SKU: CA.3119763

ISBN 9790007210540. Text language: German/English.

Gott ist unsre Zuversicht BWV 197 was probably written in the second half of the 1730s for a wedding, no further details of which are known. In the opening chorus in particular, it features quite a sizeable orchestra. The text of the cantata has one major theme - trust in God! In a magnificent lullaby (movement 3) all cares are sung to sleep. The other arias, with their exceptionally exquisite combinations of scorings, make the cantata into a quite special work, albeit one which is associated with a particular occasion. The wedding cantata BWV 197 draws on older material for some of its movements. Two movements are parodies on arias from the incomplete surviving Christmas cantata Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe, BWV 197a, including the lullaby O du angenehmes Paar, of which only the last quarter survives from the Christmas cantata - it is O du angenehmer Schatz there. By using the later version, Diethard Hellmann has been able to reconstruct the original version of this dreamlike beautiful movement; however, the complete Christmas cantata cannot be reconstructed from the sources. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3119700.

SKU: CA.7005312

ISBN 9790007228293. Key: D major. Language: Latin.

With a duration of about 10 minutes, Schubert's Magnificat D 486 in C major is one of the more concise settings of the well-known Marian canticles, originally for the service of Vespers. It was composed in late summer 1815, and is therefore probably one of a series of church music works Schubert wrote in his youth for Lichtenthal Parish Church. The work requires a large-scale orchestra with strings, woodwind, and brass. The four-part choir contrasts with four soloists; this quartet sings the peaceful middle section of the three-section work. For the Carus edition Schubert's own autograph manuscript of his Magnificat was consulted again for the first time since 1888. Until 1989 this had been thought to be lost. This work is now available in carus music, the choir app! Score and part available separately - see item CA.7005300.

SKU: CA.3118613

ISBN 9790007050702. Key: G minor / c dorian. Language: German. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata Argre dich, o Seele, nicht BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. Bach expanded and revised the cantata during his first year in Leipzig and performed it for the first time in its new form on the 7th Sunday after Trinity 1723. Only a wordbook survives from the original Weimar form of the work. Starting from the Weimar wordbook and Bach's Leipzig score, Diethard Hellmann has created a reconstruction of Bach's sole known cantata for the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Bach's Leipzig version of the cantata is available separately (Carus 31.186/50). Score and part available separately - see item CA.3118600.

SKU: CA.3720812

ISBN 9790007214647. Language: German.

The cantata Ein hoher Tag kommt, composed for Christmas Day, cannot be precisely dated (as is the case with most of Homilius's cantatas), but most certainely it can be assigned to his tenure as Kreuzkantor in Dresden (1755-1785). The author of the cantata text is unknown. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3720800.

SKU: CA.3720849

ISBN 9790007214678. Language: German.

The cantata Ein hoher Tag kommt, composed for Christmas Day, cannot be precisely dated (as is the case with most of Homilius's cantatas), but most certainely it can be assigned to his tenure as Kreuzkantor in Dresden (1755-1785). The author of the cantata text is unknown. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3720800.

SKU: CA.2704411

ISBN 9790007199333. Language: Latin.

Following the Carus recording (Carus 83.169) of Ristori's Mass for the most holy birth of our Lord, this important discovery among the music of the Dresden Court is now presented in a critical edition. Its festive character is marked by a polished instrumentation, powerful choruses and highly expressive solo parts. Score and part available separately - see item CA.2704400.

SKU: CA.2704412

ISBN 9790007199340. Language: Latin.

Following the Carus recording (Carus 83.169) of Ristori's Mass for the most holy birth of our Lord, this important discovery among the music of the Dresden Court is now presented in a critical edition. Its festive character is marked by a polished instrumentation, powerful choruses and highly expressive solo parts. Score and part available separately - see item CA.2704400.