Francesco Durante's Magnificat in B flat major is one of his most important works and also one of the most siginifcant settings of the Magnficat text, here in cantata form. This work displays a mastery of the polyhonic style and though the use of certain preclassical, "modern" elements its various forms never sound archaic, rather the work presents a synthesis leading to a unique style. For a performance during the Christmas season, Christmas hymns can be inserted between each of the individual movements. Six arrangements of such hymns are also available as octavos (Carus 10.270/06): Johann Crüger: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland Cornelius Freundt: Wie schön singt uns der Engel Schar Johann Sebastian Bach: Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn Erhard Bodenschatz: Joseph, lieder Joseph mein Johann Crüger: Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen Gregor Joseph Werner: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich The string parts for these movements are included in the parts Carus 10.270/1114.
- ISMN: 9790007023294 (M007023294)
