SKU: CA.5165203

ISBN 9790007294243. Key: D minor. Latin.

The English conductor and composer Howard Arman has presented us with a completed version of Mozartâ??s Requiem. â??Another one?â? you might ask, since this publication is only the latest in a long line reaching back to the traditional SüÃ?mayr version. Yet such is the enormous power of Mozartâ??s score that the challenge and appeal of completing it remain undiminished. After two decades of intensive study, Howard Armanâ??s additions to Mozartâ??s great original show the requisite care and respect while incorporating many new insights.

Armanâ??s approach is particularly fruitful. Always aware of the appropriate limits to such re-creative work, he orients himself towards the typical characteristics of Mozartâ??s brilliant composing style: The masterly compositional technique, the search for innovative solutions to every problem, and even the terse treatment of the text with extremely suggestive harmonies. All of this leads to a number of new listening experiences. In the Tuba mirum, for example, we enjoy a warm, cohesive ensemble sound, supported by the bassoons, which depart from the bass line. The Confutatis presents a quite different picture: Even the basset horns are drawn down into the infernal depths. This effect is reinforced by the independence of the trombones; rather than simply following the choral parts, the instrumentâ??s unique sound is given an opportunity to shine. Armanâ??s Lacrimosa achieves a lively Mozartian feel by granting the voices considerable freedom rather than following a rigid pattern. And he concludes the movement with a fugal Amen, whereby the focus is not so much on the counterpoint itself, but rather â?? in the spirit of Mozart â?? on creating a sense of drama and illuminating the theme in all its possible facets. Mozartâ??s fragment ends with the Hostias, and so does Armanâ??s completion.

For the four following movements (Sanctus to Communio) we have nothing from Mozart, and so here, where the master is silent, Arman finally returns to Sü�mayr, the man who was closest to Mozart at the time of his death and whose efforts to fill the blank manuscripts still garner our respect today.

Armanâ??s version has already proven its practical value. The premiere with the Bavarian Radio Choir was enthusiastically received by audiences and press alike â?? and celebrated as offering a scholarly, entirely fresh perspective on Mozartâ??s masterpiece.

- World premiere by the Bavarian Radio Choir
- Enthusiastically received by audience and press.

SKU: TM.05062SET

Arr. and with Chorale by Abert. Praeludium (No. 4 Wohltemperirtes Clavier). Choral (brass only). Fuga (Orgelfuge No. 12 Bachausgabe 15ter Jahrgang).

SKU: TM.01536SET

Does not incl #12 Trio Sonata (see #650-5603). No. 1 Ricercar, No. 2 Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium, No. 3 Canon 1 a 2, No. 4 Canon 2 a 2 Violini in Unisono, No. 5 Canon 3 a 2 per Motum contrarium, No. 6 Canon 4 a 2 per Augmentationem contrario Motu, No. 7 Canon 5 a 2, No. 8 Fuga canonica in Epidiapente, No. 9 Ricercar a 6, No. 10 Canon a 2 Quaerendo invenietis, No. 11 Canon a 4, No. 12 Sonata Siehe die gesondert beiliegende Stimme, No. 13 Canon perpetuus.

SKU: TM.05457SC

Arr. and with Chorale by Abert. Praeludium (No. 4 Wohltemperirtes Clavier). Choral (brass only). Fuga (Orgelfuge No. 12 Bachausgabe 15ter Jahrgang).

SKU: CA.5425411

ISBN 9790007226060. Language: Latin.

Just by reason of its scoring the Missa Sancti Hieronymi occupies a special place not only among the settings of the Mass by Haydn, but also in the repertoire of church music at the Royal Court of Salzburg. Other than the Hieronymus Mass and the Proprium motet Timete Dominum MH 256, which is connected with it, there are no additional surviving works in the Salzburg repertoire with this type of instrumentation. The unusual instrumentation, the contrapuntal style in the fugal sections, as well as the melodic invention and harmonic elaboration show that this Mass is a masterpiece. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5425400.