About this collection

Verdi’s Requiem with just 5 players instead of 34? Or Mendelssohn’s Elijah with a chamber orchestra?

The pandemic has shown us how ­flexible musicians must – and can – be! Sometimes it is necessary to ­consider alternative scorings for the size of the ensemble, the spatial layout of the ­performance space, or simply the financial ­resources. Flexibility is often required.

With Carus-Verlag's arrangements in the “Great Choral Works in Small Scoring” series, it is easy and more economical to perform the great choral works which every choir wants to sing. The ­series includes works by composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, and Verdi, and is constantly being expanded.

Features of this series:

• More choirs will have the opportunity to perform these large-scale works.

• Performances can now be programmed with considerably fewer instrumentalists and thus also in smaller performance venues.

• These arrangements offer a fresh look at well-known and popular works.

• Vocal scores and choral scores from the original version can be used.