Urtext Edition

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...

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...

Practice-oriented Urtext edition based on the current state of Bach research With compact critical report Interpretation aids for articulation by marking analogous passages in the score Each era hear...

Practice-oriented Urtext edition based on the current state of Bach research With compact critical report Interpretation aids for articulation by marking analogous passages in the score Each era hear...

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio "Paulus" under the influence of the revival of J. S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (1829), which he himself conducted. He integrated choral movements into "Paulu...

Just one year before his death, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy achieved a success with his oratorio "Elijah", which has made him one of the most popular oratorio composers to this day. With gripping dram...

The Critical Report on the Oratorio "Elijah" concludes the five-volume edition on this major work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It presents - for once in the form of a volume separate from the music...

Die Kantate Es steh Gott auf ist für das Osterfest bestimmt. Als Textvorlage konnte der Herausgeber eine bislang wenig beachtete Dichtung von Christian Weise (1642‒1708) nachweisen. Kuhnau stand mit d...

Kuhnau's Magnificat in C major is - apart from his Biblical Sonatas - considered to be his most ambitious and best known work. However, as recent research has revealed, there are indeed many other lar...