Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. Commentary on the stabat mater this commentary includes two english versions and a latin version of the stabat mater. It is based upon the prophecy of simeon that a sword was to pierce the heart of our lords mother, mary lk2. Cecilia bartolis exploration of the music of steffani continues on from her bestselling recording mission with an album of the celebrated stabat mater alongside steffanis greatest sacred works for chorus, orchestra and soloists. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music at the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. The text is based upon the latin mass for the dead. Steffani is nowadays predominantly known for his cantatas and duets, but in his own days he was admired for his operas. This recording, together with dances and ouvertures. Funeral doom project of mikko aspa, the owner of northern heritage and freak animal records, found 2001 in lahti, finland. Moores stabat is a part of her composition lux aeterna. The inspired conductor of mission directs an album of music from steffanis operas as a companion release to cecilia bartolis stabat mater. Hubert maillard from switzerland i could add two new stabat mater compositions to my site. Listen to agostino steffani radio featuring songs from stabat mater free online. Audience members are invited to join larry beckwith for a free preconcert chat one hour before each performance.
As far as possible, this urtext edition makes use of dvoraks distinctive piano stylisation which has survived in his own first sketch of the work from 1876. His stabat mater mixed the sacred polyphony of the sixteenth century with passages in the next century style, reminding of the style of henry purcell, steffanis contemporary, and may have been influenced by the interest of the academy of ancient music, even if the composer did write it a cappella. Catholic encyclopedia 19agostino steffani wikisource. Some of it was championed by mezzo soprano cecilia bartoli on her daring mission album. List of compositions by agostino steffani wikipedia. This cd though is one of few and it has the livething, one can imagine to be there with the listeners in an old churchbuilding. Biber requiem steffani stabat mater dhm 05472 77344 2 pw. Stabat mater giovanni battista pergolesi choralwiki. In these depictions, the virgin mary is almost always standing to the right hand side of the body of her son jesus on the cross, with saint john the apostle standing to the left. Stabat mater to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Mission created great interest in the music of littleknown italian composer agostino steffani 16541728. Agostino steffani 25 july 1654 12 february 1728 was an italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer. The text, apparently written by a franciscan monk, contains 20 stanzas of three lines each.
An edition of the italian poems of jacopone published at brescia in 1495 contained both stabats. The two met on more than one occasion, steffani readily recognising the young mans genius and putting in a good word for him in appropriate quarters. Steffani, agostino agostino steffani 25 july 1653 12 february 1728. Additionally the companion hymn, stabat mater speciosa is also included. Steffani s stabat mater is his masterpiece, completed shortly before he died in 1728. Simply enter the code 23years in the promo code field on the shopping cart page and click apply to receive your discount details. Agostino steffani, born near venice, spent much of his working life in germany, in munich and in hanover. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems.
Mar 07, 2017 steffani did not accompany the elector george to england. The stabat mater entered liturgical books, where it was set to specific melodies. Vivid, commissioned by november music festival in association with the hieronymus bosch foundation for the city of s hertogenbosch in the netherlands. Stabat mater voice, piano by giovanni battista pergolesi.
Oct 09, 20 1 his religious music, for example, a laudate pueri for nine voices in two choirs, a psalmodia vespertina scored for eight voices, a stabat mater for six voices and orchestral accompaniment of which it has been said that his great contemporary alessandro scarlatti produced nothing finer. Stabat mater bartoli, pregardien, fasolis steffani bartoli fasolis i barocchisti release date. The question is whether this was simply an appropriation of the maternal by men and therefore, according to our working hypo. Stabat mater bartoli by agostino steffani, diego fasolis, i barocchisti, coro della radiotelevisione svizzera, cecilia bartoli, daniel behle, franco fagioli, julian pregardien, salvo vitale, nuria rial from amazons classical music store. Steffani was born at castelfranco veneto on 25 july 1654. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from stabat mater. After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly.
Stream stabat mater by agostino steffani free internet. But miss the depth of the closer feel from that radiorecording. Giovanni battista pergolesi january 4, 1710 march 16, 1736 was an italian composer, violinist and organist. On search, i found only few recordings of the steffani stabat mater so chose this one and do like it. Agostino steffani, roughly contemporary with arcangelo corelli, worked mostly in germany and was known across the continent for his operatic music. Agostino steffani 1654 1728 stabat mater 1728 a 6 voci, coro, archi e basso continuo coro della radio svizzera diego fasolis i barocchisti rene clemencic nellimmagine. Stabat mater dolorosa by cruzgloriosa free listening on. Stabat mater cecilia bartoli, i barocchisti, diego fasolis on allmusic 20 agostino steffani, roughly contemporary with.
