SKU: HL.14032800
ISBN 9781846094118. UPC: 884088490652. 6.75x9.75x0.072 inches.
Commissioned by the Westminster Cathedral. This piece for treble voices with organ was first performed in June 2005 at Westminster Cathedral, London, by Westminster Cathedral Choir. Missa Brevis Is dedicated to the memory of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. A version for mixed voices and organ is also available.
SKU: BR.EB-8051
The Missa Dei Patris is the first of three transmitted Missae ultimae. The piano vocal score is based on the score published by Reinhold Kubik in volume 93 of the series Das Erbe deutscher Musik, now available as PB 5556.
ISBN 9790004185070. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
The Missa Dei Patris ZWV 19 was composed in 1740 and ranks among the later works of the Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. It opens an incompletely transmitted cycle of six masses which the composer himself designated as Missae ultimae. The musical text of the present conductor's score is based on that of Volume 93 of the Denkmaler edition Das Erbe deutscher Musik . The new piano vocal score has been edited by the reputable expert Andreas Kohs. Zelenka's artistic personality, his biography and his compositional style are utterly distinctive. His style is highly experimental. Was Zelenka really one of the greatest composers of the 18th century, or only one of the most interesting? I think that he still has several surprises for us. (Schweizerische Musikzeitung) Zelenka's Masses - fine specimens of Baroque choral literature, some parts of which are set even more colorfully than in the corresponding compositions by Bach. (Die Welt)The Missa Dei Patris is the first of three transmitted Missae ultimae.
SKU: BR.EB-8052
ISBN 9790004185148. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
The Missa Omnium Sanctorum ZWV 21 is Zelenka's last mass setting. It contains three extended arias (one each for soprano, alto and tenor), concertante choruses and unusually expressive choral fugues. Especially powerful in effect is the through-composed Credo in this mass, with a ritornello that is one of Zelenka's most beautiful inspirations. The score and parts material of this new edition are based on the corresponding volume of the Das Erbe deutscher Musik series, from which Breitkopf & Hartel also took over both its informative preface as well as the critical report. Zelenka's artistic personality, his biography and his compositional style are utterly distinctive. His style is highly experimental. Was Zelenka really one of the greatest composers of the 18th century, or only one of the most interesting? I think that he still has several surprises for us. (Schweizerische Musikzeitung) Zelenka's Masses - fine specimens of Baroque choral literature, some parts of which are set even more colorfully than in the corresponding compositions by Bach. (Die Welt)The Missa Omnium Sanctorum is the last of the three transmitted Missae ultimae. The piano vocal score is based on the score published by Wolfgang Horn in volume 101 of the series Das Erbe deutscher Musik, now available as PB 5589..
