Urtext Edition

Geistliche Kantate. Urtext der Telemann-Werkausgabe. Alt-Blockflöte in f,g (2), Piccolo (2), Flöte (2), Oboe (2), Fagott, Horn (2), Trompete (3), Pauke - Stimmensatz; Urtextausgabe Streicher & B.C. se...

Unlike Bach's other oratorio compositions, there is no definitive version of the St. John Passion. The first version of 1724 which is today's standard version represents a mixture of different reading...

Beethoven described his grandly conceived 'Missa solemnis' as 'my greatest work' and sold manuscript copies to some of the subscribers even before it had appeared in print. This Urtext edition takes i...

Beethoven described the magnificent Missa solemnis as "my greatest work" and sold copies of the manuscript to some of his subscribers even before publication. This Urtext edition of the work takes all...

> Informative Foreword in the score (Ger/Eng) > Text underlay in two languages (Lat/Ger) > Piano reduction by the composer The first great orchestral psalm Mendelssohn's first great orchestral psalm t...

Mendelssohn's first large orchestral psalm took almost six years to compose, from the first sketches to the first version of 1830 to the final version of 1835. The work was not premiered until 1838 in...

Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his 'Hymn of Praise' in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth - and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper,...

Mozart’s magnificent unfinished 'Great Mass in C minor K. 427' is impressive not only for its monumentality and musical beauty but for its fragmentary state which has fascinated scholars and performer...

Mozart's magnificent, unfinished "Missa in c" K. 427 impresses not only because of its monumentality and musical beauty, but also because its incomplete transmission has fascinated scholars and practi...

As Mozart specialist Ulrich Konrad was able to prove in 2020, the version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's “Masonic Funeral Music” that is widely in use today does not stem from the composer himself. Rath...

As the Mozart specialist Ulrich Konrad was able to prove in 2020, the version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Maurerische Trauermusik" that is widely used today does not go back to the composer himself....

The Missa Sancti Josephi occupies a key position among Jan Dismas Zelenka's 20 or so large masses. In this mass, which was probably composed in 1732 for a saint's feast (therefore without a Credo), th...

Bruckner's great "Mass in F minor" is one of the composer's - and 19th century choral music's - most important works. In a unique way, the composer succeeds here in musically penetrating the contents...

Luminous rays emanated from the 'Messe de sainte Cécile'. At first one was dazzled, then enchanted, then overwhelmed. This is how the composer Camille Saint-Saëns describes the impression that Charles...

In 1892, Dvorák received the honorable commission from New York to write a festive cantata for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. In response, Dvorák composed a...

During his most productive period as an opera composer, Camille Saint-Saëns also wrote sacred works, of which the "Oratorio de Noël" (Christmas Oratorio) is particularly popular worldwide. The colorfu...

Dvorák's great "Requiem" was commissioned for the renowned music festival in Birmingham. Since its premiere there under the composer's direction in 1891, it has enjoyed great popularity. It is based o...

As Kapellmeister at Dresden’s royal theater, Carl Maria von Weber’s primary task was to establish a German opera. However, it was also part of his duties to take care of church music every three weeks...

As Kapellmeister of the royal court theater in Dresden, Carl Maria von Weber's primary task was to establish a German opera at court. However, it was also part of his duties to provide the "church ser...

Bach's cantata BWV 69a from 1723, which has remained largely unknown to this day, is available for the first time in a practical edition with this Carus edition. Unjustly, though not by chance, the wo...

The cantata 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the Almighty with all of my spirit) BWV 174 was composed for Whit Monday 1729. It probably belongs to Bach's fourth cycle of cantatas, kn...

The cantata "Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte" BWV 174 was composed for Whit Monday in 1729. It probably belongs to Bach's fourth cantata cycle, the so-called "Picander cycle". The introductor...

The Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata) BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 at various wedding celebrations in different forms, and was evidently also lent out for performances further afiel...

The Wedding Cantata BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 onwards at various wedding celebrations in varying forms and was apparently also lent out for performances abroad. The only surviving...

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...