Faksimile nach dem Autograph der British Library. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The Barenreiter Facsimile seal is used exclusively for facsimile publications that meet the highest technical and scholarly demands. The distinguishing features include A facsimile in high resolution full-colour printing, reflecting the original Specially selected paper Decorative binding in keeping with the historic th…

Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. This work has survived in an autograph, unfortunately undated, preserved in the Düben Collection. The cantata is a setting of Ecclesiasticus 50, verses 24–26. This composition is one of the most richly scored vocal compositions of Buxtehude. A ritornello, which includes a fanfare of trumpets, and a longer vocal section based on “Nun danket alle Gott” create the work’s struc…

Für Klavier. Par SMETANA BEDRICH. Smetana's piano sketch Macbeth, also known as Macbeth and the Witches, after William Shakespeare's tragedy, originated in 1859 while the composer was living in Sweden. Some scholars believe that it was meant to be scored for full orchestra. The work's dark and gloomy mood is connected with the death of Smetana's wife Katharina on 19 April 1859. Macbeth only appea…

Acte de Ballet. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Rameau Io RCT 45 (Vocal Score) In Rameau's operatic oeuvre, 'Io' is certainly the work shrouded in the most mystery: the acte de ballet has survived only in the form of a copy of the score and parts which was made by a collector from the generation after Rameau from the autograph that now is lost. Although the copy seems to have been used, presumably for …

Mozart wrote the five Divertimenti for Wind Sextet between the years 1775 and 1777 when he was living in Salzburg. The Italian title is reminiscent of simple 'light? music, but the pieces' melodic ingenuity and colourful writing for winds show it to be chamber music of the highest quality. Our edition is based on the autograph and brings together all five authentic sextets in one practical edition…

Transcription for Violin and Piano by the Composer. Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. In his symphonic poem “Danse macabre” Saint-Saëns takes up a poem by Henri Cazalis that he had already set as an art song. Here the Devil brings the dead to life by playing his violin. Although the orchestral work was given a lukewarm reception in its early performances, or was even rejected, it became highly popular and …

Misericordias Domini'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Wohl auf eine Bitte des Verlegers Otto Forberg begann Rheinberger mit der Komposition dieser Messe. Der Beiname 'Misericordias Domini', den die Messe in der Druckausgabe und vielleicht schon im verschollenen Autograph führt, wird in den Skizzen nicht genannt; auch liegen keine Anhaltspunkte vor, dass ein besonderes Ereignis den Komponisten zur …

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. This edition of Franz Schubert's 'Magnificat” D 486 is based on the composer's autograph score and is the first to make use of his authorised performance material. It offers alternative readings that make the performance practice of Schubert's day accessible to today's performers. This entertaining large-scale 'Magnificat” was composed in September 1815. The edition is based o…

Beethoven's fifth and final piano concerto is at the same time the culmination of his efforts in this genre and a reflection of all his artistic skill and expertise. The surviving manuscripts provide a clear insight into his working methods and his intentions regarding the work's performance.The editor, Jonathan Del Mar, has closely scrutinised the autograph solo piano part and reproduced Beethove…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Franz Schubert's 'Stabat Mater” D 175 is one of a number of church works that he wrote for his local congregation in Lichtental. This edition is based on the sole surviving source, the composer's autograph full score. Unlike its like-named companion piece D 383, Schubert uses the original Latin poem here. In his setting of April 1815 he focuses on the first two lines of the te…

Cherubini owes his fame as a church composer primarily to the 'Requiem in C minor? of 1817. It was held in extraordinarily high esteem by such composers as Beethoven and Schumann and served as a model for early 19th-century Requiem settings. Dispensing entirely with solo voices, it captivates with its rigorous formal concentration and its restrained use of musical resources in both choir and orche…

Edition sans doigtés. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach’s Six Partitas form what is presumably the most famous and challenging collection of suites in music history. Bach was aware of the weightiness of his cycle as he initially had these multi-movement partitas, composed in Leipzig between 1726 and 1730, published in individual editions. This culminated in their publication in an anthology that pro…

Epistelsonate. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Edition based on the Mozart autograph in the Saltikov-Shtchedrin Library in St. Petersburg. Carus editions of the Mozart masses for which the Epistle Sonata KV 263 would be suitable. Missa in C KV 259 [Organ Solo Mass, CV 40. 628]; Missa longa in C KV 262 [CV 51. 262, in prep. ]; Missa in C KV 258 [Spaur Mass, CV 40. 627]; Missa in C KV 257 [Great Credo …

Offertorium In Festo Sti Benedicti. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Since the autograph of the offertory 'Scande coeli limina' KV 34 has not survived, the discovery of the oldest existing copy of the parts in 1998 in the archives of the Holy Chapel in Altötting were a significant contribution to the preservation of this work. Robert Münster discovered the parts, the new source upon which the present …

Sonate #8. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. 'This sonata is easier to study than any of the earlier ones, and has therefore always been extremely popular.' (Carl Czerny). Indeed, the Grande Sonate pathétique is the one with the most moderate demands in terms of playing technique among Beethoven's famous piano sonatas. But it is also popular for its pathetic expression, which captivates the listener from …