Stabat Mater

Album by Gioachino Rossini & Helen Field & Della Jones & Arthur Davies & Roderick Earle & London Symphony Chorus & City of London Sinfonia & Richard Hickox

Stabat Mater is a sacred choral composition by Gioachino Rossini, composed in 1831. Musically it blends Rossini's operatic lyricism with liturgical choral writing—using soloists, chorus and orchestra with vivid orchestral colour and dramatic contrasts—and represents his principal large‑scale sacred work following his retirement from the opera stage.
First released: November 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Stabat mater: Introduzione: Stabat Mater
    9:10
  2. 2.
    Stabat mater: Aria: Cujus animam gementem
    5:37
  3. 3.
    Stabat mater: Duetto: Quis et homo
    6:22
  4. 4.
    Stabat mater: Aria: Pro peccatis
    4:24
  5. 5.
    Stabat mater: Chorus and Recitative: Eja, Mater, fons amoris
    5:10
  6. 6.
    Stabat mater: Quartet: Sancta Mater
    7:40
  7. 7.
    Stabat mater: Cavatina: Fac ut portem
    4:26
  8. 8.
    Stabat mater: Aria and Chorus: Inflammatus st accensus
    4:44
  9. 9.
    Stabat mater: Quartet: Quando corpus morietur
    5:52
  10. 10.
    Stabat mater: Finale: In sempiterna saecula
    5:43

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