Here is the work of a genius who died at the age of twenty-six: Pergolesi's Stabat Mater is one of the miracles of eighteenth-century sacred music. Nourished by their experience of ‘setting in resonance’ early and contemporary repertories, Riccardo Minasi and the Hamburg musicians shed an astonishingly modern light on these moving pieces, in which the voices of Giulia Semenzato and Lucile Richardot intertwine in the most sublime of communions. The Stabat is echoed by Joan Rossell’s poignant Salve Regina, long attributed to Pergolesi himself.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI [1710-1736]
Stabat Mater F minor / en fa mineur / f-Moll
· I. Stabat Mater dolorosa. Grave (4'40)
· II. Cujus animam gementem. Andante amoroso (1'57)
· III. O quam tristis et afflicta. Larghetto (2'03)
· IV. Quae moerebat et dolebat. Allegro (2'04)
· V. Quis est homo. Largo (2'30)
· VI. Vidit suum dulcem natum. Tempo giusto (3'25)
· VII. Eja mater fons amoris. Andantino (2'15)
· VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum. Allegro (2'05)
· IX. Sancta mater, istud agas. Tempo giusto (5'08)
· X. Fac ut portem Christi mortem. Largo (3'55)
· XI. Inflammatus et accensus. Allegro ma non troppo (1'50)
· XII. Quando corpus morietur. Largo assai - Amen. Presto assai (5'56)ANGELO RAGAZZI (1680-1750)
Sonata a quattro op. 1 no. 4
Imitatio in Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae
F minor / en fa mineur / f-Moll
· I. Andante (1'38)
· II. Adagio (3'25)
· III. Allegro (1'04)JOAN ROSSELL (1724-1780)
Salve a duo (Salve Regina for two voices)
· I. Salve Regina. Largo (3'28)
· II. Mater misericordiae. Andante (2'13)
· III. Ad te clamamus. Largo (5'19)
· IV. Eia ergo. Allegro (1'56)
· V. Et Jesum. Andante (3'28)
· VI. O Clemens. Largo (3'56)
