This second volume of ROMANTIK a cappella, containing 147 songs by more than 130 composers, male and female, from 31 European countries, is an outstanding collection of choral music for mixed voices from the “long nineteenth century”, the period from 1789 to 1914.

Numerous composers of renown have found a place in this collection with selected pieces from their sacred works; but at the same time, the book offers fascinating discoveries from the rich store of European choral music. Predominant...