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The composer Albert Lortzing is best known today for his comic operas such as Zar und Zimmermann and Der Waffenschmied. But he also wrote sacred music. In 1822 - under the impression of the performanc...

In seinem Passionsoratorium Christus am Ölberge gelang es Beethoven einerseits, an eine Tradition des 18. Jahrhunderts anzuknüpfen, andererseits aber auch die aufblühende Gattung des deutschsprachigen...

Carus-Verlag is now publishing this early work by Camille Saint-Saëns in a critical new edition. Among the sacred works by Saint-Saëns there are just two settings of the mass: the 'Messe de Requiem''...

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) ist heute vor allem als Opernkomponist und als Kompositionslehrer von Giacomo Puccini und Pietro Mascagni bekannt. Seinen größten Erfolg konnte er 1876 an der Mailänder...

Unter den gut 20 großen Messen von Jan Dismas Zelenka kommt der Missa Sancti Josephi eine Schlüsselstellung zu. In der vermutlich 1732 für ein Heiligenfest (deshalb ohne Credo) komponierten Messe grei...

Zu Unrecht ist Diabellis Kirchenmusik weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten, dabei schafft der österreichische Komponist der Bieder­meierzeit in der 'Pastoral-Messe in F' den Spagat zwischen künstlerisc...

Anton Bruckner composed his first mass, the Mass in D minor, in 1864 in just four months. It was not ready in time for the Kaiser Franz Joseph I's birthday, as planned, but was first performed on 20 N...

Bruckner’s mighty "Mass in F minor" is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music...

Shining rays stream from the 'Messe de sainte Cécile'. At first people were dazzled, then bewitched, then overcome.' This is how the composer Camille Saint-Saëns described the impression made on him b...

Webers "Missa sancta No. 1" in Es-Dur ist auch unter dem Beinamen "Freischütz-Messe" bekannt, da er sie 1818 während der Arbeit an der gleichnamigen Oper komponierte. Die Messe erfreute sich bereits b...

As an acclaimed opera composer, Georges Bizet admitted that he had no real sensibility for sacred music. His Te Deum is nonetheless a truly fascinating and highly expressive work. From the majestic "T...

In 1892 Dvorák received a prestigious commission from New York to write a festive cantata to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss discovery of America. In response he wrote an im...

Von Jan Dismas Zelenka sind zwei Te Deum-Vertonungen erhalten: das Te Deum D-Dur ZWV 145 von ca. 1724 und das vorliegende Te Deum a due cori D-Dur ZWV 146, das 1731 entstanden ist. War das erste Te De...

Solo SMsTB, Coro SATB, 3 Fl (mit Picc), 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 4 Fg, 4 Cor, 8 Tr, 3 Trb, Ophikleide, Timp, Perc, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb Unter den zahlreichen Kompositionen Verdis bleibt das Requiem als kirchenmusikal...

Das Requiem von Gabriel Faure liegt bei Carus nun in zwei Fassungen vor, der sinfonischen Fassung von 1901 sowie der Fassung mit kleinem Orchester von 1889. Die im Jahre 1901 veröffentlichte 'sinfonis...

Solo SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, Eh, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Tb, Timp, Große Caisse, Arpa, Perc, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org - erste kritische Edition von Gounods letztem Werk - ausführliches Vor...

During his most productive period as an opera composer, Camille Saint-Saëns also wrote sacred works, among which his Oratorio de Noël has enjoyed great worldwide popularity. The colorful and opulently...

Anton Bruckner composed his Requiem in D minor at the young age of 24 in memory of a friend of his father's who was his patron. The work was greatly influenced by the Viennese classical style. He revi...

Through works such as Verdi’s Requiem or Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, we know that the great composers of Italian bel canto opera also wrote marvelous sacred music. Yet most of these pieces are rarely p...

Bruckner described his setting of Psalm 150 of 1892 as 'my best festive cantata of all'. Psalm 150 has a definite festive character, manifested straight away in the monumental Hallelujah theme for the...

Die einzelnen Werke des kirchenmusikalischen Zyklus' der 'Quattro pezzi sacri' entstanden 1889 bis 1897 unabhängig voneinander, ihre Besetzung reicht von Solostimmen a cappella bis hin zum Doppelchor...

Soli SSATTBB, Coro SATB/SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Fifari, 3 Cor, 3 Trb, 2 Vl, 3 Va, Vc, Vn, Bc Kritische Ausgabe - Beruht auf allen erhaltenen Exemplaren des Drucks von 1610 - Frühe handschriftliche Ergänzungen...

Anyone who is familiar with Bruckner's symphonies and great masses will probably be astonished upon hearing his Missa solemnis of 1854: can the tradition of the Viennese classics still be so clearly e...

How does a female composer apply for a position at court? With her own music! When Luigi Cherubini sought to recommend himself in 1810 as Joseph Haydn’s successor at the court of Hungarian Prince Nich...

How does a female composer apply for a position at court? With her own music! When Luigi Cherubini sought to recommend himself in 1810 as Joseph Haydn’s successor at the court of Hungarian Prince Nich...