Lutheran Mass 2-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Composed in 1779 Mozart?s ?Coronation Mass? in C major K. 317 is one of the most popular settings of the Ordinary thanks to its festive character and the wealth and variety of its musical ideas.This edition is based on the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition and makes the work available in all its radiant beauty.- Full score and performance material (BA4880) vocal score (BA4880-90) and study score (TP316) available for sale.

Mozart's Vesperae solennes de Confessore for SATB.contents: Dixit Dominus (Ps 109) in C major. Confitebor (Ps 110) in E flat major Beatus vir (Ps 111) in G major Laudate pueri (Ps 112) in D minor Laudate Dominum (Ps 116) in F major Magnificat in C major The present new critical editon of the 'Vesperae solennes de Confessore' KV 339 edited by Wolfgang Horn is the first edition since the publication of the ?old? Complete Edition from 1880 to be based on Mozart?s autograph score. It was thought to have been lost after the second world war but for the past several years it is again accessible through the Biblioteka Jagiellonska in Kraków. This work is now availablein carus music the choir app!

Monteverdi’s opera “L’Orfeo” based on the legend of Thracian singer Orpheus and his love of Eurydice is a masterpiece of musical declamation and ornamentation. It was first performed during the 1607 carnevale in the “Palazzo Ducale” in Mantua.When an edition remains true to its sources this certainly does not mean that it is not also practical to use as is demonstrated in this Bärenreiter edition of Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo”. Edited by Rinaldo Alessandrini the new publication follows the Bärenreiter edition of Monteverdi’s “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria”.Two contemporary prints of “L’Orfeo” from the years 1609 and 1615 have been passed down to us. Four copies of each of these prints still survive today in public libraries. The later print includes many corrections to the earlier edition and was accordingly used as the primary source for this Bärenreiter edition. However when solving musical problems the editor frequently follows the more coherent style of the earlier print. The numerous interesting variants not only between the two editions but also amongst the eight surviving copies are listed in the critical commentary.This edition of “L’Orfeo” offers in addition to Monteverdi’s somewhat sparse original figures also figures added to the bass line by the editor. The continuo player should however feel free to follow his own judgment. The notation has been when necessary adapted to suit modern practice for example with regard to the clefs. The sections that were originally written in “chiavetta” have been transposed a fifth lower. In the appendix these sections also appear in their original notation in facsimile as well as transposed a fourth lower. Detailed introduction by the editor (Ital/Eng/Ger) on the work’s genesis and performance practice Comprehensive critical commentary (Eng) in the score Idiomatic piano reduction

Requiem-Franz Suppè wrote his Requiem not as a humanistic or pantheistic lament for the dead but as a work created on the basis of firm Christian and Catholic faith. The fact that Suppè succeeded in writing a Requiem which remains within the theological-liturgical bounds without sacrificing the values of an autonomous work of art is perhaps the greatest - although hitherto unrecognized- achievement of this work.

Bilingual foreword (Ger/Eng).Original German as well as English text.Includes a Piano reduction by the composer.The setting of Psalm No.42 Op.42 Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser (As the hart pants after the waterbrooks) for Soloists mixed Choir and full Orchestra dates back to 1837. The well-known Mendelssohn specialist John Michael Cooper has evaluated the first printed edition of the score prepared by the composer himself as well as taking all other important sources into account. This Urtext edition is rounded off by a detailed critical commentary (Ger/Eng). The Piano reduction is by Mendelssohn and is anauthentic part of this edition.

Editions Peter's presents a wonderful vocal score for Beethoven's Mass In C Op.86  arranged for SATB and Piano accompaniment.

This selection of relatively short sacred works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gives active choruses an opportunity to perform these pieces without having to hire an expensive instrumental ensemble. The works including the moving ?Te Deum laudamus ? (K. 141) the brilliant ?Jubilate? from ? Benedictus sit Deus? (K. 117) and the immortal ?Ave verum? are well-suited to performance in church services or concerts. Andreas Köhs has sensitively arranged the orchestral parts for organ using the original score to produce self-contained versions for chorus and organ. The vocal parts follow the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition.Self-contained versions with organ instead oforchestraIdeal for church services and concertsStraightforward easy-to-play organ partThe Bärenreiter Choir & Organ Series presents great choral works in arrangements for soloists choir and organ; no orchestra is needed.The original orchestral parts have been transcribed into easy-to-play organ reductions whereby the contemporary tradition of such arrangements has been taken into consideration. In some cases the original organ versions by the composer were used. The organ parts are presented on three staves. The choir and solo parts always remain true to the original. You need only one edition for soloists singers and organist alike.

nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift-Since its first complete performance in 1868 in the Cathedral of Bremen Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem is without question one of the key works in the history of the oratorio. The reputation of the work is based not only on its unusually concentrated musical structure but also on the original conception of the text: Brahms assembled important passages from both the Old and New Testaments in Luther’s translation so that thoughts on sorrow and consolation would obviously refer to one another. In contrast to many other oratorios of the 19th century Brahms places the choir the voice of the community in the center of this interdenominational celebration of the dead.

Die Sieben Worte-The edition is a photomechanical reprint of the first edition and it also contains a piano reduction which is only intended to facilitate the preparation of the work.

G.F. Handel's masterful L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato have been expertly-edited by Donald Burrows to present this complete vocal score arranged for two Soprano Tenor and Bass Soli with an SATB Chorus and Orchestra. This complete edition of L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato features the 1740 1741 and 1743 scores reflecting Handel's personal changes involving alternative and additional movements. The 1740 score is a complete reconstruction requiring two Soprano  a Tenor and a Bass soloists. For the longer 1741 score Handel added extra movements toaccommodate additional soloists the complete version of which is included here. Finally the 1743 score boasts a radical change from the previous years with a removal of part three and a significant rearrangement of other movements.  L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato was first performed on the 27th of February 1740 at the Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre after just over a month of drafting. The work is a setting of a libretto by James Harris and Charles Jennens based on John Milton's two complementary yet contrasting poems about the relative virtues of happiness and melancholy.  This edition of L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato presents practical versions of the score which are based on the musical schemes of Handel's performances in 1741 and 1743. For a complete vocal score of this masterpiece by one of the all-time great composers this Novello Handel Edition is authoritative.