Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Stabat Mater / Salve Regina (UNITED CLASSICS) - CD

UPC: 8713545220537 

MPN: T2CD2012053 

Brand Name: UNITED CLASSICS

Overview

This album presents Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s deeply moving sacred works Stabat Mater and Salve Regina, performed by soprano Angharad Gruffydd Jones and countertenor Lawrence Zazzo. With historically informed interpretation and sensitive accompaniment by The Columns Recordings ensemble under Timothy Brown, this recording captures the spiritual depth and emotional intensity of Pergolesi’s music, cherished across centuries for its blend of Baroque grace and devotional sincerity.

Product Features

• Format: CD, Album
• Total Length: 48:24 minutes
• Country of Manufacture: EU

• Performers:

  • Angharad Gruffydd Jones – soprano
  • Lawrence Zazzo – countertenor
  • Julia Bishop & Joanna Parker – violin
  • Peter Whiskin – viola
  • Joanna Levine – cello
  • Mark Levy – violone
  • Timothy Brown – organ/director

Interesting Facts

• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) composed Stabat Mater during the final weeks of his short life, making it one of the most poignant and enduring sacred works of the Baroque era.
• Salve Regina in C minor is performed here in a scholarly edition by Allan Atlas, highlighting Pergolesi’s sensitivity in Marian devotion.
• Countertenor Lawrence Zazzo is internationally recognized for his lyrical clarity, bringing unique color to this interpretation alongside Angharad Gruffydd Jones’ radiant soprano.

Track Listing

Stabat Mater

1. Stabat mater dolorosa – 3:52
2. Cujus animam gementem – 1:58
3. O quam tristis et afflicta – 2:13
4. Quae moerebat et dolebat – 2:04
5. Quis est homo, qui non fleret – 2:42
6. Vidit suum dulcem natum – 3:03
7. Eja Mater fons amoris – 2:30
8. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum – 2:12
9. Sancta mater, istud agas – 3:45
10. Fac ut portem Christi mortem – 1:59
11. Inflammatus et accensus – 3:56
12. Quando corpus morietur – 5:23

Salve Regina in C minor (ed. Allan Atlas) 13. Salve Regina – 3:26 14. Ad te clamamus – 3:47 15. Eja ergo, Advocata nostra – 1:33 16. Et Jesum – 2:16 17. O clemens, o pia – 1:45

Publishers

• Label: Columns Classics / FFC T2 International BV
• PInternational LC 29413
• Manufactured & printed in the EU
• Distribution: UNITED CLASSICS

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