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These two previously-unpublished Psalm settings were written while Benjamin Britten was studying at the Royal College of Music in London but, despite encouragement from Ireland, Vaughan Williams and H...

The Voices Stilled (Agnus Dei) by James Whitbourn was commissioned by John Snelling and the Shipley Arts Festival (director Andrew Bernardi), and first performed on 14 July 2013 in Lancing College Cha...

The Vocal Score for James Whitbourn’s Requiem, scored for SATB choir, solo soprano saxophone and orchestra. Commissioned by Westminster Choir College of Rider University. First performed on 13th April...

Biber's Requiem in F minor is amongst the most impressive settings of the Requiem Mass of the 17th century. The exact reason for the composition of the Requiem, which can be dated to 1692, is not know...

A mass composition by a young Viennese composer: in 1760, at the age of 16, Marianna von Martines (1744-1812) composed her "Seconda Messa". Just one year later, another mass from her pen was performed...

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

Missa Cellensis in honorem BVM. Cäcilienmesse - Als Joseph Haydn 1766, nach dem Tod seines Vorgängers Gregor Joseph Werner, die Leitung der Esterházy-Kapelle übernahm, begann er mit der Komposition se...

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

Hasse's much smaller-scale Requiem in B flat, which we are publishing for the first time, was presumably composed as early as the second half of the 1750s. Nothing is known about the occasion for whic...

Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 3 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, Cfg, 2 Cor, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Cemb Der neuen Carus-Urtextausgabe liegt als Hauptquelle der Partitur-Erstdruck von 1800 zu Grunde. Haydn hatt...

Experience a festive masterpiece of sacred music with Johann Ernst Eberlin's Missa in C. This radiant work captivates with its solemn splendor, harmonic elegance, and inspiring choral writing. Scored...

Immerse yourself in the thrilling soundscape of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's masterful ballad "Die erste Walpurgisnacht op. 60". Based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's dramatic text, this work unleash...

With "L'Enfance du Christ / Des Heilands Kindheit op. 25", Hector Berlioz created one of the most poignant and intimate musical settings of the biblical story of Christmas and the flight into Egypt. T...

Experience the masterful sonic splendor of Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in F major, BWV 233. As one of Bach's four fascinating "Lutheran Masses," this approximately 25-minute work captivates with fest...

Bach hatte die Partitur der Messe A-dur seinem Sohn Wilhelm Friedemann vererbt. Schon bald gelangte das Exemplar in den Besitz des Leipziger Verlagshauses, wie Breitkopfs thematischem Verzeichnis aus...

With the Missa brevis in D minor, K. 65, the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created a masterful sacred work of exceptional depth and emotional intensity. The poignant minor key imbues this compact mass...

Experience Johann Sebastian Bach's festive masterpiece with this premium vocal score published by the renowned Breitkopf & Härtel. The Ascension Oratorio "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen" (BWV 11) radiat...