It is for the breathtaking sonority of two violins, three violas. Unlike almost all his other sacred works, it soon circulated in numerous copies and established haydns reputation as. Pergolesi was born in jesi, italy, where he studied music under francesco santini there before going to naples in 1725 where he studied under gaetano greco among others. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
But bartoli, whose voice has taken on some fascinating burnished tones that she is allowed to let speak for themselves here, is also featured prominently in the main attraction, the stabat mater, which stands somewhat apart from the rest of the music and fell into disuse soon after steffani s death, probably because it was already somewhat old. Steffani has only recently come to any sort of prominence as a composer, and then largely for his secular music. The twelve movements of the steffani stabat mater are imbued with piquant subtleties and endless invention of textural, harmonic and melodic ideas. Apr 11, 2017 agostino steffani stabat mater 20 stabat mater 01. Stabat mater article about stabat mater by the free dictionary. The slightly later stabat mater by agostino steffani is cast in a more traditional baroque soundworld. Steffanis stabat mater is his masterpiece, completed shortly before he died in 1728. Pergolesis stabat mater and the politics of feminine virtue. As an opera composer, he was highly sensitive to words and their emotional expression in music, evident in this stabat mater, written as his last and greatest work in his own words shortly before his death in 1728. Steffani did not accompany the elector george to england. This cd though is one of few and it has the livething, one can imagine to be there with the listeners. Stabat mater voice, piano sheet music cantorion free.
Stabat mater article about stabat mater by the free. Stabat mater 5 many civilizations have subsumed femininity under the maternal, but christianity in its own way developed this tendency to the full. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. Stream stabat mater dolorosa by cruzgloriosa from desktop or your mobile device. Authoritative performances of both works, with particularly good soloists mean that there is nothing to be lost from this tenyearold recording. It has been described as the most powerful expression of his religious fervour and, at almost half an hour, the largestscale, most complex and heartfelt of his compositions outside his operas.
Salvatore vitale, cecilia bartoli, daniel behle, franco fagioli. Stabat mater by agostino steffani score sheet music for. The sorrowing mother stoodtearfully beside the crosswhile her son hung there. Yet handels dixit dominus was a youthful work written in 1707, long before steffanis stabat mater which was the italians final, mature masterpiece composed in 172728 shortly before he died. Aspa is also known from many other bandsprojects such as grunt, nicole 12, alchemy of the 20th century, clinic of torture, clandestine blaze, a. Original text and translations may be found at stabat mater. Agostino steffani, diego fasolis, i barocchisti, nuria rial, cecilia bartoli, daniel behle, franco fagioli, julian pregardian, salvo vitale, coro della radiotelevisione svizzera steffani.
Stabat mater dolorosa is considered one of the seven greatest latin hymns of all time. His stabat mater for 6 voices, 6 strings and organ is probably composed after 1706. Later, vocal solos and instrumental accompaniment came to be included in the stabat mater, bringing it close to the form of the cantata. Now bartoli, properly more in the background as part of a sacredmusic ensemble, returns with an album of steffanis religious music, for which he was equally. Stabat mater one of the medieval sequences, preserved in the services of the catholic church. Ascanio steffani, libretto ventura terzago munich 1686. Nov 27, 2012 agostino steffani 1654 1728 stabat mater 1728 a 6 voci, coro, archi e basso continuo coro della radio svizzera diego fasolis i barocchisti rene clemencic nellimmagine. The first one is by nicolas flagello 19281994 who composed a stabat mater just as a part of a composition dedicated to martin luther king titled the passion of martin luther king, a combination of five texts from the latin liturgy and excerpts of the famous speeches by martin luther. At a very early age he was admitted as a chorister at san marco, venice. Buy cecilia bartolis album titled agostino steffani.
Ozanam transcribed it from a fifteenthcentury manuscript in the bibliotheque nationale for his poetes franciscains en italie au treizieme siecle, paris, 1852. Unless otherwise noted, english texts are from the translation by stanley applebaum, in pergolesi, stabat mater in full score new york. He even mediated in one of the frequent disputes between the emperor and the pope. In 1997 i created the ultimate stabat mater website for hans with the program frontpage. Examples of this type of stabat mater were composed in the 18th century by pergolesi and haydn and in the 19th century by schubert, liszt, rossini, verdi, dvorak, and other composers.
Polyphonic versions, usually making use of traditional melodies, were created beginning. Watch the video for stabat mater dolorosa from giovanni battista pergolesis pergolesi for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Steffani stabat mater cecilia bartoli 1 cd download. Stabat mater latin for the mother was standing is a feature in the crucifixion of jesus in art in which the virgin mary is depicted under the cross during the crucifixion of christ.
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