Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in F minor

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PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in F minor
Florilegium with Elin Manahan Thomas (sop) & Robin Blaze (counter-tenor)

[ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Thursday 20 May 2010

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"This new Pergolesi Stabat Mater excels in the clarity of Florilegium's strings" (Choral & Song Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2010)

Pergolesi As a composer Pergolesi's productive career began at the age of twenty, and by twentysix (March 1736) he had died of tuberculosis. During his lifetime Pergolesi's fame was restricted, in the main, to Rome and Naples, yet after his death, his reputation eclipsed most other composers in the second half of the eighteenth century. The whole of Europe developed an increasing curiosity for his compositions. His posthumous celebrity status was such a magnet in the music world that, hoping to reap large financial profits, publishers and opera directors alike attributed his name to hundreds of vocal and instrumental works by lesser-known composers. Following Pergolesi's death the Stabat Mater became one of the most celebrated and frequently printed works of the 18th century.

Regular performances in some of the world's most prestigious venues have confirmed Florilegium's status as one of Britain's most outstanding period instrument ensembles. Since their formation in 1991 they have established a reputation for stylish and exciting interpretations, from intimate chamber works to large-scale orchestral and choral repertoire, frequently working with some of the world's finest musicians. On this recording they work with Elin Manahan Thomas, fast becoming one of Britain's leading young sopranos, and Robin Blaze, established in the front rank of countertenor interpreters of Purcell, Bach and Handel.

Tracks:

Stabat Mater
(with Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano, & Robin Blaze, countertenor)
Flute Concerto in G major
(with Ashley Solomon, flute)
Sinfonia in F major
(with Jennifer Morsches, cello)
Salve Regina in F minor
(with Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano, & Robin Blaze, countertenor)