Composer: Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Performer: Maria Stader, Marianna Radev, Ernst Haeflifer, Kim Borg, RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Knabenchor, Berlin Mädchenchor, Chor des Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Orchestra: RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE95587
Release: 2009
Size: 331 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Stabat Mater
01. Introduzione – Stabat mater Dolorosa
02. Aria – Cuius animam Gementem
03. Duetto – Quis est homo qui non Fleret
04. Aria – Pro peccatis suae Gentis
05. Coro e Recitativo – Eja mater, fons Amoris
06. Quartetto – Sancta mater, istud Agas
07. Cavatina – Fac ut portem Christi Mortem
08. Aria e Coro – Inflammatus et Accensus
09. Quartetto a sole voci – Quando corpus Morietur
10. Finale – In semiterna Saecula
In the 1950s Ferenc Fricsay was almost the only conductor to perform Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Germany.With this interpretation of the Stabat Mater Fricsay demonstrates that Rossini’s music does not merely consist of operatic solo numbers accompanied by a spirited orchestra. Simply by casting singers such as Maria Stader and Ernst Haefliger, who generally showed a less operatic approach, Fricsay reveals his discovery of subtle musical interactions in Rossini’s dramaturgy.The RIAS Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble of international standing under Fricsay, realises his intentions in a precise and unpretentious fashion.