Ensemble Resonanz / Riccardo Minasi- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (CD)
Two of Bach's finest cantatas, both for solo alto, composed in Weimar (1714) and Leipzig (1726) respectively, are here coupled with Pergolesi's Stabat Mater of 1736, the eighteenth century's favourite sacred work. The gap between austere Lutheran piety and searing Mediterranean emotionalism might seem unbridgeable. Yet Bach so admired the composition of his Neapolitan colleague that he made his own 'parody' of it to a German text. On this recording, La Nuova Musica and it's two eminent soloists display equal mastery of both idioms.
Tracklist:
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa. Grave
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: II. Cujus animam gementem. Andante amoroso
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: III. O quam tristis et afflicta. Larghetto
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: IV. Quae moerebat et dolebat. Allegro
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: V. Quis est homo. Largo
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: VI. Vidit suum dulcem natum. Tempo giusto
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: VII. Eja mater fons amoris. Andantino
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum. Allegro
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: IX. Sancta mater, istud agas. Tempo giusto
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: X. Fac ut portem Christi mortem. Largo
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: XI. Inflammatus et accensus. Allegro ma non troppo
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: XII. Quando corpus morietur. Largo assai - Amen. Presto assai
- Sonata a quattro in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 4 (Imitatio in Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae): I. Andante
- Sonata a quattro in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 4 (Imitatio in Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae): II. Adagio
- Sonata a quattro in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 4 (Imitatio in Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae): III. Allegro
- Salve a duo: I. Salve Regina. Largo
- Salve a duo: II. Mater misericordiae. Andante
- Salve a duo: III. Ad te clamamus. Largo
- Salve a duo: IV. Eia ergo. Allegro
- Salve a duo: V. Et Jesum. Andante
- Salve a duo: VI. O Clemens. Largo
Two of Bach's finest cantatas, both for solo alto, composed in Weimar (1714) and Leipzig (1726) respectively, are here coupled with Pergolesi's Stabat Mater of 1736, the eighteenth century's favourite sacred work. The gap between austere Lutheran piety and searing Mediterranean emotionalism might seem unbridgeable. Yet Bach so admired the composition of his Neapolitan colleague that he made his own 'parody' of it to a German text. On this recording, La Nuova Musica and it's two eminent soloists display equal mastery of both idioms.
Tracklist:
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa. Grave
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: II. Cujus animam gementem. Andante amoroso
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: III. O quam tristis et afflicta. Larghetto
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: IV. Quae moerebat et dolebat. Allegro
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: V. Quis est homo. Largo
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: VI. Vidit suum dulcem natum. Tempo giusto
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: VII. Eja mater fons amoris. Andantino
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum. Allegro
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: IX. Sancta mater, istud agas. Tempo giusto
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: X. Fac ut portem Christi mortem. Largo
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: XI. Inflammatus et accensus. Allegro ma non troppo
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: XII. Quando corpus morietur. Largo assai - Amen. Presto assai
- Sonata a quattro in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 4 (Imitatio in Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae): I. Andante
- Sonata a quattro in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 4 (Imitatio in Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae): II. Adagio
- Sonata a quattro in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 4 (Imitatio in Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae): III. Allegro
- Salve a duo: I. Salve Regina. Largo
- Salve a duo: II. Mater misericordiae. Andante
- Salve a duo: III. Ad te clamamus. Largo
- Salve a duo: IV. Eia ergo. Allegro
- Salve a duo: V. Et Jesum. Andante
- Salve a duo: VI. O Clemens. Largo