Gloria in D major from 17,50 €

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The Gloria in D major RV 589 is Vivaldi's most famous sacred work and it is among his most important church music compositions. The Carus edition, the publisher’s inaugural music edition, helped considerably to turn this musically impressive and varied work into one of Vivaldi’s most popular choral works today. The music and text sections of the Carus edition no. 1 have now been subject to a thorough revision. The music has been newly engraved, and a new Foreword and Critical Report by Uwe Wolf reflect the latest research.

The Gloria was probably written between 1713 and 1717 for the Ospedale della Pietà, one of the orphanages in Venice where young girls received a thorough musical training. This musically impressive work in the style of a so-called “cantata mass” is divided into 12 sections which vary in scoring, style of setting, key, and emotional content. Vivaldi’s mastery is shown in the solemn, sonorous choral movements and equally in the more chamber music-like solo movements.

Revised Urtext edition
Complete performance material
Foreword and Critical Report reflect the latest research
carus plus: Vocal score XL, Carus Choir Coach and carus music, the choir app

Very few alterations have been made to the choral parts, so that the new edition can be used in combination with the previous choral score (Carus 40.001/05) without any problems.

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

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Gloria in D major from 17,50 €

Gloria in D major from 10,00 €