Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 931540
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936955
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936820
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936776
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936727
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936726
American Folk Song
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934412
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934094
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935948
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935709
A Soulful Celebration
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935524
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935258
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936094
HWV 283
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 341701
Alfred Choral Design
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
CD
Item no.: 690919
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 847709
Alfred Choral Designs
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 746394
Alfred Choral Designs
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 746168
Five Cummings Choruses
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 772262
Dialogo a 6 voci
(1683)
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSSATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1559340
postmetaminimal dream
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 174435
Opera in 2 acts and 5 scenes
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 889856
Folk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 690143
from the Musical "The Wiz"
SoundTrax CD – Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762783
SoundTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762734
SoundTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762726
SoundTrax CD
At the Hour of Midnight – Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762510
SoundTrax CD
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762505
SoundTrax CD
from "Bring It On the Musical" – Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 763223
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937205
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936644
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936411
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936308
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936090
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937057
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937048
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936981
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936796
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936681
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936676
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936669
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928534
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935033
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935006
As performed by Annie Lennox
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934801
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934770
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 912334
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