Cherubini owes his fame as a church composer primarily to the 'Requiem in C minor? of 1817. It was held in extraordinarily high esteem by such composers as Beethoven and Schumann and served as a model for early 19th-century Requiem settings. Dispensing entirely with solo voices, it captivates with its rigorous formal concentration and its restrained use of musical resources in both choir and orche…

Nelson Mass. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The so-called “Nelson Mass” is the third of the six great High Masses that Haydn wrote between 1796 and 1802 for the name-days of Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegild Esterházy. According to the dates given in the autograph he composed the work in the period between 10 July and 31 August 1798. It was thus written in the year of the first performance of the Creatio…

Florentiner Sinfonie'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger began work on his second Symphony during his visit to Italy with his wife in 1874. He was commissioned to write it by an orchestral society in Florence – an indication that his reputation had already spread throughout Europe. The autograph score contains a poem by his wife Fanny, which in four sections expressed the moods of impress…

Op. 38. Par ELGAR EDWARD. This is the best of me, wrote Edward Elgar after the final measure of his Dream of Gerontius. Premiered in 1900, in Great Britain the work has long been a standard work in the repertoire of large oratorio choirs. Elgar?s moving, poetic setting of the eponymous poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman is about a dying man and his journey beyond death to God. Before the eyes of t…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. autograph in facsimile; excerpt from 'Lacrymosa' [bars 1-5], 1791/ Répertoire / Carte Postale

Epistelsonate. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Edition based on the Mozart autograph in the Saltikov-Shtchedrin Library in St. Petersburg. Carus editions of the Mozart masses for which the Epistle Sonata KV 263 would be suitable. Missa in C KV 259 [Organ Solo Mass, CV 40. 628]; Missa longa in C KV 262 [CV 51. 262, in prep. ]; Missa in C KV 258 [Spaur Mass, CV 40. 627]; Missa in C KV 257 [Great Credo …

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. autograph in facsimile; excerpt from the Chorale for Organ [bars 1-11], around 1705/ Répertoire / Carte Postale

Breitkopf Urtext für Flöte und Cembalo / for Flute and Harpsichord. Par BACH CARL PHILIPP EMMANUEL. These Sonatas for flute and harpsichord obbligato (Wq 83 - 86) were written in Potsdam between 1745 and 1755, while C. P. E. Bach was in the service of King Frederick II of Prussia. The sonatas also exist in genuine trio Sonata versions. In our present version, the right hand of the harpsichordist t…

Ed. Critica Di C. Toscani - Reduction For Voice And Piano By Antonio Frigé. Par PERGOLESI GIOVANNI BATTISTA. The present reduction derives from the critical edition of the score, also published in this catalog on Novembre 2012 (NR 139699). The critical edition returns the text of the Stabat mater thanks to a study of a particular scientifi c authority andphilological rigor: as main source the edit…

Without any doubt J.S. Bach?s cycle of the three Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 represents one of the pinnacles of classical European music. According to C.P.E. Bach a contemporary voice stated that there was ?nothing more accomplished in order to become a good violinist? than his father?s works. The cycle reflects the entire harmonic and polyphonic musical universe of Bach?s time, so masterfu…

By John Denver. Ukulele. Softcover. 102 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music