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Franz Schubert: Mass in F D 105

The Mass in F D 105 is Schubert's (1797-1828) first larger-scale church music composition. With an ambitious playing time of around 40 minutes, it is amongst his best-documented sacred works. Written on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the dedication of his local church in Lichtental, it was performed there for the first time, conducted by the 17 year old composer.
A second performance took place a few days later - presumably thanks to the influence of Schubert's teacher, Antonio Salieri, who was the court Kapellmeister - in Vienna's Augustinerkirche (the court parish church). The Mass in F was also performed on numerous further occasions, for which Schubert partly revised the score and the various parts; thus the source situation is quite complicated.
The Carus edition with critically verified sources, edited by Manuela Jahrmärker does justice to this demanding situation, with its detailed preface, reproductions of the sources as well as an extensive Critical Report in the appendix. With this new edition, all six Schubert masses are now available in the Urtext and following the latest developments in musicological research.

Franz Schubert: Messe in F. Soli SSATTB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Fg, 2 Cor, 2 Tr, 2 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org. Stuttgart Schubert Editions (Original Text) (Full score: CV CV 40.656, € 49,80)

Henry Du Mont: Magnificat

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Of the 70 now well-known Grands Motets composed by the Flemish composer Henry Du Mont (1610-1684) for the Paris Chapelle Royale of Louis XIV, 20 motets had already been printed during Du Mont's lifetime by order of the King. These works for choir, soloists and orchestra were sung during the mass which the King attended daily. The Magnificat, the most extensive piece in this collection, was clearly written for a particularly festive occasion; its sections, which alternate between transparent and compact texture undergo a truly dramatic and musical development, culminating in the solemn Amen.
Henry Du Mont: Magnificat. Soli SSTBarB, Coro ST(A)TBarB, 2 Vl, 2 Va, Bassi, Bc. Masterpieces of the French baroque (Full score: CV 21.005, € 25,60)

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit BWV 14

For the cantata Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit BWV 14 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), the full score, piano-vocal score and complete performance materials are now also available at Carus in a critical Urtext edition.

The chorale cantata was composed for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, which in 1735 fell on the 30th January, and thus belongs to Bach's last preserved church cantatas.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit. Soli STB, Coro SATB, Cor, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc. Stuttgart Bach Editions (Urtext) (Full score: CV 31.014/00, € 18,00; vocal score: CV 31.014/03, € 7,25)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Scande coeli limina. Offertorium in festo Sti Benedicti KV 34

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According to a report of the time, it was "a chance remark by the Prelate ... that they needed Offertories at the Abbey [Seeon] for the Feast of St Benedict - at the earliest opportunity he left the dining room and on a windowsill to the right, opposite the door, he wrote a beautiful Offertory in C major with the aria and chorus for the Feast of St. Benedict." The composition for the main feast-day of St. Benedict (21st March) was presumably written from 1766/1767 or in 1769. The oldest known copy of this work, of which no autograph sources have come down to us, was only discovered in 1988 by the Carus editor Robert Münster, in the archive of the Heiligen Kapelle zu Altötting.
This discovery, which could not yet to be taken into account in the 1963 edited volumes I:3 of the New Mozart Edition, forms the primary source for this new critical edition of this early church music composition by Mozart.


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Scande coeli limina. Solo S, Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Bc. Stuttgart Mozart Editions (Urtext) (Full score: CV 40.042, € 10,50)

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Manfred Länger: Act up & Applaus

Vocal Scores

André Campra: Messe de Requiem

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In the Masterpieces of the French baroque series, the vocal score from the Messe de Requiem by André Campra (1660-1744) has now been published. The full score has already been available since last year (CV 21.004/00), and the performance material will be completed by March. The Requiem was written during Campra's tenure as Kapellmeister at the Cathedral in Paris as a work commissioned to commemorate the deceased Archbishop of Paris.

Towards the end of the 18th century the tradition of performing parts of Campra's Requiem at funerals or memorial services emerged in the South of France: proofs of this practice as late as 1805 have been documented. Remarkable is the scoring of the work; it calls for four sets of musicians: a Grand Chœur with five voices, a Petit Chœur with two to three voices, three vocal soloists as well as an instrumental group known as a "symphony."


André Campra: Messe de Requiem. Soli ST(A)TBarB, Coro ST(A)TBarB, 2 Fl, 2 Vl, 2 Va, Bass (Vocal core: CV 21.004/03, € 14,60)

CDs

World premiere recording of three sacred works by J. G. Rheinberger

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JJosef Gabriel Rheinberger's sacred vocal music is no longer an inside tip known only to a few, but is now increasingly finding its way into sacred concerts. Therefore, it is astonishing that until now there have been no recordings available of several of Rheinberger's important church music works.
This is true, for example, of two well-loved and frequently performed masses, the Missa St. Crucis op. 151 and the Mass for women's choir op. 126 (the version with organ accompaniment). Both works are now issued for the first time on the new Carus CD entitled "Christus factus est" (Carus 83.158). This CD also contains interesting motets by Rheinberger, including the Nine Advent Motets op. 176, the six-voice Meditabor op. 133,2 and Christus factus est (also a world premiere).
As in the earlier recording of a selection of Rheinberger's secular choral music, "Dennoch singt die Nachtigall" (Carus 83.157), the Vocalensemble Rastatt, directed by Holger Speck, presents outstanding recorded renditions of several of Rheinberger's most well-known and beloved sacred compositions. The Vocalensemble Rastatt have won a number of prestigious prizes at national and international choral competitions and with their unified ensemble sound, tonal brilliance, and intense musicality they are most convincing on this new CD. .

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Christus factus est (Carus 83.158, € 17,90)

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