Urtext Edition

Bach's Christmas Oratorio, composed in 1734, narrates the story of the birth of Jesus in a cycle of six cantatas with a text probably by Christian Friedrich Henrici (known as Picander) who provided se...

This choral score completes the performance material for this central work by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Gemischter Chor (SATB), Streicher, Basso continuo

Telemann wrote the cantata "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" TWV 1:612 for the cantata year 1710/1711. Despite the instrumentation without brass and timpani, the festive, glamorous mood of the second da...

This six-movement chorale cantata was first performed on 26 December 1724. The text is based on the Lutheran translation of the early Christian hymn A solis ortus cardinem. The outer movements frame t...

The text of the choral cantata, first performed on December 26, 1724, is based on Luther's translation of the early Christian hymn A solis ortus cardinem. The six-movement work contains two arias for...

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. B...

Missa in C major "Coronation Mass"

How practical: This choral masterpiece is now appearing in a handy and affordable soft-cover score to complement the substantial linen-bound complete edition volume. The tried-and-tested musical text...

Saint-Saëns was just 23 years old when he composed his "Oratorio de Noël" in just twelve days in 1858. Edited by Christina M. Stahl, his Christmas Oratorio is now available in a comprehensive scholarl...

Saint-Saëns was just 23 years old when he composed his "Oratorio de Noël" in just twelve days in 1858. Edited by Christina M. Stahl, his Christmas Oratorio is now available in a comprehensive scholarl...

Saint-Saëns was just 23 years old when he composed his "Oratorio de Noël" in just twelve days in 1858. Edited by Christina M. Stahl, his Christmas Oratorio is now available in a comprehensive scholarl...

Urtext of the New Mozart Edition - playing score.

Die Missa in F von 1734 für zwei bzw. vier Chöre ist wohl das bedeutendste Werk Pergolesis für Chor und Orchester. Die Bezeichnung 'Missa Romana' ist nachträglich entstanden. Sie geht auf eine Aufführ...

The Concerto in A minor (BWV 1044) is often referred to as the “Triple Concerto” and may have been written by Bach for a public concert at Zimmermann’s coffee house in Leipzig. The “Triple Concerto” h...

Leider ist es ein Fragment geblieben: „Der Spiegelritter“ D 11 auf ein Textbuch von August von Kotzebue ist das früheste überlieferte Bühnenwerk Franz Schuberts und steht somit am Anfang seiner beinah...

The Festa teatrale "Le feste d'Apollo" is the last commissioned composition that Gluck wrote for the House of Habsburg for a festive occasion. As part of lavish celebrations for the wedding of Archduc...

Of the four overtures that Beethoven composed for his only opera, the 'Leonore Overture' No. 3 is the most popular. The first reviewer found fault with it for its 'incessant dissonances and overblown...

Seinen Einakter "Der Schauspieldirektor" schrieb Mozart im Frühjahr 1786 im Auftrag von Kaiser Joseph II. anlässlich eines Besuchs des Generalgouverneurs der Niederlande in Wien. Bei einem kurzfristig...

Seinen Einakter "Der Schauspieldirektor" schrieb Mozart im Frühjahr 1786 im Auftrag von Kaiser Joseph II. anlässlich eines Besuchs des Generalgouverneurs der Niederlande in Wien. Bei einem kurzfristig...

Beethoven wrote a total of four overtures for his only opera, 'Leonore'/ 'Fidelio'. The so-called Leonore Overture no. 1 is third in the series by chronology, having been written in 1806/07 for a perf...

Beethoven wrote a total of four overtures for his only opera, 'Leonore'/ 'Fidelio'. The so-called Leonore Overture no. 2 is first in the series by chronology and was written in 1805 for the premiere o...