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Mass in D major Organ version from 13,00 €

Sat, 16 May 2026 17:26:23 +0200

Dvorák composed his Mass in D as a commissioned work for the consecration of a chapel. So the first version was simply for chorus, soloists and organ – an orchestra probably would not have fitted into the space. The full attention is therefore on the vocal parts, another reason to learn the Mass thoroughly so that the lyrical-meditative mood Dvorák intended can be created.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate mp3-Audio-CD or a mp3-download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Helga Hein-Guardian (soprano), Verena Keller (alto), Arthur Janzen (tenore), Hartmut Hein (basso) – Motettenchor Stuttgart – Günter Graulich

Requiem (Süßmayr version) from 10,00 €

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:31:17 +0200

The composition of the Requiem is surrounded by anecdotes and legends. Mozart’s student Franz Xaver Süßmayr completed the unfinished work after Mozart’s death. But in musical terms, the work offers far more than mere anecdotes: Mozart’s choral writing, at the height of his art, presents singers with harmonically challenging passages and thrilling fugues. If you master this, there’s great enjoyment to be had from singing the work, despite its subject matter ...

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Vasiljka Jezovsek (soprano), Claudia Schubert (alto), Marcus Ullmann (tenore), Michael Volle (basso) – Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart – Frieder Bernius.

Also suitable for practicing Howard Arman's version of the Requiem (CV 51.652/00) (except for the Lacrimosa and Fugue).

Peace on Earth 9,90 €

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:46:21 +0100

Friede auf Erden op. 13 is regarded as Arnold Schoenberg’s last tonal composition and is one of the few choral works of the Second Viennese School. On the same day that he completed his op. 13, Schoenberg made the first sketches for his 2nd String Quartet, a key work in atonal music. Although Schoenberg later orchestrated Friede auf Erden, he intended the piece to be performed unaccompanied.

Due to insufficient rehearsals, the planned premiere in 1908 was canceled at short notice. Franz Schreker took on the next attempt in 1911 and requested a string orchestra accompaniment from Schoenberg to support the choir, particularly with the intonation. Nowadays, Friede auf Erden is usually performed a cappella by powerful chamber choirs. With carus music, the demanding voice leading in the context of the multi-layered sound can be practiced excellently - so that nothing stands in the way of rehearsals and a successful performance.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Kammerchor Stuttgart – Frieder Bernius

Mass in G major First edition after the parts from Chorherrenstift Klosterneuburg from 10,00 €

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:44:47 +0200

It was only later that Schubert decided to emphasize the festive character of the mass through the use of brilliant trumpets and timpani; the original scoring is more sparse. The genuineness of the composer’s faith is particularly moving in this work, as is evident in the changes and omissions of the text in the Gloria and Credo sections. The demands on the choir, in particular in the high soprano, should not be underestimated despite the simple, riveting melodies and a clear structure of the movements.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Edith Lienbacher (soprano), Barbara Hölzl (alto), Alexander Kaimbacher (tenore), Anton Scharinger (basso) – Wiener Kammerchor, Wiener Orpheus Orchester – Johannes Prinz

A German Requiem from 13,00 €

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:27:42 +0200

Brahms’ German Requiem is indisputably one of the key works in the history of oratorio. The choir, as the voice of the people, carries the musical action almost continuously. In his Requiem Brahms masterfully combines compositional techniques drawn from earlier centuries with what were then new harmonies, a combination which still presents challenges for choral singers today. So that the work achieves the monumental impression of sound and the desired depth of expression the composer intended, the parts need to be secure – no easy matter with many changes of key, excursions into distant harmonies, and all sorts of pitfalls regarding intonation.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Julia Borchert (Sopran), Michael Volle (Bass) – Kammerchor Stuttgart, Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart – Frieder Bernius

