Pergolesi – Stabat Mater

Album : Pergolesi;  Stabat Mater – Salve Regina

Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Performers : Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Release date : 1989

Label : DECCA

Number of discs : 1

Genre : Classical

Total time : 00:51:38

Tracklist:

01. Stabat Mater - I -  Stabat Mater

02. Stabat Mater - II - Cujus animam gementem

03. Stabat Mater - III - O Quam tristis et afflicta

04. Stabat Mater - IV - Quae moerebat et dolebat

05. Stabat Mater - V - Quis est homo

06. Stabat Mater - VI - Vidit suum dulcem Natum

07. Stabat Mater - VII - Eja mater

08. Stabat Mater - VIII - Fac ut ardeat cor meum

09. Stabat Mater - IX - Sancta mater

10. Stabat Mater - Fac ut portem

11. Stabat Mater - XI - Inflammatus et accencus

12. Stabat Mater - XII - Quando corpus

13. Salve Regina - I - Salve Regina

14. Salve Regina - II - Ad te clamamus

15. Salve Regina - III - Eja ergo

16. Salve Regina - IV - Et Jesum

17. Salve Regina - V - O clemens

Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music here offer a spirited, colorful, and certainly one of the most unique performances of Pergolesi's most beloved sacred settings. For instance Hogwood eschews the traditional choir entirely heightening the roles of soloists. Having been in countless recordings together previous to these 1988 sessions, soprano Emma Kirkby and counter-tenor James Bowman rise to the occasion famously delivering highly emotional, tonally pure, captivating performances throughout. Decca's well-balanced sound is crisp, clear, and without any trace of edginess typical of original instrument recordings at the time.

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