Pergolesi - Stabat Mater in F Minor - Mov. 1-3/12

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI (1710-1736)"Stabat Mater" for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo in F minor (original version)1. Stabat Mater dolorosa - Grave [a due] 2. Cujus animam gementem - Andante amoroso [canto solo]3. O quam tristis - Larghetto [a due]Performed by Concerto ItalianoFeaturing Gemma Bertagnolli, sopranoSara Mingardo, contraltoConducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini*Pergolesi was commisioned in 1734 by the Cavalieri della Vergine dei Dolori to write a new Stabat Mater to replace the now unfashionable one written by Alessandro Scarlatti for the Cavalieri. Pergolesi finished it only a few days before his death. The Stabat Mater became famous throughout Europe and became a symbol of the perfection and universality of the Italian style. Bach even paid homage to it in his motet "Tilge, Hochster, meine Sunden".

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