Christmas History 19,90 €

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 06:34:42 +0100

Schütz’s Weihnachts-Historie for soloists and six-part chorus (SSATTB) is an extremely vivid and palpable interpretation of the Christmas story. The enlivening presentation of the words finds its highpoint in the central role of the evangelist, who embodies the idea of music related to the text like no other character. The chorus is also used specifically to add emotional depth to the text. Whilst the shepherds are portrayed in folk-like manner by touchingly simple musical means, the chorus of angels is characterized by rousing praise and joy. Common to all parts of the Weihnachtshistorie is a lightness which, no matter how tangible and direct the music may be, presents every singer with a challenge.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Marie Luise Werneburg (soprano), Isabel Jantschek (soprano), Stefan Kunath (alto), Maria Stosiek (alto), Tobias Mäthger (tenore), Georg Poplutz (tenore), Felix Schwandtke (basso) – Dresdner Kammerchor, Dresdner Barockorchester – Hans-Christoph Rademann

Christmas History. Complete recording, vol. 10 from 19,90 €

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 23:25:17 +0200

The tenth volume of the recording of Schütz’s complete works presents the Weihnachtshistorie SWV 435 (Christmas History). The well-known Christmas History is supplemented with additional pieces for the Christmas season, including the Magnificat SWV 468. Under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann, the Dresdner Kammerchor and the Dresdner Barockorchester perform together with renowned soloists such as Gerlinde Sämann, Marie Luise Werneburg and Georg Poplutz (as Evangelist). A coproduction with MDR Figaro.

Christmas Oratorio (Part I-VI) from 16,00 €

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:56:16 +0200

Bach's Christmas Oratorio is undeniably the number ONE in the Christmas repertoire of choirs as well as in popularity with audiences. The Christmas story, according to the Gospels of St. Luke and St. Matthew, combined with free poetry and individual chorale stanzas attains, together with the clearly structured, festive Baroque music, an eloquent radiance of timeless beauty. To confidently keep up with the frequent, sometimes very rapid sixteenth-coloraturas – for example in the “herrliche Chöre” (no. 1), the “Wohlgefallen” (no. 21, Vivace!), and the “Schnauben der stolzen Feinde” (no. 54) – practicing with the Slow Mode of the app is particularly recommended.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenore), Michael Nagy (basso) – Gaechinger Cantorey – Hans-Christoph Rademann

Easter Oratorio BWV 249 & Oratorio for Ascension Day BWV 11 from 19,90 €

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:31:21 +0200

Johann Sebastian Bach himself thought very highly of his Easter Oratorio BWV 249 of 1725. Even though it never attained the popularity of the Christmas Oratorio, Bach himself performed it four times during his lifetime. Some parts of the oratorio originated as parody movements from the birthday cantata "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" for Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weißenfels. The second work on this CD, the Ascension oratorio "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen" BWV 11 (1735) also goes back to another work, namely "Froher Tag, verlangte Stunde," a no longer extant cantata composed for the inauguration of the new St. Thomas’s School. In his recording, Frieder Bernius demonstrates at the highest level, that both these oratorios are masterpieces which do not need to hide behind their better known sibling works.

Elijah Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text from 21,00 €

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:20:40 +0200

Characterized by gripping drama and at the same time by an intimacy of trust in God, something which was no longer a matter of course even in Mendelssohn’s lifetime, this oratorio offers a wealth of musical means of expression, ranging from total despair to tremendous joy and whipped-up agitation in the contest about the “true” God. Singers have a range of rewarding challenges in this work.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Letizia Scherrer, Sarah Wegener (soprano), Renée Morloc (alto), Werner Güra (tenore), Michael Volle (basso) – Kammerchor Stuttgart, Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart – Frieder Bernius

Elijah Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text from 29,90 €

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:59:17 +0100

Elijah is regarded as a milestone in Mendelssohn’s compositional output and as a high point in the oratorio literature of the 19th century. Elijah, Mendelssohn’s second great oratorio, was composed just a year before his premature death. This excitingly dramatic work also expresses a fervent belief in God, a belief which in the 19th century was no longer self-evident. Mendelssohn transposed the visible world of the Old Testament into numerous musical expressive possibilities in which Old Testament texts, including psalm texts and commentaries from the words of the Prophets, were shaped into biblical dramas. With Elijah Frieder Bernius continues the prizewinning CD series of Mendelssohn’s complete sacred works.

