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Pergolesi – Stabat Mater in F Minor – Mov. 1-3/12

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI (1710-1736) “Stabat Mater” for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo in F minor (original version) 1. Stabat Mater dolorosa – Grave [a due] 2. Cujus animam gementem – Andante amoroso [canto solo] 3. O quam tristis – Larghetto [a due] Performed by Concerto Italiano Featuring Gemma Bertagnolli, soprano Sara Mingardo, contralto Conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini *Pergolesi was commisioned in 1734 by the Cavalieri della Vergine dei Dolori to write a new Stabat Mater to replace the now unfashionable one written by Alessandro Scarlatti for the Cavalieri. Pergolesi finished it only a few days before his death. The Stabat Mater became famous throughout Europe and became a symbol of the perfection and universality of the Italian style. Bach even paid homage to it in his motet “Tilge, Hochster, meine Sunden”.