Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

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[Mead] offers articulate readings of the cantatas, his voice (with its faint echoes of the young Andreas Scholl) is beautifully controlled, its reedy, instrumental quality yielding lovely dialogues... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Mar 2017
Catalogue No: HMM907589
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 64 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

June 2017

Editor's Choice

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV54 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde'

Work length11:01

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Mhairi Lawson, Tim Mead
La Nuova Musica
David Bates

Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54: I. Aria "Widerstehe doch der Sünde"

Track length7:03

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Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54: II. Recitativo "Die Art verruchter Sünden"

Track length1:13

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Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54: III. Aria "Wer Sünde tut, der ist vom Teufel"

Track length2:45

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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Work length33:00

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Lucy Crowe, Tim Mead
La Nuova Musica
David Bates

Stabat Mater, P. 77: I. Duo "Stabat mater dolorosa"

Track length4:24

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: II. Aria "Cujus animam gementem" (soprano)

Track length1:39

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: III. Duo "O quam tristis et afflicta"

Track length1:57

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: IV. Aria "Quae moerebat et dolebat" (alto)

Track length1:36

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: V. Duo "Quis est homo qui non fleret"

Track length2:16

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: VI. Aria "Vidit suum dulcem natum" (soprano)

Track length2:47

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: VII. Aria "Eja, mater, fons amoris" (alto)

Track length2:28

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: VIII. Duo "Fac, ut ardeat cor meum"

Track length2:02

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: IX. Duo "Sancta mater, istud agas"

Track length4:35

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: X. Aria "Fac, ut portem Christi mortem" (alto)

Track length3:15

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: XI. Duo "Inflammatus et accensus"

Track length1:36

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: XII. Duo "Quando corpus morietur"

Track length3:17

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Stabat Mater, P. 77: XIII. Duo "Amen"

Track length1:08

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Bach, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'

Work length20:03

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Tim Mead
La Nuova Musica
David Bates

Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: I. Aria "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!"

Track length6:24

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Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: II. Recitativo "Die Welt, das Sündenhaus"

Track length1:11

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Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: III. Aria "Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen"

Track length6:05

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Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: IV. Recitativo "Wer sollte sich demnach"

Track length1:08

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Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: V. Aria "Mir ekelt mehr zu leben"

Track length5:15

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Two of Bach’s finest cantatas, both for solo alto, composed in Weimar (1714) and Leipzig (1726) respectively, are here coupled with the delicious agony of grief that is Pergolesi’s 'Stabat mater', an acknowledged masterpiece by one of the 18th century’s most influential composers. Bach so admired the composition of his Neapolitan colleague that he made his own ‘parody’ of it to a German text. On this recording, La Nuova Musica, in its 10th anniversary year, and its two eminent soloists display equal mastery of both idioms.

Counter-tenor Tim Mead is praised for his “alluring...consistently excellent” interpretations (The New York Times). With his “rich, mellifluous sound” (Guardian), he is recognised as one of the finest across the generations of counter-tenors. Described as having a voice of bell-like clarity with an impeccable vocal technique and powerful stage presence, Lucy Crowe has established herself as one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation.

Lucy Crowe and Tim Mead reunite to perform the 'Stabat Mater' at St John's Smith Square on May 12th [Early Opera Company/Curnyn]

Reviews

August 2017

[Mead] offers articulate readings of the cantatas, his voice (with its faint echoes of the young Andreas Scholl) is beautifully controlled, its reedy, instrumental quality yielding lovely dialogues with the ensemble…[Crowe’s] warm and agile soprano suits the mellifluous Italian idiom. [Bates] has lined up a crack team of instrumentalists, with eloquent solo contributions by oboist Patrick Beaugiraud and organist Silas Wollston.

June 2017

In Lucy Crowe and Tim Mead the ensemble have both period specialists and singers with enough muscle and tone to temper stylistic precision with human drama. Together they lead a performance that is both meditation...and a vivid sacred drama...Bates and his ensemble take an active part in the drama too... A performance as sophisticated emotionally as it is musically.

22nd May 2017

Lucy Crowe and Tim Mead withstand comparison with the finest on disc. Their voices blend ideally in the duets, and their stylish phrasing in the arias is especially rewarding here...A superb disc of baroque vocal music.

30th March 2017

[La Nuova Musica] let phrases sigh and breathe and supply a decent amount of bass under properly expressive melodic lines...Crowe and Mead are both in sumptuous voice, and both fiery in the most dramatic moments of the Stabat Mater.

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