Gloria in D major from 10,00 €

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:47:40 +0200

It’s one thing above all, a magnificent choral work! Of course there are also solo movements, but the choir has the lion’s share of the musical action and has not only a lot to sing, but very varied movements of this most impressive setting of the Gloria. That’s why it’s always worth being well prepared for rehearsals.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Vilve Hepner, Kaia Urb (soprano), Anna Zander (alto), Mati Turi (tenore) – Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra – Tõnu Kaljuste

Hear my prayer Anthem. Orchestral version & organ version 7,90 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:53:44 +0200

The anthem Hör mein Bitten (Hear my Prayer) was regarded as one of Mendelssohn’s best-known sacred compositions, particularly in the Victorian period. In a dialogue with the solo soprano, the chorus has a proactive, rather than an accompanying, role. Short entries alternate, sometimes with the chorus delivering a harmonic sound tapestry, sometimes responding directly to the soloist’s statement. This continuous interplay requires the ability to react musically and for collective music-making, forming a unified whole.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Julia Hamari (soprano) – Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble '76 Stuttgart – Frieder Bernius

Hymn of Praise Symphony cantata from 13,00 €

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:28:33 +0200

Mendelssohn described his 1840 work as "a symphony for chorus and orchestra". The development from darkness to light forms the most important poetic image in it. In several numbers the biblical message is initially expounded by a soloist, then taken up by the chorus, repeated and expanded. The important role played by the chorus is also reflected in the difficulty of some passages. Above all, in the crowning final movement, there should be no trace of tiredness ...

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Maria Bernius, Christiane Karg (soprano), Werner Güra (tenore) – Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen – Frieder Bernius

Hymn of Praise Symphony cantata from 19,90 €

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:16:06 +0100

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Symphony cantata Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) is the conclusion of the recording of his complete sacred music, performed by the Kammerchor Stuttgart, under the direction of Frieder Bernius. Originally conceived as a small oratorio or a large psalm-cantata, the combination of 3 symphonic movements with 12 vocal movements conformed to neither of these two genres; thus Mendelssohn called the work a “Sinfonie-Kantate.” In the course of the 20th century the unavoidable and, in part, negative comparisons to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony led to the Lobgesang being almost completely ignored. It is only in the last few decades, spurred on by the definitive impulse of Frieder Bernius and the Kammerchor Stuttgart, that the work has come to be regarded as a successful example of the symphonic conception of Mendelssohn’s sacred music, in which he attempted to bridge the gap between church and concert hall.

Israel in Egypt Oratorio in three parts. Part I-III 19,90 €

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:32:00 +0200

Handel's Israel in Egypt is not only a large-scale oratorio, but in particular, the chorus has a major part to sing, and the soloists less so. The carus music version contains all three parts of the oratorio. In the first part, which can also be separately performed as the Funeral Anthem, the corresponding singing text is underlaid additionally in italics. In Israel in Egypt a wide range of expression is required from the chorus – sometimes rejoicing festively, sometimes dramatic and expressive. Confidence in the text and the notes is a prequisite, so that these contrasts can be shown to their best advantage. Practice makes perfect!

