Pergolesi: Stabat mater; Violin Concerto; Salve Regina in C minor

Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado, Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo, Julia Kleiter, Giuliano Carmignola

Released on 01-01-2009 by Archiv Produktion
Main artists: Orchestra Mozart Claudio Abbado Rachel Harnisch Sara Mingardo Julia Kleiter Giuliano Carmignola
Genre: Klassiek

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi had a tragically short career, living just 26 years, and producing most of his mature works over a period of about five years. This album includes three of the composer's most representative pieces. The most familiar is the 40-minute Stabat mater for soprano, alto, and orchestra, which was the most frequently published composition of the 18th century. This version, featuring soprano Rachel Harnisch and contralto Sara Mingardo, makes a splendid introduction to the work and should be of interest to anyone who loves this poignant music. Both soloists have expressive voices of exceptional purity and intensity, beautifully suited to this alternately serene and wrenching score. Mingardo is particularly striking in the aria, "Fac, ut portem Christi mortem," in which she descends into a baritonal range with startlingly solid, oaken timbre. The cheery, playful tone of the Violin Concerto reveals the composer's versatility and Giuliano Carmignola nails its technical demands with lovely tone and disarming grace. The album includes one of Pergolesi's four settings of Salve regina, with soprano Julia Kleiter. It's a largely somber work, similar in emotional tone to the Stabat mater. In spite of its name, the Bologna-based Orchestra Mozart plays music of all eras, and under Claudio Abbado's leadership it brings just the right fleet agility to this music, which is balanced between the Baroque and Classical eras. The sound of the live performances is clean and well balanced, with a warm ambience.

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Sara Mingardo, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacopone da Todi, Author - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Rachel Harnisch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rainer Maillard, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Ulrich Bastin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marita Prohmann, Producer, Executive Producer