide sind erfahren und wissen, wie die Welt tickt. Sie besingen abgeklärt...

The original version of the Missa secunda was composed in 1964. It is dedicated by the composer to his "dear wife Margit on the occasion of our 25th wedding anniversary". The Sanctus was composed late...

Im Jahr 1729 übernahm Bach in Leipzig die Leitung des einst von Telemann gegründeten 'Collegium musicum' und konzertierte daraufhin mindestens einmal wöchentlich mit diesem Ensemble im Zimmermannschen...

In 1729, Bach took over the direction of the "Collegium musicum" in Leipzig, which had once been founded by Telemann, and subsequently gave concerts with this ensemble at least once a week in Zimmerma...

Die Bauernkantate BWV 212 ist in Bachs Kantatenschaffen sowohl inhaltlich als auch musikalisch ein echtes Unikat. Zwar gehört sie zu Bachs Huldigungskantaten, doch handelt der Text nur indirekt vom Lo...

What does Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" have to do with Hercules? More than you might think at first glance. In the summer of 1733, the eleventh birthday of the Saxon Elector Friedrich Christian on 5 Se...

What does Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" have to do with Hercules? More than you might think at first glance. In the summer of 1733, the eleventh birthday of the Saxon Elector Friedrich Christian on 5 Se...

2 Fl, 2 Vl, Va, Bc Die Sinfonien W. F. Bachs sind größtenteils in seiner Dresdner Zeit (1733-1746) entstanden. Es handelt sich um Beiträge zu einer noch neuen und kaum geformten Gattung, die zur gleic...

2 Fl, 2 Ob, Fg, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Bc Die Sinfonia D-Dur (BR-WFB C 8) entstand vermutlich um die Mitte der 1750er Jahre während Bachs Amtszeit als Organist und Director Musices in Halle. Es diente nachw...

Die Orchestermusik spielt im Schaffen Wilhelm Friedemann Bachs eine bedeutende Rolle. In den Jahren seiner ersten Meisterschaft als Organist der Sophienkirche in der sächsischen Residenzstadt Dresden...

2 Vl, Vc, Cemb

2 Cemb soli, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, [2 Tr, Timp]

Due to its large orchestration, its considerable expanse and its virtuoso solo parts, this litany is one of the "Litaniae solemnes" that were performed in Salzburg Cathedral.

The Esterházy dynasty commissioned the most important mass compositions at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries: Joseph Haydn's six great last masses, Beethoven's Mass in C major and the masses by...

Coro SSAA, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

The opera Cleofide by Johann Adolf Hasse was part of an ambitious plan to revive the art of Italian opera at the Saxon court. The dramatic plot – about Alexander the Great’s conquests in India – is br...

Thus sang the Parcae is the title of Goethe's "Song of the Parcae", the goddesses of fate in Greek and Roman mythology. The excerpt from "Iphigenia in Tauris" served Johannes Brahms as a model for his...

Giacomo Puccini’s operas are largely through-composed. Only occasionally does the master of verismo slacken the pace to indulge himself with an aria. The undeniable highlights of his operas, these ari...

Giacomo Puccini's operas are largely dramatically through-composed. Only in a few places does the master of verismo allow himself to linger longer in the form of an aria. These arias are highlights of...

Giacomo Puccini's operas are largely dramatically through-composed. Only in a few places does the master of verismo allow himself to linger longer in the form of an aria. These arias are highlights of...

Giacomo Puccini's operas are largely dramatically through-composed. Only in a few places does the master of verismo allow himself to linger longer in the form of an aria. These arias are highlights of...

Giacomo Puccini's operas are largely dramatically through-composed. Only in a few places does the master of verismo allow himself to linger longer in the form of an aria. These arias are highlights of...