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Antonia Bourvé, (Soprano), Cornelia Winter (Soprano), Terry Wey (Alto), Michael Hofmeister (Alto), Jan Kobow (Tenore), Konstantin Wolff (Basso), Markus Flaig (Basso) – Vocalensemble Rastatt, Les Favorites – Holger Speck

J. S. Bach. Christmas Oratorio (Rademann) from 19,90 €

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:29:24 +0100

Originally written for the three days of Christmastide 1734 and the beginning of 1735, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio has since gone on to become an established part of Advent and Christmas – just like turkey and Christmas pudding. With soloists Anna Lucia Richter, Regula Mühlemann, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Sebastian Kohlhepp, and Michael Nagy, the newly-formed ensembles of the Gaechinger Cantorey conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann celebrate their first Christmas Oratorio together with this recording of all six cantatas!

Magnificat from 21,00 €

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:01:51 +0200

With his first major vocal work, his Magnificat of 1749, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach created a magnificent and forward-looking setting of this well-known text, a work quite unrivalled for its time. In the choral writing, CPE Bach used a quite different style from the predominantly homophonic style of some of his later works. Unusual harmonic turns and independent part-writing in the fugal movements and elsewhere result in demanding, yet attractive parts for choral singers.

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Monika Mauch (soprano), Matthias Rexroth (alto), Hans Jörg Mammel (tenore), Gotthold Schwarz (basso) – Basler Madrigalisten, L'arpa festante – Fritz Näf

Magnificat from 13,00 €

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:07:08 +0200

Composed in nine parts and scored for SSAT soli, SATB chorus, strings and continuo, Vivaldi’s Magnificat, RV 610, is exceptionally moving, fundamental and profound. Among the work’s special moments is the "Deposuit potentes”, where the chorus is brought together in unison: a true challenge, but it’s absolutely essential to have perfect intonation here!

The Carus Choir Coach offers choir singers the unique opportunity to study and learn their own, individual choral parts within the context of the sound of the entire choir and orchestra. For every vocal range a separate Audio CD or MP3 and download containing each choir part is available. The Carus Choir Coach is based on recorded interpretations by renowned artists who have performed the work from carefully prepared Carus Urtext editions. Each choir part is presented in three different versions:

Original recording
Coach: each part is accompanied by the piano, with the original recording sounding in the background
Coach in slow mode: the tempo of the coach slows down to 70% of the original version – through this reduction passages can be learned more effectively.

Performers: Kaia Urb (soprano), Vilve Hepner (soprano), Anna Zander (alto), Mati Turi (tenore) – Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra – Tõnu Kaljuste

Mass in B minor from 24,90 €

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:27:25 +0100

The Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the central sacred vocal compositions in the history of music. Hans-Christoph Rademann has now devoted his first CD as director of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart to this outstanding work and, together with the Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart and the Freiburger Barockorchester as well as renowned soloists in the field of historically informed performance practice, has set new artistic standards.

Although the Mass in B minor is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most frequently performed vocal works, it continues to present performers and scientists with new enigmas and problems. This applies not only to the still unanswered question of why Bach composed but never performed this work, but also continues to the core of the musical text. Until his death, Bach himself repeatedly revised his Opus ultimum without ever leaving a final version. Directly after his death, the original manuscript was massively changed by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel; changes which, until today, pose many questions to researchers.

The present new recording rigorously follows – in the Kyrie and Gloria – Bach’s own meticulously configured “Dresdner Stimmen” [Dresden parts] and is thereby based, for the first time, exclusively on the musical text that emanated from Johann Sebastian Bach’s pen. Furthermore, additional movements with marked deviations from today’s familiar version have been made accessible as variants in the bonus material. The recording is based upon the new edition by the renowned Bach and Mozart scholar Ulrich Leisinger in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, who also prepared the introduction in the CD booklet.

The recording is also released as a Deluxe version (Carus 83.315) which contains, in addition to the CDs and a comprehensive booklet, a bonus DVD with additional material:
- Film: Bach’s Secret Legacy. Hans-Christoph Rademann in search of the true B-minor Mass
- Live Concert Recording: „Kyrie eleison I“, live in the Beethovensaal, Liederhalle Stuttgart (31 January 2015)
- Bach’s Manuscript: The “Dresden Parts“ of 1733 in PDF format

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