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Das 1736 kurz vor dem frühen Tod des nur 26-jährigen Pergolesi entstandene 'Stabat mater' erregte schnell Aufmerksamkeit. Die Bedeutung des Werkes war bald so gross, dass kein Geringerer als Johann Se...

Das 1736 kurz vor dem frühen Tod des nur 26-jährigen Pergolesi entstandene 'Stabat mater' erregte schnell Aufmerksamkeit. Die Bedeutung des Werkes war bald so gross, dass kein Geringerer als Johann Se...

In the period around 1700, numerous settings of the Magnificat were performed in the main Leipzig churches. Works by composers such as J. Kuhnau and G. P. Telemann survive; however, the best-known exa...

The harrowing Old Testament story of the army commander Jephthah, bound by a sacred vow to kill his daughter, inspired the Roman composer Giacomo Carissimi to create this intense and moving setting. W...

The harrowing Old Testament story of the army commander Jephthah, bound by a sacred vow to kill his daughter, inspired the Roman composer Giacomo Carissimi to create this intense and moving setting. W...

In his roles as Music Director at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and in the Royal Choir [chapel] of Louis XV, André Campra (1660-1744) composed numerous motets which frequently displayed the inf...

En fin. He is an ecolier of whom I must not be ashamed, is how J. S. Bach summarized the qualities of his later son-in-law J. C. Altnickol. Among the few surviving works by Altnickol are two Sanctus o...

Gounods Messe à la mémoire de Jeanne dArc was composed in 1887 for a festive mass in Reims to commemorate the arrival of the national heroine in the city on the occasion of the coronation of Charles V...

Gounod's "Messe à la mémoire de Jeanne d'Arc" was composed in 1887 for a festive mass in Reims to commemorate the entry of the national heroine into the city on the occasion of the coronation of Charl...

Gounods Messe à la mémoire de Jeanne dArc was composed in 1887 for a festive mass in Reims to commemorate the arrival of the national heroine in the city on the occasion of the coronation of Charles V...

Immerse yourself in the splendid soundscape of the early Venetian Baroque with Claudio Monteverdi's vibrant "Laudate Dominum Secondo" (SV 273) from the celebrated collection Selva morale et spirituale...

In many performances of Monteverdi's magnificent Vespers of the Blessed Virgin the 'Lauda Jerusalem' and the Magnificat movements, which lie in a high tessitura, are transposed downwards. So that thes...

In many performances of Monteverdi's magnificent Vespers of the Blessed Virgin the 'Lauda Jerusalem' and the Magnificat movements, which lie in a high tessitura, are transposed downwards. So that thes...

Monteverdis 'Selva morale et spirituale' von 1641 steht heute ganz im Schatten von Monteverdis berühmter Marienvesper von 1610. Die Drucke von 1610 und 1641 enthalten beide v. a. Musik für Messe und V...

Entstehungszeit der diesem Werk zugrundeliegenden Trauungskantate (BWV 34a) 1726, der Parodie in der ersten Hälfte der 1740er Jahre.

Kantate zum Pfingstfest (1. Pfingsttag) - Entstehungszeit der diesem Werk zugrundeliegenden Trauungskantate (BWV 34a) 1726, der Parodie in der ersten Hälfte der 1740er Jahre. Soli ATB, Coro SATB, 3 Tr...

Kantate zum Pfingstfest (1. Pfingsttag) - Entstehungszeit der diesem Werk zugrundeliegenden Trauungskantate (BWV 34a) 1726, der Parodie in der ersten Hälfte der 1740er Jahre. Soli ATB, Coro SATB, 3 Tr...

Kantate zum Pfingstfest (1. Pfingsttag) - Entstehungszeit der diesem Werk zugrundeliegenden Trauungskantate (BWV 34a) 1726, der Parodie in der ersten Hälfte der 1740er Jahre. Soli ATB, Coro SATB, 3 Tr...

The alto cantata 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' has seven movements; in the opening movements of the two parts of the cantata, a lost concerto by Bach survives in its original form, which he had arr...

The alto cantata 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' has seven movements; in the opening movements of the two parts of the cantata, a lost concerto by Bach survives in its original form, which he had arr...