Stabat Mater Archive
Editorial for June 2017
For our June free drawing we have the great Stabat Mater collection by Brilliant Classics! The text of Stabat Mater Dolorosa, a hymn to the Virgin Mary, is attributed to Jacopo Todi (1230‐ 1306). It is a lamentation upon the tragic fate of Mary, bewailing the suffering and death of her son Jesus Christ at the cross. […]
********* Multichannel Disc of the Month *********** COUPERIN: Trois Lecons de Tenebres; SEBASTIEN DE BROSSARD: Trio Sonatas in c and a; Stabat Mater – Soloists/La Nuova Music – HM
A beautiful excursion into the world of Parisian devotional music. COUPERIN: Trois Lecons de Tenebres; SEBASTIEN DE BROSSARD: Trio Sonatas in c and a; Stabat Mater – Lucy Crowe/ Elizabeth Watts, sop./ La Nuova Musica/ David Bates – Harmonia mundi multichannel SACD HMU 807659, 70:32 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi/PIAS] *****: The Lamentations of the Prophet […]
DVORAK: Stabat Mater – Soloists/Radio Sym. & Choir of Bavarian Radio/ Mariss Janssons – BR Klassik
This live performance maintains an air of piety and devotion requisite to its powerful musical occasion. DVORAK: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 – Erin Wall, sop./ Minoko Fujimura, mezzo-sop./ Christian Elsner, tenor/ Liang Li, bass/ Choir of the Bavarian Radio/ Bavarian Radio Sym. Orch./ Mariss Janssons – BR Klassik 900142, 77:55 [Distr. by Naxos] (1/8/16) *****: […]
HILARION ALFEYEV: Stabat Mater; Concerto grosso; Fugue on the B-A-C-H Motif; Canciones de la muerte; De profundis – Pentatone
This is getting a lot of attention. But does it deserve it?
“Spirit, Strength, & Sorrow” = Setting of the Stabat Mater by ALISSA FIRSOVA, TONU KORVITS, CLAUDIO CASCIOLINI, MATTHEW MARTIN, DOMENICO SCARLATTI – The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers – Coro
Christophers’s Coro goes from strength to strength in this absorbing collection.
PÄRT: Stabat Mater; IVAN MOODY: Simeron – Goeyvaerts String Trio: Kristien Roels (violin)/ Kris Matthynssens (viola)/ Pieter Stas (cello)/ Zsuzsi Tóth (sop.)/ Barnabás Hegyi (countertenor)/ Olivier Berten (tenor) – Challenge Classics
A thrilling performance and recording of two deeply personal spiritual works.
Stabat Mater dolorosa = Music for Passiontide – Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/ Graham Ross – Harmonia mundi
An interesting and effective Lenten offering.
POULENC: Stabat Mater; Seven Tenebrae Responses – Carolyn Sampson, sop./ Cappella Amsterdam/ Estonian Philharmonic Ch. Choir/ Estonian National Ch. Orch./ Daniel Ruess – Harmonia mundi
An apt and perfect Lenten coupling, in splendid sound and radiant performances.
PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; Laudate pueri Dominum; Confitebor tibi Domini – Julia Lezhneva, sop. / Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor /Coro della Radiotelevision svizzera /Lugano I Barocchisti /Diego Fasolis – Erato
A very distinguished version of Pergolesi’s famous Stabat Mater. The two psalm settings offer welcome contrast.
DVORAK: Stabat Mater; TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto – Maria Stader, sop./ Vera Soukupova, mezzo-sop./ Ivo Zidek, tenor/ Eduard Haken, bass/ Czech Philharmonic/ Czech Singers’ Chorus/ Nathan Milstein, v./ Karel Ancerl – Tahra
Karel Ancerl performs Dvorak’s valedictory Stabat Mater with a sincere elegance and majesty at the Montreux Festival.
AUGOSTINO STEFFANI: Stabat Mater; Beatis vir; Non plus me ligate; Triduanas a Domino; Laudate pueri; Sperate in Deo; Qui diligit Mariam – Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-sop.)/ Salvatore Vitale (bass)/ Daniel Behle (tenor)/Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Julian Prégardien (tenor)/ Nuria Rial & Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (sop.)/ Swiss Radio Chorus/ I Barocchisti/ Diego Fasolis – Decca
Bartoli’s Part 2 in her Steffani series is every bit as engrossing as the “Mission” album.
DOMENICO SCARLATTI: Stabat Mater; Madrid Mass; Cibavit nos; Te Deum – Ens. Jacques Moderne/ Joel Suhubiette – Ligia
I can think of no better introduction to the sacred music of this composer.
Stabat Mater, A Tribute to Pergolesi = Anna Netrebko, sop. & others (CD + Bonus DVD) – DGG
The CD half is really a win-win disc for all concerned, including listeners.
ARVO PART: Symphony No. 3; Cantique des degres; Stabat mater – RIAS Chamber Choir/ Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Kristjan Jarvi, conductor – Sony/BMG
Can this composer create anything not beautiful?
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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