Church Music for Mixed Ensemble

The text of the cantata "Nun danket alle Gott" BWV 192 is based solely on the well-known hymn. It is therefore one of the few choral cantatas that do not contain any other free poetic texts. According...

The cantata "Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest" BWV 194 was composed on the occasion of the organ dedication in Störmthal on November 2, 1723. One year later and with only minor changes, the cantata was p...

The cantata "Der Herr denket an uns" BWV 196 has a special charm due to its early date of composition, penned by the just 22-year-old Bach, and its brevity and simple scoring make it easy to perform e...

'Gott ist unsre Zuversicht' BWV 197 was probably written in the second half of the 1730s for a wedding, no further details of which are known. In the opening chorus in particular, it features quite a...

'Gott ist unsre Zuversicht' BWV 197 was probably written in the second half of the 1730s for a wedding, no further details of which are known. In the opening chorus in particular, it features quite a...

Gott ist unsre Zuversicht BWV 197 was probably composed in the second half of the 1730s for an unknown wedding ceremony and features an impressive orchestra, especially in the opening chorus. The text...

Bach's solo soprano cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut was composed in the summer of 1714 for the Weimar court service on the 11th Sunday after Trinity. The cantata poem by the Darmstadt court poet G...

Neben der h-Moll-Messe existieren von Bach bekanntlich vier weitere, kleinere Messkompositionen, die sog. Lutherischen oder Kyrie-Gloria-Messen. Trotz ihrer hohen musikalischen Qualitäten, stehen sie...

In addition to the Mass in B minor, Bach is known to have composed four other, smaller masses, the so-called Lutheran or Kyrie Gloria masses. Despite their high musical qualities, they are often overs...

In addition to the Mass in B minor, Bach is known to have composed four other, smaller masses, the so-called Lutheran or Kyrie Gloria masses. Despite their high musical qualities, they are often overs...

Eine Neue, textlich revidierte Ausgabe, die allen Kriterien der modernen historisch-kritischen Bach-Forschung entspricht und dabei das Werk in einem grosszügigen Notenbild präsentiert. Passend zur D-D...

Johann Sebastian Bach's "Magnificat" BWV 243 was composed in its first form in E flat at the very beginning of Bach's Leipzig tenure, possibly for the Visitation of Mary on July 2, 1723. A performance...

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 (CV31080-00) is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most frequently-performed cantatas. But the well-known form of the work, with its great opening chorale chorus, repr...

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 (Carus 31.080/00) is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most frequently performed cantatas. However, the well-known form with the large opening chorale represents the...

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 (Carus 31.080/00) is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most frequently performed cantatas. However, the well-known form with the large opening chorale represents the...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach komponierte sein lateinisches Sanctus in Es in den Jahren 1768-1778, als er Musikdirektor an den Hamburger Kirchen war. Das kurze und feierliche Werk für Chor und Orchester w...

The Missa in g is the only surviving work in this genre by Johann Hugo von Wilderer, whose work as Kapellmeister at the Electoral Palatinate court, which had resided in Mannheim since 1720, was mainly...

There is hardly a work by a contemporary that Bach can be proven to have worked on as frequently and intensively as Keiser's "St. Mark Passion". There is evidence of a total of three performances, for...

The representative Latin psalm composition "Deus, judicium tuum" (Ps. 71/72) is one of the best from Telemann's pen. Its composition is linked to his eight-month trip to Paris in the fall of 1737, dur...

Great Baroque church music full of color and powerful imagery! 'Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing, rejoice and praise his holy name with the trumpets and cornetts! And nature shall join in, the seas s...

The office as a priest and the long years as musical director of the Ospedale della Pietà (a large orphonage in Venice) both occasioned and inspired him to compose church music in large variety. The M...

With "Dixit Dominus" (Ps 109 [110]) and "Beatus vir" (Ps 111 [112]), two of Vivaldi's most important double-choir church compositions are available in new critical editions. With the vocal-instrumenta...

Antonio Vivaldi set Psalm 111 (112) "Beatus vir" three times ("Blessed is the man who fears the Lord"). Of these, two have survived that could hardly be more different: the extensive, double-choir wor...

Antonio Vivaldi set Psalm 111 (112) "Beatus vir" three times ("Blessed is the man who fears the Lord"). Of these, two have survived that could hardly be more different: the extensive, double-choir wor...

Antonio Vivaldi set Psalm 111 (112) "Beatus vir" three times ("Blessed is the man who fears the Lord"). Of these, two have survived that could hardly be more different: the extensive, double-choir wor...