All passions and oratorios

All passions and oratorios

Johann Sebastian Bach: Oratorio for Ascension Day
Besides the Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248, Bach composed an additional work for the feast days of the church year 1734/35: The Himmelfahrtsoratorium BWV 11 (Oratorio for Ascension Day). Although in its dimensions and character the oratorio is akin...

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Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Practical performing Urtext edition based on the latest state of Bach research Edited by Bach expert Klaus Hofmann With a concise critical Report Interpretative tips on articulation by indicating analogous places in the score Every era...

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Part I-VI)
The edition of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio from Carus leaves nothing to be desired! This edition, prepared by renowned Bach scholar Klaus Hofmann, is both academically grounded and tailored to the needs of practical performance. It is based on...

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter Oratorio
Like the Ascension Oratorio BWV 11, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Easter Oratorio BWV 249 is entirely and unjustly overshadowed by his two great Passion settings and the Christmas Oratorio. It was given its first hearing on 1 April 1725. Thereafter Bach...

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