Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) was born in Lichtental, Austria. He was a religious man, and he composed church music during his whole life, but it seems that he had a strong feeling against the Catholic church of his time. In the Masses he composed he never set the words “Et in unam sanctam, Catholicam et apostolicam ecclesiam”, so that only by special pontifical dispense they are allowed to be used within the liturgy in Austrian and Bavarian churches. In 1815 Schubert attempted a first setting of the Stabat Mater, and restricted himself to the first four verses, but a year later he composed another on a much more grand scale.
About the Stabat Mater
Date
1815
Performers
Choir and orchestra
Length
CD 1: 6.48 minutes, CD 2: 8.22 minutes
Particulars
Though the Stabat Mater in g minor, D.175 should not be regarded as an unfinished composition it uses only the first four stanzas of the poem. It is a straight setting for chorus and orchestra, in which these stanzas are sung twice.
Textual variations
Only the first four stanzas are used.
Colour bar
Information about the recording
CD1:
EMI Classics 7243 5 65845 2 (2 CD's) Stabat Mater
More info:
Five completely different settings of the Stabat Mater. A "must" for every collector, especially as it has the only performance of Schubert's Stabat Mater D.175. The Stabat Maters were recorded in 1982/83.
Orchestra:
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Choir:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Soloists:
Helen Donath, soprano Josef Protschka, tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bass
Other works:
Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater D. 383 Gioacchino Rossini: Stabat Mater Giuseppe Verdi: Stabat Mater Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
Code:
SCH-04
CD2:
Stabat Mater 2006 SSM 22006 – Stabat Mater D.175
More info:
The recording of the concert organized by the Dutch Stabat Mater Foundation. Recorded at the St.Petrus church, Oirschot, in March 2006.
Orchestra:
Brabants Orkest
Choir:
Brabant Koor
Conductor:
Fabrice Bollon
Other works:
Joseph Rheinberger: Stabat Mater Peter Cornelius: Stabat Mater
