Personalities

We take a look at fascinating biographies, or report on particular aspects in the works of Bach, Mozart or Mendelssohn, Matsushita, Miškinis or Močnik. And we present the performers on our CD label, such as Frieder Bernius and the Stuttgart Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann and the Gaechinger Cantorey, and Calmus Ensemble. As well as this, you will get to meet our editors who report on their editions published by Carus - all true experts of choral music.
Giacomo Puccini

A conversation with Gabriella Biagi Ravenni and Virgilio Bernardoni

A conversation with Gabriella Biagi Ravenni and Virgilio Bernardoni about the “Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini” – on challenges, achievements and their very personal view of the composer.

Bobbi Fischer

5 Questions for Bobbi Fischer

In this interview, the composer talks about his most emotional musical experience and his current projects.

Peter Schindler

5 Questions for Peter Schindler

In this interview, the composer talks about his most emotional musical experience and his current projects.

Departing this world. A reminiscence of Clytus Gottwald by Frieder Bernius

The composer Clytus Gottwald passed away on January, 18 2023. Frieder Bernius writes a hommage.

Georg Philipp Telemann’s Donner-Ode and Die Tageszeiten

Find out how Georg Philipp Telemann responded to the Lisbon earthquave of 1756 with his solemn and magnificent Donner-Ode.

Recycling and borrowing in J.S. Bach’s works

Discover how Bach borrowed from his own earlier music to create masterpieces like his B minor Mass.

Through the Year with Schütz IV: Death – Mourning – Swan Song

November 2022 marks the 350th anniversary of Heinrich Schütz’s death. That’s reason enough to dedicate the last part of our series “With Schütz through the year” to compositions on themes of death and mourning.

Anne Kohler on Franz Schubert’s Mass in A flat major

Anne Kohler explores what makes Franz Schubert’s Mass in A flat major so unusual and surprising in the CARUS Highlights blog.

11 questions for the composer Martín Palmeri

Martín Palmeri has composed a setting of the psalm “Nisi Dominus” to celebrate Carus-Verlag’s 50th anniverary. Alongside discussing his Misatango — a piece treasured by many choirs — Palmeri reveals what he does when he’s not making music or composing.

Ton Koopman on Handel’s Messiah

Ton Koopman describes his personal experiences of performing Handel’s groundbreaking and richly expressive “Messiah” in CARUS Highlights.