Church Music for Orchestra

Missa in C major "Coronation Mass"

Mozart’s magnificent unfinished 'Great Mass in C minor K. 427' is impressive not only for its monumentality and musical beauty but for its fragmentary state which has fascinated scholars and performer...

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...

Although Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the most frequently performed works by the Cantor of St. Thomas's, it is full of puzzles and problems. This applies not only to the question, still unanswered...

Full score for John Rutter's arrangement of Joy to the World. The carol is available as both an individual choral leaflet and as part of the Christmas collection Joy to the World; this score is compat...

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...

Zu Unrecht ist Diabellis Kirchenmusik weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten, dabei schafft der österreichische Komponist der Biedermeierzeit in der 'Pastoral-Messe in F' den Spagat zwischen künstlerisch...

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Commissioned for the millennium by Britain's Royal Armouries and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, this work is a contemporary example of a mass based on the 15th-century French song L'ho...

Only the text and the last page of the autograph score of the Christmas Cantata Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe BWV 197.1 (197a) have survived, beginning with the end of the 2nd aria. This, along with the c...

The Missa in c KV 427 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating work. To speak of "the" mass alone is inaccurate, as it is basically nothing more than a musical torso, full of riddles and problems -...

Experience one of the most radiant classics of sacred choral music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Missa in C major, K. 220 (196b), affectionately known as the "Sparrow Mass" (Spatzenmesse). With its vibra...

Louis Spohr’s *Des Heilands letzte Stunden* (The Savior’s Last Hours), composed in 1835, is one of the most significant Passion oratorios of the 19th century. The freely adapted libretto by the well-k...

Anton Bruckner composed his first mass, the Mass in D minor, in 1864 in just four months. It was not ready in time for the Kaiser Franz Joseph I's birthday, as planned, but was first performed on 20 N...

Even during Ludwig van Beethoven's lifetime, the composer was so revered that contemporaries arranged his music – mostly the well-known instrumental works – for choir. In some cases, he may even have...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Requiem, sein letztes und von ihm unvollendet hinterlassenes Werk, blieb lange Zeit legendenumwoben, ehe sich das Dunkel um seine Entstehung lichtete. Mozart machte sich an di...

For the funeral rites after the death of King Augustus I. of Saxony ('Augustus the Strong'), Zelenka composed the Requiem in D (ZWV 46) and the Officium Defunctorum (ZWV 47), both integral parts of th...

Carl Maria von Weber‘s fame rests mainly on ‚Der Freischütz‘. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain w...

Bring festive joy and vibrant choral radiance to your Christmas concert with "Jesus Child", published by Oxford University Press. This uplifting and heartwarming carol for mixed choir (SATB) delights...

The 'Messiah' occupies a unique position in Handel's work. It is one of the most renowned works of this composer's monumental output. It has often been said that Handel composed the 'Messiah' for his...

> The tried-and-tested content of the complete edition volumes now in affordable soft-cover scores > Forewords in German and now also in English How practical! Towering masterpieces of choral music hi...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's radiant Mass in C major, K. 257, widely renowned as the "Credo Mass", is one of the most vibrant and uplifting mass settings of the Classical era. The work owes its famous ni...

How practical: This choral masterpiece is now appearing in a handy and affordable soft-cover score to complement the substantial linen-bound complete edition volume. The tried-and-tested musical text...

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...

As an acclaimed opera composer, Georges Bizet admitted that he had no real sensibility for sacred music. His Te Deum is nonetheless a truly fascinating and highly expressive work. From the majestic “T...