Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Ton Koopman, Jan Siemons. Arranged by Siegfried Petrenz. This edition: urtext. Awards / Prizes: Deutscher Musikeditionspreis Best Edition . Awards / Prizes: Deutscher Musikeditionspreis Best Edition ; Carus sheet music series: Vocal scores XL. Messiah Kart Ga-Format. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Oratorios. Vocal score. Composed 1742. HWV 56. 256 pages. Duration 150 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 55.056/02. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5505602).

Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Ton Koopman, Jan Siemons. Arranged by Siegfried Petrenz. This edition: urtext. Awards / Prizes: Deutscher Musikeditionspreis Best Edition . Awards / Prizes: Deutscher Musikeditionspreis Best Edition ; Carus sheet music series: Vocal scores XL. Messiah Kart Ga-Format. Innovative practice aids

(1.2.2.2/4.2.3.1,perc,str )

SKU: TM.10262SET

Arranged by Suttle. Set Type: D. Set of parts. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.10262SET).

Jolly Old in C; While Shepherds in Bb. American Carols.

(1.2.2.2/4.2.3.1,perc,str )

SKU: TM.10262SC

Arranged by Suttle. Score. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.10262SC).

Jolly Old in C; While Shepherds in Bb. American Carols.

Composed by Christoph Willibald Von Gluck (1714- 1787). Edited by Yuliya Shein. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Complete edition, Score, anthology. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA05817_01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

Comedie (Laxenburg 1765). Composed by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714- 1787). Edited by Yuliya Shein. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Cloth bound. Christoph Willibald Gluck. Samtliche Werke IV/4. Complete Edition, Score. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA05823-01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

(2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0,timp,per c,str)

SKU: TM.07271SC

Composed by Georges Bizet. Score. Lucks Music Library #A7710. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.07271SC).

Pearl Fishers (Klengel).

(2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0,timp,per c,str)

SKU: TM.07271SET

Composed by Georges Bizet. Set Type: D. Set of parts. Lucks Music Library #A7710. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.07271SET).

Pearl Fishers (Klengel).

Soloists, Mixed choir, Orchestra

SKU: BA.BA04025-01

Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Georg-Friedrich-Händel -Gesellschaft e. V. Risinger and Mark. This edition: Complete edition. Linen. Complete edition, Score. HWV 58. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04025-01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04025-01).

ISBN 9790006443222. 33 x 26 cm inches. Text Language: English.

Handelâ?? s â??Semeleâ?, which premiered in February 1744, is based on an adapted version of William Congreveâ??s opera libretto titled â??The Story of Semeleâ?, originally published in 1706. However, neither Handel nor his librettist referred to â??Semeleâ? as an opera or an oratorio, which, according to the understanding at the time, would have required a biblical and/or Christian subject matter. Contemporary audiences also disagreed on the genre. The problematic classification as an oratorio has persisted into the present day, likely due to the edition labeled as such by Chrysander. The â??Halle Handel Editionâ? (HHA) distances itself from this classification and, considering the available sources, refrains from assigning a genre label.

Congreve deviates from the mythological source multiple times in order to create tensions among the characters. The desired marriage between Semele and Athamas, whom she does not love, is an addition by Congreve to provoke the envy of her sister Ino, who desires Athamas herself. Therefore, Ino sees her own advantage in Semeleâ??s abduction by Jupiter. While Jupiterâ??s wife Juno decides to destroy Semele out of jealousy for his relationship with her, Jupiter brings Ino to his palace to console Semele. The vengeful Juno takes advantage of Inoâ??s presence and transforms into her likeness, persuading Semele to carry out a plan that later proves fatal. In the end, Ino emerges as the winner, as she is able to convince their father, Cadmus, to marry her to Athamas. The appearance of Apollo in the final scene to announce that Semeleâ??s immortal son Bacchus was saved from her ashes provides little consolation. However, this twist allows the drama to conclude with exuberant joy and a magnificent final chorus after the tragic scenes in the third act, culminating in the death of the protagonist.

Hande lâ??s autograph score shows significant deviations from and numerous revisions of the original version premiered. All surviving early versions, the musical movements deleted before the premiere, and the version of the December 1744, are given in the appendix to the HHA.

By Giancarlo Aquilanti. For SATB soli, SATB choir, brass, timpani, percussion. Accomplished church, college, community, professional choruses. Moderately difficult. Piano/Vocal Score. 77 pages. Duration c. 22:00. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, and piano (E-flat Soprano saxophone, 2 Horns in F, Piano, Organ (or digital keyboard), Double String Quartet, Double Bass) - Early Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0108

Composed by Howard Goodall. Lent, Holy Week, Triduum/Three Days, Tenebrae, 21st Century. Score & instrument parts. Duration 6 minutes, 19 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0108. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0108).

UPC: 688670221255. English, Latin. Psalms 142; Jeremiah 3:48, 52, 56.

Invictus: A Passion addresses one of the world’s most powerful stories through the lens of the modern world. The texts, written or inspired by women, describe not only human suffering and persecution but also the human capacity for love and humility in the face of tyranny. Composer Howard Goodall is uniquely suited to bring these texts to life with music of emotional clarity and sweeping force. This excerpt is scored for soprano solo, SATB choir and piano. This fourth movement of the larger work is inspired by the extraordinary story of Irena Sendler née Krzyżanowska, a Polish nurse and head of Żegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews in the Second World War, whose personal interventions saved the lives of approximately 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto, smuggling them to safety, acts of humanitarian bravery that eventually caused her arrest and torture by the Gestapo. She is honoured as Righteous Amongst the Nations at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. The Latin texts of this movement are taken from the Book of Lamentations (“My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause…”) and from Psalm 142, the Old Testament being the meeting-point of Sendler’s Catholicism and the Jewish tradition of those whose lives she saved. Duration 6:19.

