Johannes Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody is published here in a new Urtext edition, modernized for present-day performance practice. It is based on the 2nd impression of the first printed edition, as

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

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

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Elegiac Song in memory of Eleonore Pasqualati, the wife of his longstanding friend and patron Johann Baptist Freiherr von Pasqualati zu Osterberg, who died at a

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

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

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.

The Messiah is regarded as the epitome of sacred music and in German-speaking countries it is also one of the most often performed works in the genre. The version of the Messiah which is most often

Edited by Wolfgang Horn. For soloists, choir & orchestra. Urtext Edition, published for the first time. Preface in Ger. and Eng. Vocal score, 76 p. Full score, 176 p.

Beethoven several times described his Missa solemnis as his greatest work, explaining that it came "from the heart." The surviving sources show us how intensively and how long he worked on the

Composed as a musical memorial for the Italian national poet Allessandro Manzoni, deeply admired by Verdi, and was first performed on the first anniversary of his death on May 22, 1874 in Milan Cathedral.

Anton Bruckner composed his Requiem in D minor at the young age of 24 in memory of a friend of his father’s who was his patron. The work was greatly influenced by the Viennese classical

Completed and edited by Robert D. Levin, with a foreword by the editor.

In spring 1816 Franz Schubert, just nineteen years old, completed his second setting of the Stabat Mater in the midst of a highly productive period. In contrast with his first setting written the