Description
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Stabat Mater / Salve Regina (CD)
UPC: 028946613429
MPN: 466 134-2
Brand Name: Decca / Éditions de L’Oiseau-Lyre
Overview
This exquisite Decca recording presents Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, one of the most profoundly moving sacred works of the Baroque era, performed by the world-renowned countertenor Andreas Scholl and soprano Barbara Bonney, under the direction of Christophe Rousset with Les Talens Lyriques.
Released in 1999, this album captures Pergolesi’s final masterpiece—a composition of luminous beauty and spiritual depth, written just weeks before the composer’s death at age 26. Complemented by the Salve Regina in F minor and A minor, the program showcases the emotional expressiveness and refined ornamentation characteristic of late Italian Baroque sacred music.
A partnership between Decca, Éditions de L’Oiseau-Lyre, and France Télécom Fondation, this recording is celebrated for its historically informed performance, crystalline vocal purity, and intimate chamber orchestration, recorded in exceptional digital clarity.
Product Features
- Format: Audio CD (DDD – Digital Recording)
- Genre: Classical / Baroque / Sacred Vocal
- Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
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Performers:
Label: Decca / Éditions de L’Oiseau-Lyre- Andreas Scholl – Countertenor
- Barbara Bonney – Soprano
- Les Talens Lyriques – Baroque Ensemble
- Conductor: Christophe Rousset
- Country of Manufacture: Germany
- Release Year: 1999
- Total Timing: 60:33
- UPC: 028946613429
- Catalog Number: 466 134-2 / PY 925
- Languages: Latin (sung); booklet with texts in multiple languages
- Recording Type: Digital Stereo
- Production Collaboration: France Télécom Fondation
Track Listing
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Stabat Mater – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Stabat Mater dolorosa
- Cujus animam gementem
- O quam tristis et afflicta
- Quae moerebat et dolebat
- Quis est homo
- Vidit suum dulcem natum
- Eja Mater, fons amoris
- Fac ut ardeat cor meum
- Sancta Mater, istud agas
- Fac ut portem Christi mortem
- Inflammatus et accensus
- Quando corpus morietur
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Salve Regina in F minor
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Salve Regina in A minor
Interesting Facts
- A Masterpiece Written in Suffering: Pergolesi composed the Stabat Mater in a monastery shortly before his untimely death from tuberculosis in 1736. Its serene beauty and human anguish made it one of the most beloved sacred works of all time.
- Baroque Elegance: Stabat Mater represents the stylistic bridge between late Baroque and early Classical music, admired by both Bach and Mozart.
- Star Soloists: Andreas Scholl’s ethereal countertenor and Barbara Bonney’s luminous soprano intertwine perfectly in this delicate interpretation.
- Historically Informed Performance: Christophe Rousset leads Les Talens Lyriques with period instruments, reviving the sound world of 18th-century Naples.
- Award-Winning Recording: This Decca release received international acclaim for its clarity, emotional authenticity, and historically sensitive approach.
Publishers
Published by: The Decca Record Company Limited, London Label Imprint: Éditions de L’Oiseau-Lyre / Decca Classics Manufactured and Printed in: Germany Partners: France Télécom Fondation Recording Technology: DDD Digital Total Duration: 60:33
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