Description
Dvořák – Stabat Mater / Stefania Woytowicz (sopran), Věra Soukupová (alt), Ivo Židek (tenor), Kim Borg (bass) / Tschechische Philharmonie, Dirigent: Václav Smetáček / Supraphon 2x LP 1965 Stereo
SUA 10461/2
Antonín Dvořák's Stabat Mater, Op. 58 (B. 71), is an extended setting for vocal soloists, choir and orchestra of the 20 stanzas of the Stabat Mater sequence. Dvořák sketched the composition in 1876 and completed it in 1877. It has been characterized as a sacred cantata and as an oratorio, and consists of ten movements of which only the first and the last are thematically connected. Its total performance time is around 85 minutes. CITEREFantonin-dvorak.cz2019
The work was first performed in Prague in 1880. N. Simrock published Dvořák's Op. 58 in 1881. In 1882, Leoš Janáček conducted a performance of the work in Brno. The work was performed in London in 1883, and again, in the Royal Albert Hall, in 1884, and thus played a crucial role in Dvořák's international breakthrough as a composer. In the 21st century the Stabat Mater continues to be Dvořák's best known, and most often performed, sacred work.
Tracklist:
| Stabat Mater, Op. 58 | |||
| A1 | I. Stabat Mater Dolorosa | ||
| B1 | II. Quis Est Homo | ||
| B2 | III. Eja Mater, Fons Amoris | ||
| B3 |
IV. Fac, Ut Ardeat Cor Meum | ||
| C1 | V. Tui Nati Vulnerati | ||
| C2 | VI. Fac Me Vere Tecum Flere | ||
| C3 | VII. Virgo Virginum Praeclara | ||
| D1 | VIII. Fac, Ut Christi Mortem | ||
| D2 | IX. Inflammatus At Accensus | ||
| D3 | X. Quando Corpus Morietur |
- Alto Vocals – Věra Soukupová
- Bass Vocals – Kim Borg
- Choir – Czech Singers Chorus (tracks: Tschechische Sanger Chor)
- Conductor – Václav Smetáček
- Orchestra – Tschechische Philharmonie
- Soprano Vocals – Stefania Woytowicz
- Tenor Vocals – Ivo Žídek
