SKU: BT.DHP-0910334-050
Latin.
SKU: CA.4068700
ISBN 9790007239701. Key: C minor. Latin.
A mass setting by Robert Schumann? This is still likely to cause surprise among audiences â?? after all, Schumann is not generally viewed as a sacred composer. Indeed, his little-known late work, the Missa sacra, Op. 147, is a discovery not just for listeners but often for the performers themselves. The mass combines an acute fascination with sacred liturgy typical of Schumannâ??s time with the pragmatism of its intended use by a local choral society. The composer employs his considerable skills to create a captivating and varied score that is almost ethereal in the Kyrie, leading to passages of an intimate and lyrical piano that alternate with fortissimo for words of praise, while always displaying the utmost sensitivity and a delight in dissonance. The composer declared his setting to be â??fashioned with great loveâ?. The demanding orchestral mass can be realized with limited means. The solo parts can be filled from the choir. The work, which the composer himself did not have published, is here reissued on the basis of Schumannâ??s partial autograph score. Carus has also produced an arrangement of the work for choir and organ, enabling performances without orchestra in smaller venues (Carus 40.687/45).
SKU: CA.2709244
ISBN 9790007303358. Key: D minor. Latin.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, transcriptions of large (choral) symphonic works for two pianos were extremely popular, as they enabled a large audience to get to know classical compositions in an age before recorded music. In many cases, world-famous pieces were first performed in such a version â?? including Brucknerâ??s Te Deum. The Stuttgart composer, pianist and experienced piano-duo performer Sebastian Bartmann was commissioned by the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg Ochsenhausen to newly arrange Brucknerâ??s Te Deum and the Mass in D minor for soloists, choir, and two pianos. A timpani part (ad libitum) provides additional color. The arrangements are based on the original Carus editions. The vocal scores and choral scores of the original version can also be used.While Brucknerâ??s symphonic approach becomes evident for the first time in the Mass in D minor from 1864, the work does not place the same high demands on the performers as the two later masses. This arrangement for soloists, choir and 2 pianos has an air of transparency, rather like a work of chamber music.. Score available separately - see item CA.2709200.
SKU: CA.1025000
ISBN 9790007251826. Key: D major. English.
â??Hail! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!â? â?? this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcellâ??s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of music, the work is one of the undoubted masterpieces of English choral odes of that time. A resolution of the Musical Society of London in 1683 launched the great tradition of annual celebrations for St. Ceciliaâ??s Day (November 22), featuring a church service followed by performances of specially composed music. Over the years, Purcell wrote several odes for the occasion, of which this example from 1692 is one of the most popular. Four decades later, Handel would also contribute to the celebrations with his Alexanderâ??s Feast, HWV 75 (Carus 55.075), and his Ode for St. Ceciliaâ??s Day, HWV 76 (Carus 55.076).Purcellâ??s magnificent music, which features a huge range of tonal color and form, offers delightful parts for a variety of solo, ensemble, and choral settings. With its richly expressive palette, the Ode to St. Cecilia is an extremely rewarding work by the â??Orpheus Britannicusâ?, as Purcell was admiringly called by contemporaries.- Festive, rousing ode to music- Highlight of the choral ode genre in the 17th century
SKU: GI.WW1746
UPC: 785147017561. Latin. Traditional Latin.
This gentle Marian lullaby has been set beautifully by Ivo Antognini for women's voices. True to the composer's style, the melody is compelling with rich and simple harmonies. A great option for mid- to upper-level women's choruses. Recording: Lawrence University Cantala, Phillip A. Swan, conductor.
SKU: GI.WW1711
UPC: 785147013464. Estonian. Text by Doris Kareva.
Pärt Uusberg's beautiful asthetic shines once again in his work Mis on inimene?. Lush harmonies build to a rich soundscape as the Estonian poem explores what it means to be human. Meaningful in today's climate: Take care, then you are cared for. Music of Estonia Choral Series. Mis on inimene? IPA Guide.
SKU: GI.G-6979
UPC: 785147697909. German. Text Source: Lord, we trust in your goodness. Text by Charles B. Broadley.
One of the little known masterpieces of Mendelssohn that merges art song and his admiration of the work of J. S. Bach into one motet.
SKU: HL.645742
ISBN 9790080064375. UPC: 008148064373. 9.0x12.0x0.011 inches. Latin. Gabor Darvas.
SKU: HL.645632
ISBN 9781495081583. UPC: 008148006076. 9.0x12.25x0.113 inches.
Bach's Original and Complete Inventions for Level 7 or intermediate players - This easy-to-read edition includes larger note values and ornaments written out for each symbol. This edition also includes a 1-piano 4-hand duet supplement.
SKU: HL.645838
ISBN 9781629060675. UPC: 008148071098. 9.0x12.0 inches. Hungarian. Istvan Pakolitz.
SKU: HL.14019850
8.25x11.75x0.07 inches. Lyrics by William Shakespeare.
Like many composers who found themselves in exile during the war years, Castelnuovo-Tedesco composed in a very neoclassical and neoromantic style, reviving more traditional or antiquated ideas of melody, tonality and texture. His collection of Shakespeare Songs feature settings of verse from across the full range of the Bard's plays, and have proved to be great critical successes still widely performed today. Suitable to be adapted by most voices. the songs are interwoven with complex and thrilling Piano accompaniments that bring colour and energy to the often liberally edited texts. Book ten contains a set of six short songs adapted from King Lear.
SKU: HL.14043070
ISBN 9781783053940.
