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.

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.

Bruckner’s Mass in E minor

María Guinand writes in CARUS Highlights about Anton Bruckner’s “Mass in E minor” – a dramatic but intimate masterpiece.

Simon Halsey about Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius”

Simon Halsey writes in CARUS Highlights about Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” – a masterpiece that deserves more attention.

Heinrich Schuetz - 350. Date of death

Through the year with Schütz III

On November 16, 1672, the electoral conductor Heinrich Schütz died in Dresden at a very old age. The 350th anniversary of his death in 2022 gives us the opportunity to remember one of the most important and groundbreaking composers in our musical history.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner about Monteverdi’s “Vespers 1610”

Sir John Eliot Gardiner writes about Claudio Monteverdi’s “Vespers 1610” in CARUS Highlights – a work that captivates everyone.

8 questions answered by Wolfram Buchenberg

The composer Wolfram Buchenberg answered 8 questions about his work.

Singing is at the heart of our mission at Carus

Since joining the family firm in 2001, Johannes Graulich, whose previous career was in medicine, has made his mark on Carus-Verlag. We spoke to him about projects close to his heart and milestones in the history of Carus.

Through the year with Schütz II

On November 16, 1672, the electoral conductor Heinrich Schütz died in Dresden at a very old age. The 350th anniversary of his death in 2022 gives us the opportunity to remember one of the most important and groundbreaking composers in our musical history.