By Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Francois Gounod, Alexander Borodin. Arranged by Patrick M. Liebergen. For SATB choir. I. Chorus of the Polovetsian Maidens (from Borodin's "Prince Igor") / II. Soldier's Chorus (from Gounod's "Faust") / III. Avil Chorus (from Verdi's "Il Travatore"). Choral. Octavo. Published by Shawnee Press.

SATB Choir, Piano - Level 2

SKU: CA.926000

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Arranged by Denis Rouger. Separate edition to the CD. Lieder, Secular choral music. Full Score. Composed 1870. CG 449. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.260/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.926000).

ISBN 9790007249229. Key: F major. Language: French. Text: Barbier, Jules.

The three verses of Aimons-nous, separated by piano interludes, are cheerful and amorous, an invitation to everlasting mutual love. The text portrays this almost as a law of nature: rivers and streams combine, the sun embraces the earth, and the birds snuggle close to each other in their nest. Light, rippling syncopations in the piano accompany Gounod's typical catchy melodic writing in the vocal parts. The writer Jules Barbier was Gounod's favored opera librettist (Faust, Romeo et Juliette), but many other 19th century opera composers also set his texts, including Camille Saint-Saens, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Jacques Offenbach. This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing the any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD Kennst du das Land ... (Carus 83.495).

Soprano solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SATB) Orchestra, Organ (Soprano Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, Mixed choir(SSAB), Fl-picc, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 clarinet, 4bassoon, 4Hn, 2 Kor, 2 Trp, 3trombone, timpani, Be, Tr-Gr, harp, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Octobass, Org)

SKU: BA.BA08966-90

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Hans Schellevis. Arranged by Hans Schellevis. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Vocal Score. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08966_90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08966-90).

ISBN 9790006564002. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: Latin. Preface: Schellevis, Hans.

Sacred works occupy a large part of Charles Gounod's oeuvre. It was the Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte Cecile that established his fame as a church composer. Its melodic invention and effective handling of the orchestra reveal a close proximity to opera.

This Urtext edition is based not only on the original print of 1856 but also on copyists' manuscripts and autograph sources. Rounding off this well-researched Urtext edition are an informative Introduction and a detailed Critical Commentary. The edition is being published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Gounod's birth.

* Gounod's well-known mass in a new Urtext edition
* Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng)
* Idiomatic piano reduction
* In preparation for the Gounod bicentenary year 2018

SATB choir (Piano/Organ)

SKU: CA.411000

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Marc Rigaudiere. Stuttgart Urtext Edition. Chants Sacres Latin/ 20 Latein. Motetten. Sacred vocal music, Motets. Collection. 88 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 04.110/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.411000).

ISBN 9790007181635.

Charles Gounod, the 200th anniversary of whose birth falls in 2018, is known above all for his operas - Faust, Sapho, Romeo et Juliette, etc. But throughout his life Gounod was also a very religious man. As winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1839, he spent an extended period in the Holy City and subsequently devoted several years exclusively to writing sacred music. For a time he even thought of becoming a priest and signed his letters Abbe Ch. Gounod. As well as several masses - including the famous St Cecilia Mass - he composed numerous smaller works for various scorings for use in the liturgy and other church services. This collection contains 20 smaller sacred motets for 4-6-part mixed choir with organ or piano accompaniment, mostly ad libitum.