Choral Masterworks

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Elegiac Song in memory of Eleonore Pasqualati, the wife of his longstanding friend and patron Johann Baptist Freiherr von Pasqualati zu Osterberg, who died at a

With its tonal language, the first of Beethoven's two Masses opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical texts of the Mass which are expressively modern and forward thinking. Not to be considered a

Often considered the most beautiful, pure vocal music of the 19th century, this Rheinberger Mass written for double choir obtains its special character through the use of compositional techniques of ancient