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Dvorak's Stabat Mater from the Berlin Philharmonic

Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Stabat Mater from the Berlin Radio Choir and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Jakub Hr暖拧a.

For the Czech conductor Jakub Hr暖拧a, Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Stabat mater is a 鈥渨onderful gift鈥� that touches and moves people. The work stands as one of the towering monuments of choral music and was once one of the most popular works in the choral repertory. There have been other great musical settings of Jacopone da Todi鈥檚 13th century poem Stabat mater, but Dvorak鈥檚 is by far the longest and most serious. Although conceived and written on a massive scale, Dvorak鈥檚 setting focuses primarily on two very personal aspects of the poem鈥檚 emotional world, those of grief and of solace. And that is not surprising, since Dvorak began and completed his Stabat Mater under a cloud of great personal tragedy. In 1875 his oldest daughter Josefa died only days after her birth and the grieving Dvorak turned to the ancient text of the Stabat Mater, seeing in its evocation of Mary鈥檚 grief at the death of her son a portrait of parental love and pain that he related to on a most personal level. The deaths of two other of his children followed and Dvo艡谩k took up the composition again as a way of processing his grief. The result was a sacred choral work in which dramatic outbursts alternate with moments of great intimacy ending with an ecstatic vision of resurrection.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Dvo艡谩k: Stabat mater, op. 58

Corinne Winters (soprano)
Marvic Monreal (mezzo-soprano)
David Butt Philip (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
Berlin Radio Chorus
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Jakub Hr暖拧a (conductor)

Recorded in the Berlin Philharmonie 14/10/2023

1 hour, 58 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 Mar 2024 19:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Stabat Mater, Op. 58

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a. Singer: Corinne Winters. Singer: Marvic Monreal. Singer: David Butt Philip. Singer: Matthew Rose.

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  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

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    Performer: Cristina Ortiz.
    • Villa-Lobos: Piano music: Cristina Ortiz.
    • Decca.
    • 21.

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  • Mon 11 Mar 2024 19:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3