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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Händel's oratorio 'Solomon' contains a short and lively instrumental passage (Sinfonia). This 'sinfonia' is also known as 'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' and has become very famous outside the con...

Händel's oratorio 'Solomon' contains a short and lively instrumental passage (Sinfonia). This 'sinfonia' is also known as 'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' and has become very famous outside the con...

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...

Oratorio in 3 parts (English/German). Piano reduction after the Urtext of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Soprano solo (2), alto solo, tenor solo (5), bass solo (3), mixed choir-SATB, orchestra - piano...

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...

> BA 5038-90 replaces the previous vocal score but retains its longstanding article number. > The pagination has been adopted from the previous edition. This means that you can rehearse and perform th...

This choral score completes the performance material already available for Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

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...

Immediately after completing Paulus in 1836, Mendelssohn considered composing another oratorio. However, a whole decade was to pass before he composed 'Elijah', which is based on the story of the bibl...