Composed by Antonia Bembo (1643-1715). Edited by Conrad Misch. Soli, Choir and Instruments (Piano, Organ, Orchestra). First edition. Choral. Score and parts. Published by Furore Verlag (FV.FUE-6710).

Soloists, Orchestra (2Sg-S-solo,Sg-A-solo,Sg- T-solo,Orch)

SKU: BA.BA10721-90

Oratorio in two Parts. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Michael Pacholke. Arranged by Christopher Sokolowski. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Rome 1707. Vocal Score. HWV 46A. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10721_90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10721-90).

ISBN 9790006568680. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: Italian. Preface: Annette Landgraf. Text: Pamphili, Benedetto.

Handel composed his first Italian oratorioLa Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del DisingannoHWV 46a in 1707. It is based on an allegorical moral libretto written by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili who also commissioned this work.

Disinganno (Illumination) and Tempo (Time) try to get the young, beautiful and frivolous Bellezza (Beauty) to recognise the true values of life and to act accordingly. The audience accompanies Bellezza in her spiritual development, in which she increasingly distances herself from Piacere (Pleasure) and listens more and more to Tempo and Disinganno.

The oratorio contains some of the most beautiful music Handel ever composed. This includes the enchanting ariaLascia la spina, in which he uses the music of the sarabande from the operaAlmira, composed in Hamburg in 1704, and which then achieved immortal fame inRinaldo(1711) asLascia ch'io pianga.

Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Ton Koopman / Jan Siemons. Arranged by Siegfried Petrenz. For SATB vocal soli, S(S)ATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo. This edition: Paperbound. Stuttgart Urtext Edition. Score available separately - see item CA.5505600. Oratorios. Vocal score. Language: English/German. Composed 1742. HWV 56. 184 pages. Duration 150 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag

By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Ton Koopman / Jan Siemons. Arranged by Siegfried Petrenz. For SATB soli, S(S0ATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo. This edition: Paperbound. Stuttgart Urtext Edition. German title: Messiah kart GA-Format. Oratorios. Full score. Language: English/German. Composed 1742. HWV 56. 328 pages. Duration 150 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, 2 violin, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5030519

Composed by Michael Haydn. Edited by Charles H. Sherman. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Johann Michael Haydn. Missa Beatiss.Virginis Mariae Mh 15. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed circa 1758-1760. MH 15. Duration 30 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 50.305/19. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5030519).

ISBN 9790007145477. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

The Missa Beatissimae Virginis Maria was composed ca. 1758-1760, between the end of his tenure as a singer in the choir of St. Stephen's in Vienna and the beginning of his first position as violinist and music director for the Bishop of Grosswardein. The scoring of SATB (for soli as well as choir) and church trio was augmented by two trumpets (clarini) and timpani, as well as two trombones. The latter instruments double the alto and tenor voices in tutti passages but in the Et incarnatus est they are also employed in an obbligato role. On the one hand, as an early work this Mass is in the style of the festive baroque tradition, as practiced in south-German regions until the middle of the eighteenth century; on the other hand it already shows the subjective inspiration which distinguished it from many of the mass settings by Haydn's contemporaries. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5030500.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, 2 violin, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5030549

Composed by Michael Haydn. Edited by Charles H. Sherman. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Johann Michael Haydn. Missa Beatiss.Virginis Mariae Mh 15. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary. Single Part, Organ. Composed circa 1758-1760. MH 15. 24 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 50.305/49. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5030549).

ISBN 9790007223762. Key: C major. Language: Latin.

The Missa Beatissimae Virginis Maria was composed ca. 1758-1760, between the end of his tenure as a singer in the choir of St. Stephen's in Vienna and the beginning of his first position as violinist and music director for the Bishop of Grosswardein. The scoring of SATB (for soli as well as choir) and church trio was augmented by two trumpets (clarini) and timpani, as well as two trombones. The latter instruments double the alto and tenor voices in tutti passages but in the Et incarnatus est they are also employed in an obbligato role. On the one hand, as an early work this Mass is in the style of the festive baroque tradition, as practiced in south-German regions until the middle of the eighteenth century; on the other hand it already shows the subjective inspiration which distinguished it from many of the mass settings by Haydn's contemporaries. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5030500.

(Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Corni di bassetto, 2 Fg, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc)

SKU: CA.5165219

Completed and edited by Howard Arman. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Howard Arman. Arranged by Howard Arman. Set of Orchestra Parts. KV 626. Duration 50 minutes. Carus Verlag #5165219. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5165219).

ISBN 9790007313883. Key: D minor. Latin.

The English conductor and composer Howard Arman has presented us with a completed version of Mozart’s Requiem. “Another one?” you might ask, since this publication is only the latest in a long line reaching back to the traditional Süßmayr version. Yet such is the enormous power of Mozart’s score that the challenge and appeal of completing it remain undiminished. After two decades of intensive study, Howard Arman’s additions to Mozart’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 Mozart’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 instrument’s unique sound is given an opportunity to shine. Arman’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 – in the spirit of Mozart – on creating a sense of drama and illuminating the theme in all its possible facets. Mozart’s fragment ends with the Hostias, and so does Arman’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 Süßmayr, 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.

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

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

Composed by Bob Chilcott. Vocal score. 28 pages. Duration 15'. Oxford University Press #9780193519763. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193519763).