Marie van Rhijn, Samuel Mariño, Filippo Mineccia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal - Pergolèse & Vivaldi: Stabat Mater pour deux castrats (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 77:31 minutes | 759 MB
Classical, Opera | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles, Official Digital Download
These Stabat maters represent a deep-rooted exploration of the solemnity of the sacred and the operatic aspect of musical writing, both in the sombre and plaintive tonality of F minor. Comparing these masterpieces, that of Antonio Vivaldi (1712) and that of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1736), allowing them to resonate in the acoustics of the Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles, just as they could have been heard in the 18th century, inspires and awakens a desire for balance between internalised faith – spirituality, and externalised faith – splendour. Pergolesi's work was very popular in France. Given on the occasion of the feast of the Virgin, the Stabat mater dolorosa is based on a 13th century liturgical text by Jacopone da Todi, reintroduced by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727.