Classical Music (Baroque) Sheet Music for Soloists, Mixed Choir (SATB) and Orchestra

In 1733, the emergence of a rival opera company led George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) to seek a new audience by writing English-language oratorios. ISRAEL IN EGYPT, HWV 54, serves as one of the fines...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) likely composed three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, though only two have survived. It was common for Vivaldi to write introductory motets to be performed bef...

Kuhnau’s setting of the 98th psalm Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied is a sonorous cantata with the opulent scoring of two trumpets, timpani and a five-part string section. This baroque gem radiates a s...

The Easter oratorio BWV 249 was first performed on Easter Sunday 1725 with the text "Come, make haste and run". In the counting of the new BWV, this is already BWV 249.3, following two congratulatory...

The Easter oratorio BWV 249 was first performed on Easter Sunday 1725 with the text "Come, make haste and run". In the counting of the new BWV, this is already BWV 249.3, following two congratulatory...

George Frideric Handel is regarded as the first and most important English representative of the oratorio genre. The Messiah in particular is regarded as the epitome of sacred music and is also one of...

Die vorliegende Ausgabe ermöglicht die Aufführung der Kantate in den verschiedenen von Bach praktizierten Besetzungsformen. Bei den Besetzungsangaben zu den Solopartien für hohe Stimme ist jeweils zue...

The musicologist Malcolm Bruno created a new reconstruction of the work on the basis of the funeral ode BWV 198, which has since been established as a parody model. Welcome Comeback Bach's St. John an...

'Charming Berenice' - the Earl of Shaftesbury attended a rehearsal of the opera on 12 May 1737 and went into raptures about this 'inexpressible delight'. 'Berenice' was premiered at Covent Garden Thea...

The premiere of Gluck's "Alceste" marked the reopening of the Vienna Burgtheater after the period of mourning decreed by the death of Archduchess Maria Josepha. The inspiration for the libretto, which...

Originally conceived as a prologue for the ballet "Les Beaux Jours de l'Amour", the one-act opera "La Naissance d'Osiris" was performed only twice, together with revivals of "Pigmalion" and "Les Incas...

'Les Paladins' was Rameau's last work premiered at the Académie royale de musique in 1760. Sharply criticized on account of its overtly comical libretto, the work was withdrawn after fifteen performan...

Like most of his works, Johann Sebastian Bach's "St. John Passion" has not survived in a definitive version - e.g. as a printed edition or fair copy - but in four different versions. Arthur Mendel's e...

Unlike Bach's other oratorio compositions, there is no definitive version of the "St. John Passion". The first version from 1724, which is commonly used today, is a mixture of different readings. It w...

Bruckner’s mighty Mass in F minor is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music....

Published in collaboration with the Bach Archive Leipzig with the unfinished revision (1739) in the appendix. The St. John Passion is one of the great vocal works of Bach's Leipzig period. In contrast...

Alongside the double-choir St. Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat and the Mass in B minor, the St. John Passion is one of the great vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach's Leipzig...

Can be combined with the performance material of older editions (also with the NBA). Bach's St. John Passion is one of the greatest Passion settings in music history. It underwent several fundamental...

Bachs Johannespassion gehört zu den grossartigsten Passionsvertonungen der Musikgeschichte. Sie erlebte zu Bachs Lebzeiten mehrere grundlegende Umgestaltungen. Carus bietet alle erhaltenen Fassungen....

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 '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 St. John Passion was first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday of 1724. Written three years before the St. Matthew Passion, it was a work Bach revised during the rest of his life, in fact he did n...

Unlike Bach's other oratorio compositions, there is no definitive version of the St. John Passion. The first version of 1724 which is today's standard version represents a mixture of different reading...

The St. John Passion, Bach's first passion oratorio, can hardly be understood as 'one' work. Between 1724 and 1750 the work was performed at least four times in various Leipzig churches under the comp...