Quatre Instants for Soprano and Orchestra is an arrangement of the composer's own Quatre Instants for Soprano and Piano and was commissioned by the Finnish Chamber Orchestra Association and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Thefirst performance took place at the Tammisaari Summer Concert Festival Finland in August 2003 given by Karita Mattila Soprano and conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

with Orchestral Accompaniment-Reprinted from authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel sources this collection features a variety of Brahmss most cherished choral works with orchestral accompaniment. Selections include:- Rhapsodie für eine Altstimme Männerchor und Orchester Op. 53 (Rhapsody for an Alto Mens Choir and Orchestra)- Schicksalslied von Friedrich Hölderlin für Chor und Orchester Op. 54 (Song of Destiny by Friedrich Hölderlin for Choir and Orchestra)- Nänie von Friedrich Schiller für Chor und Orchester Op. 82 (Nänie by Friedrich Schiller for Choir and Orchestra)- Gesang der Parzen von Goethe für sechsstimmigen Chor und Orchester Op. 89 (Song of the Fates by Goethe for Six-Part Chorus and Orchestra)- Ave Maria für Frauenchor mit Orchester oder Orgel-Begleitung Op. 12 (Ave Maria for Womens Chorus with Orchestral or Organ Accompaniment)- Begräbnisgesang für Chor und Blasinstrumente Op. 13 (Funeral Song for Chorus and Wind Instruments)- Gesänge für Frauenchor mit Begleitung von zwei Hörnern und Harfe Op. 17 (Songs for Womens Chorus Accompanied by Two Horns and Harp)- Ellens zweiter Gesang aus Walter Scotts 'Fräulein vom See' von Schubert für Sopran dreistimmigen Frauenchor vier Hörnern und zwei Fagotte Op. 52(Ellens Second Song from Walter Scotts 'Lady of the Lake' by Schubert for Soprano Solo Three-partWomens Chorus Four Horns and Two Bassoons)This edition features a new English translation of the original Editors Commentary as well as new translations of song lyrics.

Deux grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la musique sacrée en un seul volume: Messe de Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, et le Te Deum, op. 22. Inégalée dans la grandeur de sa conception Requiem, appelant à d'énormes forces orchestrales et un choeur d'au moins 200. Le Te Deum contient certaines des idées les plus inspirées et originales de Berlioz. / Voix Et Orchestre

The Missa in F of 1734 for two or four choirs is probably Pergolesi’s most important work for choir and orchestra. The nickname 'Missa Romana' was added later in reference to a performance given in Rome during Pergolesi’s lifetime.This Urtext edition presents the work for the first time in the four-choir version that Pergolesi wrote for the above mentioned performance in Rome. Choirs III and IV are reproduced in smaller type and are added to the version for double choir in order to intensify the overall sound. This allows the work to be performed not only with two choirs but also in the delightful enlarged version for fourchoirs. Rounding off the edition are an informative Foreword (Eng/Ger) and a Critical Commentary (Eng).First publication with choirs III and IV.Can be performed with both two or four choirs.Idiomatic well-presented Piano reduction.Full score performance material (BA8958) and vocal score (BA8958-90) available for sale.

Serenade in three parts-Handel set the myth about the love of the shepherd Acis for the sea nymph Galatea from Ovid?s ?Metamorphoses? a total of three times: in the cantata ?Aci Galatea e Polifemo? HWV 72 (1708) the masque ?Acis and Galatea? HWV 49a (1718) and finally the pasticcio-like serenata ?Acis and Galatea? HWV 49b (1732) of which the original version is now made available in its complete form for the first time. A particular charm is provided by the use of two languages in the serenata. The work was originally conceived in English as was required for the first performance. However Handel?sItalian singers were criticised for their poor command of English ? so in the end many numbers were sung in Italian. The extensive appendix to the vocal score includes the additional arias and newly composed movements for the versions used in the 1734 and 1736 performances. - Urtext edition based on the ?Halle Handel Edition? - English and Italian original text with singable German translation - Extensive foreword in two languages (Ger/Eng) - Clear straightforward piano reduction - Full score (BA10700) and vocal score (BA10700-90) available for sale performance material (BA10700-72) for hire

Edition Complète. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Rameau's only surviving opera based on a libretto by Voltaire has survived in two versions (1745 and 1746), whereby the 1745 version was long considered lost. Volume IV.12 of the series ?Opera omnia Rameau? presents a complete edition which enables performances of both versions. Voltaire refers to Metastasio in his libretto in that he wishes to liberate the opera from the gallant milieu and to make it a moralizing stage work that is equally edifying and political. After a prologue dedicated to envy personified, the tyrants Bélus and Bacchus are chased out of the Hall of Fame and finally Trajan is crowned with laurels for defeating the rebels, forgiving them and ultimately turning the Hall of Fame into a public temple. The music contains many remarkable passages, such as a richly orchestrated overture, the famous monologue ?Profonds abîmes du Ténare? with obbligato bassoons, and Trajan's artful final scene ?Ramage d'oiseaux?./ Répertoire / Chant et Orchestre