Orchestra sinfonica con coro

The surviving second and third acts of Catone in Utica, one of Metastasio's most dramatic libretti, premiered in Verona in the spring of 1737 in a setting by Vivaldi, contain some of his finest, most...

Die Opern von Richard Strauss zählen zu den meist gespielten Werken im Musiktheater des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sein sicherer Instinkt für musikdramatische Gestaltung und Bühnenwirksamkeit, die brillante Or...

A large-scale work scored for counter-tenor, two tenors and baritone, children's choir, SATB choir and orchestra, exploring themes of birth, new life and new impulses. The writing is at one turn intim...

Christmas Scene for soprano and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra (1954/6). The text conflates Robert Bridges's poem Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913 and Luke 2: 8-14. Finzi suggested that the Nativity...

First publication of the full score of Finzi's 19-minute ceremonial ode for tenor solo, mixed chorus and orchestra; words by Edmund Blunden. The work was commissioned by the St Cecilia's Day Festival...

York Höller's epoch-spanning sound panorama allows to experience the multiple layers of Bulgakov's novel with all senses: the crazy magic of the devil's pack, the crime-and-punishment theme revolving...

Scored for baritone solo, small 'narrator' chorus, large chorus and orchestra, MacMillan's first Passion setting was composed in 2007. Lasting 87 minutes the work is divided into two parts, with 10 mo...