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Mozart's Requiem is known to the general public in the version by his pupil Franz Xaver Süßmayr, which was completed immediately after Mozart's death. The attacks against Süßmayr's addition began in 1...

The story of the Requiem's creation is shrouded in anecdotes and legends. Overwork from composing and performing La Clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute as well as an acute infection led to the compos...

As part of the "Great Oratorio Cycle" of 1730–31, Georg Philipp Telemann’s two-part oratorio for St. John’s Day was premiered. Originally performed in two parts before and after the sermon during the...

On April 1, 1725, Bach formed the Easter cantata "Kommt, gehet und eilt" BWV 249.3, which was to become the nucleus of the Easter Oratorio, from the Shepherd's Cantata BWV 249.1 he had composed a few...

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...

The composer Joseph Martin Kraus was born in the same year as Mozart, and like Salzburg's famous son, he was highly gifted and died too young. But in recent years he has received more attention. And r...

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 text by the well-known...

A valuable addition to the requiem repertoire: Biber’s Requiem in F minor is one of the most impressive musical settings of the Mass for the Dead from the 17th century. The specific occasion for the c...

Every era hears and interprets Bach anew, and every era also evaluates the sources afresh and with new eyes. 40 years after the publication of the St. Matthew Passion in the New Bach Edition, Klaus Ho...

Bach's Christmas Oratorio has been published as a scholarly edition for practical use as part of the Stuttgart Bach Editions. The edition is based on Bach's autograph score and the original parts. The...

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio "Paulus" under the influence of the revival of J. S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (1829), which he himself conducted. He integrated choral movements into "Paulu...

Haydn's composition is characterized by a dramatic, extremely moving emotionality that is hard to resist. The work was originally conceived as a purely instrumental composition - as meditation music i...

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 text by the well-known...

This publication offers a source-critical edition of Mozart's fragmentary 'Requiem' as well as an alternative to the traditional Süßmayr version. It makes it possible to perform 1) the fragment, ident...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Oratorio de Noël for five vocal solos, mixed choir, strings, organ and harp in 1858. The work, which is sung in Latin, is based on texts from the Old and New Testament...

Just one year before his death, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy achieved a success with his oratorio "Elijah", which has made him one of the most popular oratorio composers to this day. With gripping dram...

Shelter Me is more than just music--it is a call to empathy, action, and understanding. Structured in the tradition of an oratorio, this work blends the storytelling power of soloists, chorus, and ins...

As usual, the Bosse hits once again let the a cappella sparks fly. The double-choir arrangement of Handel's "Hallelujah" for mixed choir is full of groovy musical twists and turns, but never neglects...

Handel composed his first Italian oratorio "La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno" in 1707, based on an allegorical and moralistic libretto by his patron Cardinal Benedetto Pamp...

Here is the 10th movement from the Handel Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus. Sung by a bass soloist in the major work, this arrangement is skillfully set to fit the voices of young men.

Messiah' occupies a unique position in Handel's work. Its strongly universal character and directness of expression, which appeal to men of all creeds, make it the most renowned work in the whole of t...

Oratorio in 3 parts. Piano reduction (English/German) after the Urtext of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe - Oratorio in three Parts. Vocal (english/german). Soprano solo, Alto solo (2), Tenor solo, Bass...