Stabat Mater
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BISSACD1546
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 27th July 2009
Contents
Works
Psalm 51 from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater 'Tilge, Hochster, meine Sunden', BWV1083Salve Regina in F minor
Sonata a quattro 'al Santo Sepolcro', RV130
Stabat Mater, RV621
Artists
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Theatre of Early Music
Conductor
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)Works
Psalm 51 from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater 'Tilge, Hochster, meine Sunden', BWV1083Salve Regina in F minor
Sonata a quattro 'al Santo Sepolcro', RV130
Stabat Mater, RV621
Artists
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Theatre of Early Music
Conductor
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)About
Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater dates from around 1711 or 1712 and he used just the first ten verses of the text, creating one of the most sombre of all settings.
Bach’s adaptation of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater uses a contemporary German version of the Biblical Psalm 51. To suit the requirements of the new text, Bach made certain alterations to Pergolesi’s vocal parts but retained the scheme of solo arias and duets between a soprano and an alto voice. He also added a new, independent viola part to the score and rewrote the basso continuo, giving the work a new harmonic vitality.
Pergolesi’s Salve Regina, composed around the same time as the Stabat Mater, is of a similarly expressive, sorrowful style. Of Pergolesi’s two settings of the text, the present one – originally in C minor – is the most well-known, and is here performed in the F minor version for alto voice.
Daniel Taylor directs the Theatre of Early Music as well as performing himself - “The beauty of his voice will stop you in your tracks.” (Gramophone).
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