Pergolesi & Vivaldi - Stabat Mater | Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CVS033

Pergolesi & Vivaldi - Stabat Mater

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Label: Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

Cat No: CVS033

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 12th March 2021

Contents

Artists

Samuel Marino (male soprano)
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor)
Orchestre de l’Opera Royal

Conductor

Marie Van Rhijn

Works

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater

Vivaldi, Antonio

Concerto in C major for violin, cello, organ and strings, RV554a
In furore iustissimae irae, RV626
Stabat Mater, RV621

Artists

Samuel Marino (male soprano)
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor)
Orchestre de l’Opera Royal

Conductor

Marie Van Rhijn

About

Two countertenors for Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater: this is the resurrection of the first performance in France of this work, introduced by two Italian castratos from the Royal Chapel of Louis XV, who were enthusiastic propagators of it both at court and at the Concert Spirituel. Paris was conquered and saw in it the revolutionary mark of a Neapolitan genius, who alas passed away so young. Pergolesi, shortly before his death at the age of 26 and affected by illness, expressed the Virgin’s suffering with the language of passion more typical of opera. The Stabat Mater, first performed in 1736, is one of the emblematic works of the baroque and had a profound effect on the musical world of the 18th century.

To give full splendour to the sumptuous duet of angelic voices lamenting the pain of Mary at the foot of the Cross, two performers are required who blend their timbres, like the two Neapolitan castratos for whom this music was composed. The brilliant sopranist Samuel Mariño and the no less brilliant countertenor Filippo Mineccia form the exceptional duo for this programme of emotion and virtuosity.

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