Great Choral Works BACH · HANDEL · MOZART · SCHUBERT BEETHOVEN · MENDELSSOHN · BRAHMS
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Great Choral Works BACH · HANDEL · MOZART · SCHUBERT BEETHOVEN · MENDELSSOHN · BRAHMS C Carus Experience Choral Music Anytime. Anywhere. • An app with the top choral works • An acoustic coach helps you learn (by Bach, Handel, Mozart, your own choral part Mendelssohn, Verdi and others) • Fast and difficult passages can • Carus vocal scores, synchronized also be practiced in slow mode with first class recordings by top • Page turning and navigation just artists (Bernius, Rademann, as in the printed vocal score Herreweghe, Jacobs, Rilling and others) THE CHOIR APP www.carus-music.com 2 Carus – Excellence in Choral Music Our music editions offer choirs We’ve already achieved this with Felix worldwide a carefully edited, autho- Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Wolfgang ritative foundation for rehearsals and Amadeus Mozart and Josef Gabriel successful concerts. The “Stuttgart Rheinberger, and with the works of Editions,” produced with the greatest Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz care, are internationally recognized and Joseph and Johann Michael Haydn as top quality Urtext editions in the we’re well on the way. realm of choral music. Since Carus was founded it has always been a particular An innovative product expands our interest to make the music publishing range for choirs: , the choir program alive and accessible, and to app. This app offers choral singers a release first-class recordings of works new way to learn their voice reliable, on our own label. The foundation of even if they struggle reading notes. this lies in close co-operation with the Choral singers are supported preparing best choirs, ensembles and conductors their choral part for the next rehearsal. internationally. combines the best from publisher and record label. Over 600 Carus vocal scores of choral works from the 17th to the 21st cen- , the choir app, is being tury are available with full scores and launched with the most frequently- complete performance material. They performed choral works. Find out in reflect the breadth of our program. You the following pages which 30 works can get an overview of this repertoire are available for you and your choir in from our brochure from p. 17 onwards. the app. Our aim is to publish the complete sacred vocal works of leading compo- Yours sincerely, sers in Urtext editions. Carus-Verlag Claudio Monteverdi (1567 –1643) Vespers 1610 SV 206 Vespro della Beata Vergine Soli SSATTBB, As with scarcely any other Coro SATB/SATB, work of the 17th century, 2 Fl, 2 Fifari, 3 Cor, Monteverdi’s Vespers 1610 has 3 Trb, 2 Vl, 3 Va, found its way into today’s repertoire. The Carus Vc, Vn, Bc 90 min / ital. Urtext edition is based on all surviving copies of the ed. Uwe Wolf print from 1610 and early handwritten additions in Carus 27.801 these copies were taken into consideration for the new Carus edition. The performance material is Vespers 1610 CCarus characterized by its great flexibility and practicability amarcord, Lautten Claudio Monteverdi Compagney Berlin, since it can be used in different combinations for Marienvesper Wolfgang Katschner Vespro della Beata Vergine Vespers 1610 performance, as is detailed in the score. Carus 83.394 amarcord Lautten Compagney Wolfgang Katschner Heinrich Schütz (1585 –1672) Musikalische Exequien SWV 279–281 Opus 7. Funeral music I: Fav SSATTBB, in three parts for six, Cap SSATTB, Cb, Org, [8 Instr] / 22 min eight or more voices II: Coro SATB/SATB, with basso continuo [Org, 8 Instr] / 3 min III: Fav SSBar, Cap MsATTB, Org, Heinrich Schütz composed the Musikalische Exequien [5 Instr] / 5 min for the funeral of his patron Prince Heinrich Posthu- German / English ed. Günter Graulich mus Reuß 1635/1636. The piece consists of three Carus 20.279 parts, which were to be performed during three dif- ferent sections of the funeral service. With this com- Musikalische Exequien and position, written as a commission, Schütz created one other funeral works of the most artistic and heartfelt works of mourning Dresdner Kammer chor, ever written in the history of music. Carus publishes a Hans-Christoph Rademann critical edition and a recording of the complete works Carus 83.238 (SACD) by Heinrich Schütz. Carus · Urtext s-Ve ru rla Carus Urtext stands for historical-critical editions designed for practical performance. a g C They are edited by well-known scholars and are based on the most current musico- URTEXT logical standards. All editions include complete performance material. Carus aims to C publish the complete sacred vocal music (and in some cases the secular music) of all the major composers in its music program. For many editions study scores are also available. 