Classical Music (Baroque) Sheet Music for Voice and Orchestra

The surviving second and third acts of Catone in Utica, one of Metastasio’s most dramatic libretti, premiered in Verona in the spring of 1737 in a setting by Vivaldi, contain some of his finest, most...

In Rameau's operatic oeuvre, "Io" is certainly the work shrouded in the most mystery: the acte de ballet has survived only in the form of a copy of the score and parts which was made by a collector fr...

The surviving second and third acts of Catone in Utica, one of Metastasio’s most dramatic libretti, premiered in Verona in the spring of 1737 in a setting by Vivaldi, contain some of his finest, most...

The Purcell Society’s major new redaction of Dido and Aeneas was issued in 2021, and the vocal score reflects the latest thinking in terms of source studies and historical musicology, of which a full...

Vedro con mio diletto (Il Giustino,Rome - Carnaval 1724) Orchestre et chant, matériel d'orchestre. Cette émouvante sarabande, qui partage son thème avec le mouvement lent du concerto pour violon RV 38...

SILETE VENTI, HWV 242 (BE SILENT, WINDS) is a Latin motet by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) The uncertain date of its composition has provoked much debate, although careful study of the work sugge...

Amongst Rameau’s stage works which have come down to us in two main versions, such as “Dardanus“ (1739, 1744), “Platée“ (1745, 1749) and “Zoroastre“ (1749, 1756), none fell into oblivion for as long a...

Johann Sebastian Bach's solo cantata No. 82 "Ich habe genug" (BWV 82) for the Feast of the Purification of Mary is among the most deeply moving and intimate masterpieces in the sacred vocal repertoire...

In the fourth volume of his “General History of Music”, Charles Burney's verdict on Handel's “Giustino” was as enthusiastic as it was prophetic: “Upon the whole, this opera, so seldom acted and so lit...

When the librettist Paolo Rolli and George Frideric Handel composed an Italian opera about Scipio's conquest of the Iberian port city of Carthago Nova in 1726, these events from 209 BC were already al...

Rameau's "Io" has only survived posthumously, namely in the form of a copy of the score and the orchestral parts, both of which were produced in Rameau's successor generation from the now lost autogra...

This collection of the instrumental numbers from Zoroastre, a "Tragédie in five acts" includes the movements and dances of all the original versions, i.e. those of January and February 1756 (found in...

This collection of instrumental numbers from the "Tragédie in fünf Akten" Zoroastre brings together the movements and dances from all the original versions, i.e. those from January and February 1756 (...

'Dardanus' is Rameau's third 'Tragédie lyrique' composed for Paris after 'Hippolyte et Aricie' and 'Castor et Pollux'. With its multi-facetted music it represents quite a high point of this genre. Its...

After Hippolyte et Aricie and Castor et Pollux, Dardanus is Rameau's third tragédie lyrique for Paris. With its multifaceted music, it is an absolute highlight of this genre. Its reception is very spe...

In 1768, Gluck was asked by Empress Maria Theresa to compose a festive opera in Parma on the occasion of the wedding of her daughter Maria Amalia to Ferdinand of Spain. The composer accepted the commi...

In 1768, Gluck was asked by Empress Maria Theresa to compose a festive opera in Parma on the occasion of the wedding of her daughter Maria Amalia to Ferdinand of Spain. The composer accepted the commi...

In Rameau's operatic oeuvre, "Io" is certainly the work surrounded by the most mystery: the acte de ballet has only survived in the form of a copy of the score and parts, which a collector from the ge...

Rameau's ballet-opera "Zéphire" is based on the legend of Zephire and Flora, as immortalized by Ovid in the fifth book of his "Fasti". Zéphire, the god of the west wind, loves Chloris, a forest nymph...

Rameau's ballet opera "Zéphire" is based on the legend of Zephire and Flora, as immortalized by Ovid in the fifth book of his "Fasti". Zéphire, the god of the west wind, loves Chloris, a wood nymph of...

La serva padrona (The Maid as Mistress) was composed in 1733 by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) as a two-part intermezzo intended to be performed between the acts of his serious opera Il prigi...

This volume offers a collection of individual sacred and secular vocal pieces that have come down to us under the name of Christoph Willibald Gluck. The selection of the works is premised on the assum...

This volume represents the only annual cycle of sacred music of the 18th century printed in score; it was completed in 1744. The textual basis stems from Erdmann Neumeister. In contrast to the usual p...

Johann Adolf Hasse, Kapellmeister at the Saxon-Polish court in Dresden, composed the Requiem in C major for the ceremonial exequies of the deceased Elector Friedrich August II in November 1763 in the...