Helen Grime wrote this Christmas carol for the Halle Youth Choir to sing at the close of 2013. The words are from an anonymous medieval cradle song. Grime said of the piece: I haven't written much choral music before, so it's really exciting for me. And I know they're an absolutely fabulous choir. I wanted to write something quite simple in structure and clear in meaning..
SKU: HL.14029882
8.25x11.75x0.065 inches. Lyrics by William Shakespeare.
Like many composers who found themselves in exile during the war years, Castelnuovo-Tedesco composed in a very neoclassical and neoromantic style, reviving more traditional or antiquated ideas of melody, tonality and texture. His collection of Shakespeare Songs feature settings of verse from across the full range of the Bard's plays, and have proved to be great critical successes still widely performed today. Suitable to be adapted by most voices. the songs are interwoven with complex and thrilling Piano accompaniments that bring colour and energy to the often liberally edited texts. This edition contains Epithalamium from The Tempest, alongside a Nuptial March for Piano solo.
SKU: HL.14032050
H. B. Collins - Author.
Antiphon for SATB Choir A Cappella. Suriano was a pupil of Palestrina and a served a period as Maestro di Cappella at the Mantuan court. This edition by H.B. Collins.
SKU: HL.14043071
6.75x9.75x0.05 inches.
The world premiere of A New Commandment , a piece by the late Sir John Tavener specially commissioned for Summer Fields, was in February 2014 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. This work was possibly one of his very last commissions before his sudden and untimely death in November 2013. COMPOSER'S NOTE I have set these words from St John's Gospel many times, because I feel them to be among the most profound and therefore key texts in the Christian faith. This setting falls into three sections with an ABA structure. A New Commandment is dedicated to my mother-in-law Mary, but it is also an unspoken tribute to the Spanish master Victoria who has inspired methroughout my life..
SKU: HL.14024881
J. Steele - Author.
Motet for SSATB Choir A Cappella. Edited by J. Steele.
SKU: HL.14043187
6.75x10.0x0.099 inches.
Monument for Beethoven, by John Tavener was commissioned by the Southbank Centre, and was premiered on 18 March 2014 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The composer writes: Based on the words of Beethoven's Last Prayer and on Beethoven's music, Monument for Beethoven is a humble tribute to a Master. The final section quotes from the closing bars of the Missa Solemnis..
SKU: HL.14043188
6.75x9.75x0.068 inches.
This commission was supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Iceland and is dedicated to Hilmar Orn Agnarsson and The South Iceland Chamber Choir. The Three Shakespeare Sonnets was one of the first works that Tavener composed after serious illness in 2007. He wanted to pay tribute to his wife, Maryanna, who nursed him back to some degree of health, so he turned to the Shakespeare Sonnets and was delighted to find that they brought forth music once again, after having been silent for so long.
SKU: HL.14042891
6.5x9.75x0.055 inches.
The Twenty-Eight Times is a Vocal piece composed by British composer and conductor James Whitbourn . The Twenty-Eight Times was commissioned by the United Westminster Schools and Grey Coat Hospital Foundation to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and performed in Westminster Abbey on 25 October 2013 by the choir of Queen Anne's school, Caversham. This ancient Hebrew text from Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) was a favourite of President Kennedy and formed partof the Eulogy delivered at his funeral service on 25 November 1963. He was assassinated on 22 November 1963.
SKU: HL.14035582
ISBN 9788759855485.
Originally for Baritone voice and orchestra, this version features a piano reduction of the orchetral score.
SKU: HL.14037442
ISBN 9788759816844. 8.25x11.75x0.531 inches.
Written for saxophone quartet and choir.
SKU: HL.14034027
ISBN 9788759866405. 7.25x10.25x0.07 inches.
Tre Danske Kaerlighedssange is a collection of three wonderful pieces for SATB Choir a cappella. Danish text only.
SKU: HL.14016990
ISBN 9788759855447.
Jeg elsker Dig or I Love But Thee was written in Copenhagen in 1864, to the poetry of the composer's good friend Hans Christian Andersen.
SKU: HL.14012350
ISBN 9788759857755.
For SATB Choir. Danish Text.
SKU: HL.256039
ISBN 9788759838112. Danish.
Nordisk Suite (Nordic Suite) - 6 Nordic Folksongs arranged for Mixed Choir SATB, Recorder and String Quartet by Soren Birch. Content: 1. Den kedsom vinter gik sin gang 2. Fjarran han drojer 3. Per Spelmann 4. Jeg gik mig ud en sommerdag at hore 5. Kristallen den fina 6. Ramund.
SKU: HL.14020320
ISBN 9788759864142. 7.0x10.25x0.056 inches.
Madonna Over Bolgerne Op.65/2 was composed by P.E. Lange-Muller in 1900, with lyrics by Thor Lange.
SKU: HL.14036635
ISBN 9788759857380. 8.25x11.75x0.095 inches. German.
5 wonderful songs for High Voice with Piano Accompaniment.
SKU: HL.14027708
ISBN 9788759855454.
SKU: HL.14008655
ISBN 9788759858431. 7.0x10.25x0.036 inches.
A stunning choral work by Danish post-romantic, Carl Nielsen. This 1927 composition is for unaccompanied SATB mixed chorus.
SKU: HL.14022983
ISBN 9788759850558. English.
Salmer Og Aandelige Sange ias a collection of Sacred Songs And Hymns by early 20th Century Danish composer, Carl Nielsen, who is one of the most important and free-spirited of the generation of composers who straddle the 19th and 20th centuries. If Nielsen's chamber and orchestral music epitomizes the exploratory, growth-orientated side of his nature, his songs contain the essence of his search for the 'simple original'. Arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar.
