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Reger, Max Sacred Choral Music a cappella 2016 marks the first centenary of the death of Max Reger. In addition to his best-known field of creativity – organ music – his choral compositions form another major part of his oeuvre. This edition contains a selection of his sacred a cappella choral works. Their scoring, level of difficulty and length make them ideal for choirs who are wary of tackling the large-scale op. 110 motets. For the first time, the selection of works includes the previously unpublished “Acht Grabgesänge” (1900). The pieces are arranged in chronological order, culminating in the well-known cycle of “Acht geistliche Gesänge” op. 138 (1914). Contents • “Tantum ergo Sacramentum” (1895) • “Maria Himmelsfreud!” (1899-1900) • “Acht Grabgesänge” (ca. 1900) • “Acht Marienlieder” op. 61d (1901) • “Sechs Trauergesänge” op. 61g (1901) • “Palmsonntagmorgen” (1902) • “Vier Kirchengesänge” (1904) • “Easter motet: Lasset uns den Herren preisen” (1911) • “Abschiedslied” (1914) • “Acht geistliche Gesänge” op. 138 (1914) The Editor Michael Chizzali has been a scholarly assistant at the Institute of Musicology in Weimar-Jena (Germany) since 2014. His dissertation on Reger’s contemporary, the Tyrolean composer Josef Gasser (1873-1957), was published in Innsbruck in 2014. • All extant sources consulted • Edition for the first centenary of Reger’s death • Cross-section of Reger’s music for a cappella choir • Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng) Edition no.: BA 7549 ISMN: 9790006561070 Editor: Chizzali, Michael Language(s) of work: German, English, Latin Language(s) of text: German, English Product format: Choral score, Anthology, Urtext edition Includes the following individual parts: Mixed choir (SATB) Binding: Paperback Pages / Format: IX, 94 S. - 27,0 x 19,0 cm
SKU: CA.5040312
ISBN 9790007081676. Key: A minor. Language: German/English.
Reger's cantata for Good Friday, based on the famous Passion hymn by Paul Gerhardt, was composed in 1904 and belongs to a group with 4 further choral cantatas - Reger's independent and most comprehensive contribution to a key family of protestant church music. The Carus edition of these works is intended to make Reger's choral cantatas accessible for musical practice and musicological reasearch for the first time in a modern critical edition. In order to encourage the spread of Reger's choral works in the anglo-saxon countries, a singable English translation has been added. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5040300.
SKU: CA.5040319
ISBN 9790007138356. Key: A minor. Language: German/English.
Reger's cantata for Good Friday, based on the famous Passion hymn by Paul Gerhardt, was composed in 1904 and belongs to a group with 4 further choral cantatas - Reger's independent and most comprehensive contribution to a key family of protestant church music. The Carus edition of these works is intended to make Reger's choral cantatas accessible for musical practice and musicological reasearch for the first time in a modern critical edition. In order to encourage the spread of Reger's choral works in the anglo-saxon countries, a singable English translation has been added. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5040300.
SKU: CA.5040611
ISBN 9790007081782. Key: G major. Language: German/English.
The chorale cantatas are Reger's most personal and most substantial contribution to one of the principal categories of Protestant church music, and they are the only major works in this field by one of the foremost composers of his time. In order to make Reger's choral works more widely usable in English-speaking countries, the publishers have added a singable English translation to the voice parts. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5040600.
SKU: CA.5040612
ISBN 9790007081799. Key: G major. Language: German/English.
SKU: CA.5293903
ISBN 9790007300272. German.
Max Reger’s setting of Psalm 100 is one of the “grand style†choral-symphonic works of the classical modern repertoire. Contrapuntal skill in the tradition of Bach combines with overwhelmingly powerful expressiveness, rich in contrasts. The full harmonic and stylistic breadth of the early 20th century sings out, not only in frenetic song, but also in the search for awareness in quieter passages. Reger’s opulence, tonal and contrapuntal almost throughout, finally culminates in a double fugue with an off-stage orchestra similar to the trumpets of Jericho over “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gottâ€. The composer’s declared aim was: “The psalm must go so brilliantly, that all will be simply ’bowled over‘.â€.
SKU: CA.327470
ISBN 9790007167455. Key: G major. Language: German.
SKU: CA.337930
ISBN 9790007249441. Language: German.
Score available separately - see item CA.337900.
SKU: CA.177800
ISBN 9790007253936. German.
The conductor Frieder Bernius regards the motets of Hans Fahrmann as an indispensable and extremely welcome addition to the late Romantic repertoire. The composer's output is little known nowadays. Born in 1860, he was considered the Richard Strauss of the organ during his lifetime. With their demanding harmonies, Fahrmann's choral motets place high demands on choirs and - like Reger's works - stretch tonality to its extremes. And not least, their sonorous expressivity is thanks to their chromatic richness. Frieder Bernius has recorded the Motets opp. 34, 45, and 65 with the SWR Vokalensemble for the first time on CD (Carus 83.499).
SKU: CA.178100
ISBN 9790007253967. German.
SKU: CA.308080
ISBN 9790007149642. Key: G major. Language: German. Text: Claudius, Matthias. Text: Matthias Claudius.
SKU: CA.177600
ISBN 9790007253912. German.
SKU: CA.178000
ISBN 9790007253950. German.
SKU: CA.301580
ISBN 9790007173630. Key: A major. Language: German.
SKU: CA.307220
ISBN 9790007174873. Key: D flat major. Language: German. Text: von Schwerin, Otto / Gellert, Christian Furchtegott. Text: Otto von Schwerin / Christian Furchtegott Gellert.
SKU: CA.302240
ISBN 9790007146917. Key: D minor. Text language: German. Text: Selnecker, Nikolaus. Text by Nikolaus Selnecker.
