SATB Major Works

This chorale cantata was composed in Leipzig for Reformation Day and is based on Martin Luther's hymn Ein feste Burg

Edited by Christine Blanken. For soloists, SATB choir & orchestra. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger. and Eng. For this edition, the tenor part has been reconstructed by Detlev Schulten (Leipzig).

One of Bach's earliest chorale cantata's, this was probably intended for a performance at Easter in 1707.  Scored for SATB soloists, choir, cornetto, trombone, violin, viola & ... view details

Often considered the most beautiful, pure vocal music of the 19th century, this Rheinberger Mass written for double choir obtains its special character through the use of compositional techniques of ancient

A widely-accepted form for the Christmas Oratorio is to perform parts I–III exclusively. In their concentration on the actual Christmas story they form  a rounded whole. The present edition is

In his Passion oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, Beethoven succeeded in building on the 18th century oratorio tradition while putting his own personal stamp on the German-language oratorio.

In a mixture of cantata and concert piece, Beethoven set a hymn to art in his Choral Fantasia. The work, about 20 minutes in length, is often seen as a precursor to the Ode to Joy in the

First critical edition. Together with Debussy, Ravel, and Dukas, Lili Boulanger was one of the most important representatives of impressionism. Despite her short life of just 24 years, she developed a

This edition of Vivaldi's lesser-known setting of the Gloria keeps with Carus Verlag's tradition of cleanliness and minimal editorial markings. The work is scored for trumpet, two oboes, strings, continuo,

Editor Felix Loy presents the first critical edition of Judas Maccabaeus for soloists, choir and orchestra. This edition offers the work in two performable versions: the version of the first

In 1930 Ottorino Respighi composed "Lauda per la Natività del Signore", the only sacred choral piece among his works. In this song of praise to the miracle of Christmas majestic sounding choral

The Magnificat was commissioned in 2017 by the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg for the Choir of the International Choir Festival C.H.O.I.R. In this setting

At less than 20 years of age, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach withdrew from the Lutheran musical tradition of his family: Johann Christian Bach went to Italy, converted to Catholicism there and

Bach's Mass in B minor is among the greatest and most ambitious works of all time. The various stages of composition of the Mass occupied the composer for over two decades: beginning with the

With its tonal language, the first of Beethoven's two Masses opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical texts of the Mass which are expressively modern and forward thinking. Not to be considered a

Mozart's Missa in C K. 317, erroneously dubbed the "Coronation Mass," is among the most popular and most often performed works in this genre.