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Founded in 1850 to collect, edit, and publish all the known works of J. S. Bach, the renowned Bach-Gesellschaft devoted fifty years to its monumental task and produced the most accurate editions of Bach's

Beethoven said of Handel that he of all composers knew best how to achieve grand effects with simple means. Those magnificent moments are nowhere more evident than in Handel's great oratorios, perennial

A sort of choreographic cantata depicting Russian peasant nuptials, Les Noces "The Wedding" was produced by Diaghilev in Paris in 1923. This outstandingly original work broke new musical ground with its

Toward the end of his life, Berlioz wrote to a friend: "If I were threatened with the destruction of the whole of my works save one, I should crave mercy for the Messe des morts." The composer's magnum opus

This handsome treasury features seven of the great composer's most beloved and frequently performed cantatas. Selected from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition, these choral pieces constitute the

Revealing Bach's pure polyphonic style and a heightened degree of grace and charm, these works were the composer's nearest approach to comic opera. Includes Hunting Cantata (No. 208); Wedding Cantata (No.

Considered by many Pergolesi's greatest work, the Stabat Mater is a setting of a medieval Latin poem about the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at Christ's crucifixion. Scored for soprano, alto and strings, it is