Carus reducciones para piano: La base de los grandes oratorios

Anton Bruckners 'Te Deum' - ein Höhepunkt im Schaffen des Komponisten und eines der bedeutendsten Werke der geistlichen Chorliteratur des 19. Jahrhunderts - wird hier in einer modernen wissenschaftlic...

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...

Although 'Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz' (What is it troubles thee, my heart) BWV 138 is based on the chorale of the same name, it is nevertheless not regarded as one of Bach's chorale cantatas. I...

The cantata 'Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren' BWV 154 was first performed on 9 January 1724, the 1st Sunday after Epiphany. The structure and extent of the work are unusual: it comprises eight, inste...

Great Baroque church music full of color and powerful imagery! 'Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing, rejoice and praise his holy name with the trumpets and cornetts! And nature shall join in, the seas s...

Michael Haydn composed three of his masses in honor of the holy archangels - St Michael, St Gabriel, and the Raphaelismesse in honor of St Raphael now published. By avoiding the use of vocal soloists,...

Christoph JK Müller ha creado una obra coral fascinante con su adaptación musical a gran escala del Salmo 22. Transpone el lenguaje visualmente impactante del texto bíblico original a sonidos modernos...

Bruckner’s mighty Mass in F minor is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music....

Bruckner’s mighty "Mass in F" minor is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. The composer uniquely succeeds in exploring faith through the lens of music...

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...

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...

Brahms' elegy Nänie op. 82, based on the poem by Friedrich von Schiller, was composed in 1880/81 following the death of the painter Anselm Feuerbach, whom Brahms greatly admired. In contrast with the...

Carus-Verlag is now publishing this early work by Camille Saint-Saëns in a critical new edition. Among the sacred works by Saint-Saëns there are just two settings of the mass: the 'Messe de Requiem''...

En 1892, Dvorák recibió el prestigioso encargo de Nueva York de escribir una cantata festiva para conmemorar el cuarto centenario del descubrimiento de América por Cristóbal Colón. En respuesta, escri...

Gabriel Fauré’s "Pavane" is one of his most popular compositions. What is less known, however, is that the premiere of this stylized dance in April 1888 was actually performed in this present version...

Johann Sebastian Bach sabía apreciar las buenas composiciones de otros maestros, tal y como demuestran los testimonios de la época y los restos conservados de su biblioteca musical. Sin embargo, las c...

Quien busque una obra evocadora y lírica con partes agradables para su coro, acertará con «La estrella de Belén», de Rheinberger. A lo largo de nueve escenas (La espera, Los pastores, La aparición del...

Una obra navideña de John Høybye y Edward Broadbridge que refleja el estilo característico del dúo de compositores: con toques de jazz, rítmica, con sílabas de scat… y con un enfoque temático que va m...

La «Serenata española. Estrellas de la noche de verano» de Edward Elgar, compuesta en 1892 para coro mixto y orquesta, evoca una encantadora atmósfera de una noche de verano en España. El texto proced...

«Las últimas horas del Salvador», de Louis Spohr, compuesta en 1835, es uno de los oratorios de la Pasión más importantes del siglo XIX. El texto, de libre adaptación, del conocido publicista Friedric...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's timeless masterpiece "The Magic Flute" (Die Zauberflöte, K. 620) has captivated audiences for generations with its fairy-tale plot, profound humanism, and immortal melodies....

Seit den Tagen der Renaissancekomponisten gibt es - jenseits von Plagiatsvorwürfen - die Verehrung eines großen Komponistenkollegen in Form von Zitaten oder gar von Neufassungen seiner Werke. Kein ger...

Mit Ristoris Messe zur heiligsten Geburt unseres Herrn liegt die bedeutende Entdeckung aus den Musikalien der Dresdner Hofmusik nach ihrer Einspielung (Carus 83.169) nun auch in kritischer Edition vor...

Im süddeutsch-österreichischen Raum zählte die Pastoralmesse von Johann Baptist Schiedermayr zu den bekanntesten und beliebtesten Werken ihrer Gattung. Eingängige Melodien, Terz- und Sextführungen und...

Franz Schubert’s Mass in B-flat major, D 324 is a captivating masterpiece of sacred choral music, characterized by youthful freshness, festive splendor, and deeply moving lyricism. Originally composed...