Church Music for Mixed Ensemble

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...

Psalm 147 "Lauda Jerusalem" has an important place in the church year, including in vespers on Marian feasts. Antonio Vivaldi's only setting of this vesper psalm has some special features: The work is...

Psalm 147 "Lauda Jerusalem" has an important place in the church year, among other things in vespers on Marian feasts. Antonio Vivaldi's only setting of this Vespers Psalm has some peculiarities: the...

Psalm 147 "Lauda Jerusalem" has an important place in the church year, among other things in vespers on Marian feasts. Antonio Vivaldi's only setting of this Vespers Psalm has some peculiarities: the...

The two Magnificat compositions (C major, ZWV 107; D major, ZWV 108) are part of Zelenka's collection of well over 30 psalm and Magnificat settings for the Dresden Vespers services. In contrast to the...

The new Carus edition of this sonorous work, characterized by the Italian style, contains for the first time the Choral Fugue No. 6, which can be found in Mendelssohn's autograph and was also performe...

Bruckner’s Tantum ergo in B-flat major was performed on New Year’s Eve 1849 at St. Florian monastery, where the composer was employed as a teacher. This short work captivates with an expressive, beaut...

Missa in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae - Haydns sogenannte Große Orgelsolomesse in Es-Dur zählt zu jenen Werken des Komponisten, die schon früh eine ausgesprochen weite Verbreitung fanden. Die i...

Haydn's so-called Great Organ Solo Mass in E flat major is one of the composer's works that was widely performed early on. The mass, which is scored separately with two English horns in the wind parts...

The Missa Sti Bernardi by Offida from 1796 marks the beginning of Joseph Haydn's late work. The work was given the nickname "Heiligmesse" (Holy Mass) because Haydn quotes the then well-known hymn "Hei...

The Missa in B flat major by Joseph Haydn presented here has gone down in music history under the nickname "Theresienmesse". The reason for this name is unclear, but could be related to the performanc...

The Harmoniemesse is the last of the "High Masses" composed in the years 1796-1802 for the name day of Princess Esterházy and at the same time Haydn's last completed composition. It was given its name...

Like few other settings of the Ordinary, Mozart's masses combine high artistic perfection and beauty of sound with the requirements of the liturgy; even the text-rich movements "Gloria" and "Credo" in...

The festive composition with its large orchestration for the time was performed for the first time on June 29, 1751 on the occasion of the consecration of the new Catholic Court Church in Dresden.

The "Missa pastoralis in C", presented here for the first time, was composed around 1808. It is part of a cycle of sacred chants called "Cursus sacro-harmonicus", which Ryba created as an ordinarium a...

Venetian version The Laudate pueri was composed between 1735 and 1749 for the Ospedale degl'Incurabili in Venice. As this was a musical training center for talented girls and young women, the vocal pa...

Choralmesse für eine tiefere Solostimme, die 1842 in Windhaag entstand.

Choralmesse für eine tiefere Solostimme, die 1842 in Windhaag entstand.

Born in the same year as Mozart, Joseph Martin Kraus, who, like the famous Salzburg composer, was highly gifted musically and also died far too young, has received more attention again in recent years...

The Stabat Mater, composed in 1767, was Joseph Haydn's first sacred work, which he composed after taking up his post with Prince Esterházy in Eisenstadt. Like hardly any other of his sacred works, it...

With the Missa Sancti Amandi, composed in 1776, Haydn created a festive mass "in pieno", i.e. scored for choir and orchestra without vocal soloists. Although very densely scored, this work is characte...

The fourth (or first) of the eleven Cannons Anthems with the text O sing unto the Lord, HWV 249b has a small instrumentation in comparison to the other anthems composed in Cannons. This practical edit...

Handel's Jubilate HWV 279 from Utrecht thrilled London audiences at its very first performance and continues to do so today in concert halls and churches around the world, partly due to its wide range...