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Discover a captivating masterpiece by the young Felix Mendelssohn: composed in 1822, the Magnificat in D (MWV A 2) sparkles with youthful vitality, festive brilliance, and remarkable maturity. While t...

For this work carus music the choir app, is available. In addition to the vocal score and a recording, the app offers a coach which helps to learn the choral parts. Please find more information at www...

For this work carus music the choir app, is available. In addition to the vocal score and a recording, the app offers a coach which helps to learn the choral parts. Please find more information at www...

Johann Adam Hiller's Psalm 100 "Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt" can be regarded as the highlight of his church music oeuvre. During the composer's lifetime, the work was performed far beyond Germany as...

Venetian version The Laudate pueri was composed between 1735 and 1749 for the Ospedale degl'Incurabili in Venice. As this was a musical training center for talented girls and young women, the vocal pa...

The new critical Carus edition is the first edition ever to be based on the two autographs that Mozart made separately for movements 1-6 and 7-8. The fact that the edition contains two additional orig...

The 100th Psalm by Max Reger is one of the choral-symphonic works of the great style of classical modernism. Polyphonic artistry in the tradition of Bach is combined with contrasting and overwhelming...

The music of Haydn's younger brother, which - although highly esteemed by his contemporaries - fell into oblivion in the 19th century, is still waiting to be rediscovered. Among his better-known works...

The extraordinary esteem in which Handel's contemporaries held the Brockes Passion oratorio is also reflected in the fact that none other than Johann Sebastian Bach copied the work. Even though Bach o...

Zur prachtvollen Eröffnung seiner Oratoriensaison Anfang 1736 präsentierte Händel eine Komposition, die ihm wie kaum ein anderes seiner oratorischen Werke die Gelegenheit zur Darstellung seiner musika...

The most famous chorus of the entire oratorio is now available as a practical single edition: George Frideric Handel's triumphant 'Hallelujah' (HWV 56, No. 39) from 'Messiah' has captivated choirs and...

Der berühmteste Chorsatz des Oratoriums jetzt auch als Einzelausgabe!

Wissenschaftlich-kritische Ausgabe von Puccinis einziger Messe, nach dem Urtext der 'Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini'. Aufgrund des Vergleiches mit der autographen Partitur konnten i...

Wissenschaftlich-kritische Ausgabe von Puccinis einziger Messe, nach dem Urtext der 'Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini'. Aufgrund des Vergleiches mit der autographen Partitur konnten i...

Several elements contribute to the Christmassy character of this mass, which is characterized by its high level of compositional skill: creative devices such as triadic motifs, cradle symbolism as wel...

Frieden fängt im Kleinen an consists of eight songs that can be sung as part of a mass or in concert. The texts approach the concept of "home" from different perspectives, off the beaten track, and ex...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Mass in C major, Op. 86, is a choral masterpiece of profound spiritual depth, dramatic power, and radiant beauty. Spanning a duration of approximately 40 minutes, this work effo...

The cantata Schmücket das Fest mit Maien has survived without any information about the time of its composition, its purpose, or its scoring. The librettist is also unknown, although there is a compar...

This cantata is a composition by Kuhnau for the first of the Christmas holidays [Christmas Day] and one of his most extensive works. It is underlaid with the free poetry of a hitherto anonymous author...

Franz Schubert's Mass in A-flat major, D 678, stands as one of the most expressive and profound masterworks of Romantic sacred music. Spanning approximately 45 minutes, the piece unfolds a captivating...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 is widely regarded as one of the most sublime masterpieces in music history—a magnificent synthesis of profound spirituality, contrapuntal brilliance, a...

The German Requiem is one of the world's most famous requiems, even though it does not set the customary requiem text to music. Brahms did not want to follow the Latin Catholic funeral mass, addressin...

The Frankfurt composer and professor of composition Kurt Hessenberg (1908-1994), together with Ernst Pepping and Hugo Distler, ranks among the most important representatives of Protestant church music...