4 Complete performance material available. Antonio Vivaldi (1678 –1741) Gloria in D major RV 589 Antonio VIVALDI Gloria in D RV 589 HOIR E CCHOIR A H E APPP TTH P Soli SSA, Coro SATB, The Gloria in D major RV 589 is Ob, Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Bc Vivaldi’s most famous sacred work 30 min and it is among his most important Stuttgarter Vivaldi-Ausgaben Urtext ed. Günter Graulich church music compositions. An independent work in Carus 40.001 one movement, it was probably composed between Carus 40.001/03 1713 and 1717 for the Ospedale della Pietà, one of the orphanages of Venice in which young girls Missae & Vesperae received a thorough musical training. The musically Estonian Philharmonic representative work is divided into 12 sections which Chamber Choir, Tallinn differ in scoring, movement type, key and expressed Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste emotions. Carus 83.325 George Frideric Handel (1685 –1759) Messiah HWV 56 CHOIR E AP TH P Soli SATB, Coro Messiah is regarded as the epi- S(S)ATB, 2 Ob, 2 Fg, tome of the sacred oratorio and it 2 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc is also one of the most performed 150 min works worldwide. Yet, during his lifetime it was never ed. Ton Koopman, Jan Siemons given a definitive form, since Handel undertook va- Carus 55.056 rious alterations in the work, as a consequence of the ever-changing performance conditions and soloists for Messiah performances he conducted during his lifetime. The Kammerchor Stuttgart, present vocal score contains all of the alternative ver- Barockorchester Stutt- sions of the solo movements. In the vocal score Ton gart, Frieder Bernius Koopman has – as a suggestion for the singers – indi- Carus 83.219 (2 SACD) cated simple ornaments in passages where these were usually improvised. WORT-BILD-MARKE III For all works , the choir app is available, as well as the complete performance material for sale. Carus editions adhere to the highest scholarly standards. They include informative forewords in English and they are also distinguished by the excellent quality of their music engraving, as well as by their attractive presentation. Carus editions of works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn are recognized worldwide as leading Urtext editions of sacred repertoire 5 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750) Mass in B minor BWV 232 Although Bach’s Mass in B minor is one of the most frequently performed works by the Soli SSATB, Coro SSAATTBB, 2 Fl, St. Thomas Kantor, it presents 3 Ob/2 Obda, 2 Fg, many puzzles and problems. This applies not only Corno da caccia, 3 Tr, to the still unanswered question as to why Bach Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc 100 min composed this work, but also to the many details ed. Ulrich Leisinger found in the musical text. A “hybrid” edition con- Carus 31.232 sists of the score printed in the traditional manner, Mass in B minor together with the technology of data stored on a Gächinger Kantorei, Freiburger Barock- J. S. BACH MESSE IN H-MOLL DVD, which presents all of the relevant sources, B MINOR MASS · BWV 232 Sampson · Vondung · Johannsen · Bernd Freiburger Barockorchester · Gächinger Kantorei orchester, Hans- Hans-Christoph Rademann providing new, revealing insights into the work. C Carus Christoph Rademann The Kyrie and Gloria are based primarily on the Carus 83.314 (2 CD) autograph parts from 1733 which Bach sent to his Carus 83.315 (Deluxe) J. S. BACH MESSE IN H-MOLL B MINOR MASS · BWV 232 Sampson · Vondung · Johannsen · Bernd Freiburger Barockorchester · Gächinger Kantorei (June 2015) Hans-Christoph Rademann new sovereign, Prince-Elector Frederick August II DELUXE C Carus of Saxony, in the hope of receiving a title from the Saxon Court. Motets BWV 225–230 The popularity of Johann Sebastian Bach’s motets is equalled by the problematic manner in which ed. Uwe Wolf they have been handed down to us. The autograph Carus 31.224/10 scores and parts used by Bach have been preserved for only two motets. For the remaining motets we must be content with copies whose reliability is, at best, inconsistent. The edition considers all available Motets sources and evaluates them critically with the goal Kammerchor Stuttgart, to coming closer to Bach’s intentions. Frieder Bernius Carus 83.298 (SACD) The motets are also available in separate editions: - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied / Sing to the Lord a new song BWV 225: SATB/SATB - Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf / The Spirit makes our weakness strong BWV 226: SATB/SATB - Jesu, meine Freude / Jesu, my salvation BWV 227: SSATB - Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir / Be not afraid, I am with you BWV 228: SATB/SATB - Komm, Jesu, komm / Come, Jesu, come BWV 229: SATB/SATB - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden / Praise ye the Lord, all ye nations BWV 230: SATB [4 Instr], Bc - Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn / To thee will I cling, until I am blest BWV Anh. III 159: SATB/SATB (in German WORT-BILD-MARKElanguage) III 6 For all works , the choir app is available, as well as the complete performance material for sale.