Stabat Mater

Album by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi & Kathleen Ferrier & Joan Taylor & The Nottingham Oriana Choir & The Boyd Neel Orchestra & Roy Henderson

Stabat Mater is a sacred choral composition by Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, completed in 1736. Scored for soprano and alto soloists with a small instrumental ensemble, it blends operatic melodic expressiveness and early Classical harmonic clarity within the Neapolitan vocal tradition and is cited in discussions of 18th-century liturgical music for its influence on later sacred settings.
First released: 1978

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Stabat Mater: I Stabat Mater dolorosa
    4:28
  2. 2.
    Stabat Mater: II. Cujus animam gementem
    2:16
  3. 3.
    Stabat Mater: III. O quam tristis et afflicta
    2:06
  4. 4.
    Stabat Mater: IV. Quae moerabat et dolebat
    2:54
  5. 5.
    Stabat Mater: V. Quis est homo, qui non fleret
    2:41
  6. 6.
    Stabat Mater: VI. Vidit suum dulcem Natum
    3:39
  7. 7.
    Stabat Mater: VII. Eia Mater, fons amoris
    2:15
  8. 8.
    Stabat Mater: VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
    2:09
  9. 9.
    Stabat Mater: IX Sancta Mater istud agas
    5:44
  10. 10.
    Stabat Mater: X Fac ut portem Christi mortem
    2:55
  11. 11.
    Stabat Mater: XI Inflammatus et accensus
    2:51
  12. 12.
    Stabat Mater: XII Quando corpus morietur
    4:14

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