Boccherini: Stabat Mater - Ensemble 415, Agnès Mellon (soprano), Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti (violons), Emilio Moreno (alto), Roel Dieltiens, Hendrike Ter Brugge (violoncelles) / Harmonia Mundi Audio CD 1992 / HMC 901378
UPC 3149025048844
The Stabat Mater is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence, composed by Luigi Boccherini in 1781 (G.532a) and revised in 1800 (G.532b, Op.61).
Boccherini (1743–1805) was a musician best known for chamber music (string quintets). His vocal work is played less often. He worked as a cantatrice and wrote numerous religious works (including one mass, two motets and two oratorios).
His Stabat Mater was a command passed in 1781, when was patroned by the King of Spain's younger brother Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón. It was conceived for a liturgical service at Palacio de la Mosquera, Arenas de San Pedro, where they were living. The text is a text dating from the 13th century and attributed to Jacopone da Todi which meditates on the suffering of Mary during the crucifixion. The first version consisted of one soprano voice accompanied by a string quintet (two violins, one viola, two cellos). It consists of 11 parts and lasts around three-quarters of an hour. The musician rewrote it around twenty years later (in 1801) when he added an overture for two voices: a contralto and a tenor. The definitive work is known as opus 61 of the musician.
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Harmonia Mundi – HMC 901378
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CD, Album
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France |
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1992 |
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Classical |
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Classical |
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Tracklist:
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Stabat Mater G. 532, Première Version 1781 |
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Stabat Mater Dolorosa. Grave Assai |
5:05 |
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Cujus Animam Gementem. Allegro |
2:16 |
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Quae Moerebat Et Dolebat. Allegretto Con Motto |
3:13 |
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Quis Est Homo. Adagio Assai / Recitativo |
1:25 |
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Pro Peccatis Suae Gentis. Allegretto |
3:52 |
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Eja Mater, Fons Amoris. Larghetto Non Tanto |
7:11 |
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Tui Nati Vulnerati. Allegro Vivo |
4:26 |
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Virgo Virginum Praeclara. Andantino |
5:17 |
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| 9 |
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Fac Ut Portem Christi Mortem. Larghetto |
2:36 |
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| 10 |
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Fac Me Plagis Vulnerari. Allegro Commodo |
2:35 |
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| 11 |
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Quando Corpus Morietur. Andante Lento |
4:18 |
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Quintette Op. 31/4 G. 328 En Ut Mineur (1780)
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Allegro Ma Non Troppo |
5:18 |
- Cello – Hendrike Ter Brugge, Roel Dieltiens
- Composed By – Luigi Boccherini
- Ensemble – Ensemble 415
- Illustration – El Greco (6)
- Layout – Relations, Arles
- Liner Notes – Emilio Moreno
- Liner Notes [English Translation] – James O. Wootton
- Liner Notes [French Translation] – Nicole Gaffiat
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Heidi Fritz
- Photography By [Front Cover Illustration] – Helmuth N. Loose
- Photography By [Photo Verso] – Michel Pisano
- Recorded By [Prise De Son], Producer [Direction Artistique] – Pere Casulleras
- Soprano Vocals – Agnès Mellon
- Viola – Emilio Moreno
- Violin – Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti
