Urtext Edition

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

Pergolesi's famous mass - for two or four choirs The Missa in F from 1734 for two or four choirs is probably Pergolesi's most important work for choir and orchestra. The designation "Missa Romana" was...

> Cherubini's well-known Requiem in a definitive Urtext edition > Bilingual Foreword (Eng/Ger) > Idiomatic, uncluttered piano reduction Cherubini owes his fame as a church composer primarily to the 'R...

> Gounod's well-known mass in a new Urtext edition > Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng) > Idiomatic piano reduction > In preparation for the Gounod bicentenary year 2018 Sacred...

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...

> Score with realization of the organ part > Bilingual Foreword (Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) > Idiomatic piano reduction Beethoven's sacred works include two settings of the Mass. The'Mass...

This choral score completes the performance material for the now well-established Urtext edition of Beethoven's Mass in C major.

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...

The choral score of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's oratorio "Elijah" op. 70 is published on the basis of the critical Urtext edition edited by Mendelssohn specialist Douglass Seaton. The setting of the...

With his oratorio »St. Paul« (Paulus) Op. 36, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy created one of the most moving and powerful sacred masterworks of the Romantic era. The work vividly portrays the dramatic con...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy completed his first oratorio - "Paulus" op. 36 - in 1836 at the age of 27. The first version, which was premiered on May 22, 1836, underwent extensive revision. This second...

The setting of Psalm 98 was written within a few weeks as a commissioned composition in Mendelssohn's new position as Prussian General Music Director and was premiered by the Berlin Cathedral Choir on...

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 "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...

Edited by Christina M. Stahl and Michael Stegemann Piano reduction by Martin Focke The Messe de Requiem is probably Gabriel Fauré's best-known and most frequently performed work internationally. After...

The "Messe de Requiem" is probably Gabriel Fauré's best-known and most frequently performed work internationally. After the composer limited himself to just five movements and a small orchestration wi...

This is the best of me, wrote Edward Elgar after the final bar of his "Dream of Gerontius". First performed in 1900, the work has long been one of the standard works of great oratorio choruses in Grea...

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...

Mozart's "Missa in C major" K. 317, unfoundedly called the "Coronation Mass", is one of the most popular and most frequently performed works of its genre. The autograph of the mass, which is revealing...

Beethoven repeatedly described the Missa solemnis as his greatest work, which was intended to touch and move people "from the heart". The surviving sources reveal how intensively and for how long Beet...

Antonin Rejcha's "Te Deum" from 1825, which remained unpublished at the time and is presented here as a first edition, is undoubtedly one of the great, albeit little-known, Te Deum settings of the tra...

The English conductor and composer Howard Arman has presented a complete version of Mozart's Requiem. "Another version?" you might think, as there are now a whole series of other versions available al...

Filled with youthful brilliance, dramatic passion, and unmistakable melodic richness, Giacomo Puccini’s early masterpiece—the Messa a 4 voci con orchestra SC 6 (often celebrated as the Messa di Gloria...