Stabat Mater

Album by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi & Stephanie Kopinits & Gabriella Bessenyei & Europa Symphony & Wolfgang Gröhs

Stabat Mater is a sacred choral composition by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composed in 1736. Written near the end of his short life, the work exemplifies late Baroque Neapolitan style with lyrical, operatic melodies for soprano and alto soloists supported by strings and basso continuo, transparent homophonic textures and expressive word-painting, and it influenced subsequent sacred vocal writing.

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  1. 1.
    Stabat Mater: I. Duo: Stabat Mater dolorosa
    4:50
  2. 2.
    Stabat Mater: II. Aria (soprano): Cuius animam gementem
    3:02
  3. 3.
    Stabat Mater: III. Duo: O quam tristis et afflicta
    2:30
  4. 4.
    Stabat Mater: IV. Aria (alto): Quae moerebat et dolebat
    2:50
  5. 5.
    Stabat Mater: V. Duo: Quis est homo, qui non fleret
    3:41
  6. 6.
    Stabat Mater: VI. Aria: Vidit suum dulcem natum
    3:09
  7. 7.
    Stabat Mater: VII. Aria (alto): Eja, Mater, fons amoris
    2:51
  8. 8.
    Stabat Mater: VIII. Duo: Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
    2:23
  9. 9.
    Stabat Mater: IX. Duo: Sancta Mater, istud agas
    4:43
  10. 10.
    Stabat Mater: X. Aria (alto): Fac, ut portem Christi mortem
    4:05
  11. 11.
    Stabat Mater: XI. Duo: Inflammatus et accensus
    2:53
  12. 12.
    Stabat Mater: XII. Duo: Quando corpus morietur / Amen
    4:50

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