Anton�n Dvoř�k – Oratorio"Stabat Mater'[2004 SUPRAPHON][FLAC]

The fascinating poetic text of the medieval sequence, Stabat Mater, widely attributed to the Italian lawyer and Franciscan monk Jacopo de Benedetti (1230 – 1306), has inspired an endless list of composers to create some of their finest works. For his part, Antonin Dvorak (1841 – 1904), who had lost two children in the late summer of 1877, transformed the immense pain of that tragic experience into his own setting of the famous Latin text, producing one of his best-loved compositions. This stereo recording of Dvorak�s Stabat Mater, with Vaclav Smetacek conducting the Czech Philharmonic and featuring a major cast of soloists, was last issued at the time of its making (1962) – and yet, its sonic brilliance and artistic accomplishment alike have detracted nothing from its potential as an unfailingly enriching contribution to Supraphon�s collection of recordings of this treasure of Czech sacred music. A gem of Czech sacred music in a little known account.

CD 1
1. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Andante con moto) /Soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, Chorus/ 00:22:55
2. Quis est homo, qui non fleret (Andante sostenuto) /Soprano, contralto, tenor, bass/ 00:11:00
3. Eja, Mater, fons amoris (Andante con moto) /Chorus/ 00:07:50
4. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum (Largo) /bass, Chorus/ 00:09:09
5. Tui Nati vulnerati (Andante con moto, quasi allegretto) /Chorus/ 00:07:03
CD 2
1. Fac me vere tecum flere (Andante con moto) /tenor, Chorus/ 00:06:55
2. Virgo virginum praeclara (Largo) /Chorus/ 00:07:06
3. Fac, ut portem Christi mortem (Larghetto) /soprano, tenor/ 00:05:34
4. Inflammatus et accensus (Andante maestoso) /contralto/ 00:06:48
5. Quando corpus morietur (Andante con moto) /soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, Chorus/ 00:08:16

V�clav Smet�ček – conductor
Stefania Woytowicz – soprano
Věra Soukupov� – contralto
Ivo Ž�dek – tenor
Kim Borg – bass
Prague Philarmonic Choir
Czech Philarmonic Orchestra

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