Carus-Verlag publishes almost all the sacred choral works of Franz Schubert.Church music occupied Franz Schubert throughout his life: some works were commissioned by the church choir in his local parish, for example, and were clearly written with such practical needs in mind. Schubert therefore composed not only for professional musicians, but also for the middle classes. His works were intended for a whole variety of liturgical occasions, and are of different levels of difficulty and length; consequently they are also ideally suited to use in today's church music. Simple, unsophisticated movements stand next to more demanding choral parts and soloistic-virtuoso concert pieces. An exciting oeuvre awaits rediscovery: in its cantabile, harmonically profound elements, it reflects a typically Schubertian expressive world: works of great persuasive power and exceptional musical beauty.
When composing his settings of the Mass Schubert had the habit, from the outset, of omitting certain central words of the Christian doctrine: sometimes belief in the Resurrection, and as a rule the words "credo in unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam ecclesiam-" Instead he directed his attention, especially in the last two, highly personal Masses, to the suffering Christ, and hence to the troubled destiny of every human being.
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Schubert’s Mass in E flat major is the last of his six settings of the Ordinarium Missae (Mass ordinary) and also his most important work in this genre. The mass is full of color and drama, infused with the spirit of confession. For many choirs, it is on the wish list of those works they would like to sing someday. But what happens if you don’t have enough singers, money is tight, and your venue is on the small side? Here the experienced arranger and orchestral musician Joachim Linckelmann has a great solution.
