Carus-Verlag Urtext Editions

Dmitry Bortniansky is credited with developing the genre of the sacred choral concerto - the musical centerpiece of the Orthodox "Divine Liturgy"- to its highest level. His thirty-five choral concertos for

Edited by Felix Loy. For SATB soloists, SATB choir & orchestra. Urtext Edition based on the autograph score. The music was composed in 1735-36, on a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton. This edition includes

Edited by Uwe Wolf. For SSATTB choir & chamber ensemble. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger. and Eng. Full score, 12 p.

Edited by Klaus Hofmann. For soprano, bass, alto recorder, violin & basso continuo. First Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger. ... view details

Edited by Uwe Wolf. For choir, flute, 2 violins, viola & basso continuo. Piano reduction by Andreas Graesle. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger. and Eng. This edition includes singing texts in German, and

Belshazzar, with its detailed stage instructions and many short forms such as accompagnato recitatives and ariosi, is the most dramatic of George Frideric Handel’s oratorios. It is de facto a

Edited by Klaus Winkler. For SATB double choir. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger. and Eng. Formerly attributed to J.S. Bach.

Edited by Christine Blanken. For soloists, SATB choir & orchestra. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger. and Eng. For this edition, the tenor part has been reconstructed by Detlev Schulten (Leipzig).

A widely-accepted form for the Christmas Oratorio is to perform parts I–III exclusively. In their concentration on the actual Christmas story they form  a rounded whole. The present edition is

Edited by Barbara Mohn.  Libretto by Franziska (Fanny) von Hoffnaass.  For chorus & orchestra.  Urtext Edition.  Preface in Ger.  Texts in Ger. and Eng.  Duration: ca.

In his Passion oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, Beethoven succeeded in building on the 18th century oratorio tradition while putting his own personal stamp on the German-language oratorio.