VA_-_A._Steffani-G._F._Handel_-_Stabat_Mater_Dolarosa-Dixit_Dominus-2009-CMG

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           01   :::   agostino steffani - stabat mater     :::   01:57
                      dolorosa
           02   :::   agostino steffani - cuius animam     :::   02:13
                      gementem
           03   :::   agostino steffani - quis est homo    :::   03:04
                      qui non fleret
           04   :::   agostino steffani - pro peccatis     :::   01:34
                      suae gentis
           05   :::   agostino steffani - vidit suum       :::   01:14
                      dulcem natum
           06   :::   agostino steffani - eia mater, fons  :::   05:47
                      amoris
           07   :::   agostino steffani - fac me vere      :::   02:33
                      tecum flere
           08   :::   agostino steffani - virgo virginum   :::   01:36
                      praeclara
           09   :::   agostino steffani - fac ut portem    :::   01:17
                      christi mortem
           10   :::   agostino steffani - fac me plagis    :::   01:01
                      vulnerari
           11   :::   agostino steffani - inflammatus et   :::   01:40
                      accensus
           12   :::   agostino steffani - quando corpus    :::   03:53
                      morietur
           13   :::   george frideric handel - dixit       :::   05:15
                      dominus
           14   :::   george frideric handel - virgam      :::   03:12
                      virtutis tuae
           15   :::   george frideric handel - tecum       :::   03:03
                      principium in die virtutis
           16   :::   george frideric handel - iuravit     :::   02:09
                      dominus
           17   :::   george frideric handel - tu es       :::   01:44
                      sacerdos in aeternum
           18   :::   george frideric handel - dominus a   :::   02:51
                      dextris tuis
           19   :::   george frideric handel - iudicabit   :::   03:39
                      in nationibus
           20   :::   george frideric handel - de          :::   04:22
                      torrente in via bibet
           21   :::   george frideric handel - gloria      :::   06:08
                      patri et filio

                                                   Total   :::   60:12

           ░                  ..;Release Notes;..                    ░

           ░        Composer(s):                                     ░
           ░        Handel                                           ░
           ░        Steffani                                         ░
           ░        Agostino Steffani, born near Venice,             ░
           ░        spent much of his working life in                ░
           ░        Germany, in Munich and in Hanover. As an         ░
           ░        opera composer, he was highly sensitive          ░
           ░        to words and their emotional expression          ░
           ░        in music, evident in this Stabat mater,          ░
           ░        written as his ælast and greatest workÆ          ░
           ░        (in his own words) shortly before his            ░
           ░        death in 1728.                                   ░
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           ░        It is for the breath-taking sonority of          ░
           ░        two violins, three violas and bass               ░
           ░        accompanying five soloists and choir.            ░
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           ░        The Sixteen (expanded here to 18) with 19        ░
           ░        strings and continuo, perform the Stabat         ░
           ░        mater with deep conviction and profound          ░
           ░        feeling. The second movement, æCuius             ░
           ░        animamàÆ opens with seamless choral              ░
           ░        counterpoint followed by an agonisingly          ░
           ░        beautiful trio of soloists.                      ░
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           ░        The Virgin MaryÆs grief evokes a soaring         ░
           ░        high tenor line; the bass soloist                ░
           ░        describes Jesus æin tormentÆ in poignant         ░
           ░        simplicity, free of any affectation û and        ░
           ░        plumbing the depths of a bottom C.               ░
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           ░        Such expressiveness is matched by                ░
           ░        instruments û after choir and soloist            ░
           ░        call and respond in æEia MaterÆ, the             ░
           ░        closing string ritornello sounds almost          ░
           ░        texted. The final chorus, reflecting on          ░
           ░        own death, is punctuated by dramatic             ░
           ░        silences before parts pile one on the            ░
           ░        other is sustained dissonance.                   ░
           ░                                                         ░
           ░        Dixit Dominus is no less beautifully             ░
           ░        managed with Elin Manahan Thomas an              ░
           ░        effortless soprano in æTecum                     ░
           ░        principiumàÆ, a modest tempo clarifying          ░
           ░        the fast parlando choral text of æTu es          ░
           ░        sacerdosàÆ and highly imaginative organ          ░
           ░        continuo opening the Gloria.                     ░
           ░                                                         ░
           ░        The recording seemed rather distant and          ░
           ░        limp until I tweaked the volume above my         ░
           ░        normal listening level. Adjusted, it             ░
           ░        proved clean and spacious, contributing          ░
           ░        to a truly memorable disc.                       ░
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01-agostino_steffani_-_stabat_mater_dolorosa-cmg.mp32,36 MB
02-agostino_steffani_-_cuius_animam_gementem-cmg.mp32,73 MB
03-agostino_steffani_-_quis_est_homo_qui_non_fleret-cmg.mp33,73 MB
04-agostino_steffani_-_pro_peccatis_suae_gentis-cmg.mp32,03 MB
05-agostino_steffani_-_vidit_suum_dulcem_natum-cmg.mp31,49 MB
06-agostino_steffani_-_eia_mater_fons_amoris-cmg.mp37,18 MB
07-agostino_steffani_-_fac_me_vere_tecum_flere-cmg.mp33,09 MB
08-agostino_steffani_-_virgo_virginum_praeclara-cmg.mp32,00 MB
09-agostino_steffani_-_fac_ut_portem_christi_mortem-cmg.mp31,57 MB
10-agostino_steffani_-_fac_me_plagis_vulnerari-cmg.mp31,27 MB
11-agostino_steffani_-_inflammatus_et_accensus-cmg.mp32,13 MB
12-agostino_steffani_-_quando_corpus_morietur-cmg.mp34,84 MB
13-george_frideric_handel_-_dixit_dominus-cmg.mp36,88 MB
14-george_frideric_handel_-_virgam_virtutis_tuae-cmg.mp33,76 MB
15-george_frideric_handel_-_tecum_principium_in_die_virtutis-cmg.mp33,76 MB
16-george_frideric_handel_-_iuravit_dominus-cmg.mp32,84 MB
17-george_frideric_handel_-_tu_es_sacerdos_in_aeternum-cmg.mp32,27 MB
18-george_frideric_handel_-_dominus_a_dextris_tuis-cmg.mp33,75 MB
19-george_frideric_handel_-_iudicabit_in_nationibus-cmg.mp34,73 MB
20-george_frideric_handel_-_de_torrente_in_via_bibet-cmg.mp35,29 MB
21-george_frideric_handel_-_gloria_patri_et_filio-cmg.mp37,95 MB