Emma Kirkby, Daniel Taylor, Theatre of Early Music - Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 203 Mb | Total time: 51:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Atma | ACD22237 | Recorded: 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 203 Mb | Total time: 51:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Atma | ACD22237 | Recorded: 2003
Alessandro Scarlatti's celebrated Stabat mater was commissioned by a confraternity of aristocrats, the Cavalieri della Vergine dei Dolori, for its annual Lenten service at the Franciscan church of San Luigi in Naples. It remained in use until the confraternity commissioned Pergolesi to compose his famous setting to supplant Scarlatti's old-fashioned music. Both Pergolesi and Scarlatti composed for limited resources, each using two solo voices, two violins and basso continuo. Scarlatti's setting is by no means inferior to Pergolesi's but remains much less familiar, despite several excellent recordings.