Stabat mater, a latin hymn that can also be recited in prayer, immerses us in the blessed mothers intense sorrow at seeing her beloved son, our lord jesus christ, dying on the cross in his passion so that we might have eternal life. Featuring tenor toby spence with the london symphony chorus, the symphony no. Stabat mater classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Unlike the works karol szymanowski composed during the first two decades of the 20th century, his stabat mater could only have been written in a country with slavic culture. The piece was meant as a requiem dedicated to the memory of krystalls. The stabat mater and litany are tricky works to bring off effectively, requiring from the performers a balance between restraint and ecstasy, the spiritual and the sensual. Szymanowskis stabat mater written by bluesever sunday, march 2016 17. Szymanowski described his stabat mater as a peasant requiem. Shop and buy stabat mater, vocal score sheet music. Szymanowski stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed. Cuius animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius. The orchestra, soprano, and baritone are mournful and convincing. The stabat mater, fragrant with incense, finely balances liturgical stateliness with a cathartic emotional tug szymanowski was mourning his young niece.
Szymanowski, karol stabat mater for solo voices, mix. Stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and. The tympani grows appropriately violent near the climax of stabat mater. He is considered a member of the late 19thearly 20thcentury modernist movement young poland and widely viewed as one of the greatest polish.
Szymanowski, k stabat mater veni creator litany to the virgin mary demeter penthesilea wit karol szymanowskis stabat mater, set to a polish translation of the medieval poem, makes extensive use of traditional polish musical ideas. Its author may be either the franciscan friar jacopone da todi or pope innocent iii. His ballet harnasie 1925, a setting of the stabat mater 1925 26. Szymanowski, k stabat mater veni creator litany to. Stabat mater dolorosa the greatest latin hymn of all time. The disc provides a good mix of szymanowskis early, lateromantic style with his later more spare approach initiated by his contact with these religious texts. This text, one of the most powerful and immediate of medieval poems, meditates on the suffering of mary, jesus christs mother, during his crucifixion. Quae maerebat et dolebat, pia mater, dum videbat nati poenas inclyti. In fact, its pairing of polish musical elements with liturgical text is entirely unique, and a clear reflection of the composers nationalistic convictions. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, stabat mater dolorosa the sorrowful mother was standing. Szymanowski, k stabat mater veni creator litany to the. Szymanowski demeter for alto, female choir and orchestra.
For the second of their two sacds of the symphonies of karol szymanowski, valery gergiev and the london symphony orchestra present the symphony no. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. The two completed sections of the unfinished litany to the virgin mary are the perfect choices to open the disc precisely because of their inconclusive nature the music of the second hangs suspended in the air as though designed precisely to usher in the. Since this work was first published after 1924 with the prescribed notice, it is. The question is whether this was simply an appropriation of the maternal by men and therefore, according to our working hypo. O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta, mater unigeniti. Stabat mater 5 many civilizations have subsumed femininity under the maternal, but christianity in its own way developed this tendency to the full. Szymanowski set a polish translation of the latin poem. The stabat mater of 1926 is not just szymanowskis choral masterpiece but also his greatest work, and has even twice made it into the programmes of the rte nso. At the time of his death in 2005 he had 211 stabat maters. Karol maciej korwinszymanowski 18821937, was a polish composer and pianist, born on the 3rd october 1882 in tymoszowka, poland, he lived between the death of chopin and the rise of the postworld war ii generation of grazyna bacewicz and witold lutoslawski. The stabat mater is an especially beautiful setting. Karol szymanowski and his stabat mater university of.
Order from your preferred classical music cd store. He is considered a member of the late 19thearly 20thcentury modernist movement young poland and widely viewed as one of the greatest polish composers. To prevent this narrow focus szymanowski desired his music to still have universal appeal. Drawing on his musical roots and mother tongue, he wrote a transparent score for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra.
The title comes from its first line, stabat mater dolorosa, which means the sorrowful mother was standing the hymn is sung at the liturgy on the memorial of our. Stabat mater for solo voices, mixed chorus and orchestra. Karol szymanowski 18821937 stabat mater, op 53 192526 although szymanowski is bestknown for his orchestral and chamber music, his contribution to vocal music was far from negligible. Szymanowski used the text of the contemporary polish translation by jozef jankowski 18651935, but outside poland the work. Szymanowski stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone. Quae maerebat et dolebat, pia mater, dum videbat nati. The stabat mater is a wonderful work and unlike settings such as those by rossini and verdi its primarily introspective. He was diagnosed with an acute form of tuberculosisand in traveled to davosswitzerland, for medical treatment. But there are no complaints about the singers or the orchestra. Szymanowski stabat mater veni creator litany to the.
He wrote collected songs and several stageworks, notably. I am familiar with six recordings of his stabat mater. Szymanowski s stabat mater is justifiably cited as his greatest work, and is usually included with his veni creator and litany to the virgin mary, as it is here. Completed in 1931, the choral ballet harnasie is late szymanowski and one of his finest achievements, though even now, when much of his. Karol szymanowski stabat mater chandos chsa5123 jq. The work is divided into six movements and uses jozef janowskis 18651935 polish translation of the marian hymn, stabat mater szymanowski s first composition on a liturgical text, stabat mater was written during his late period of 19221937. Karol szymanowski 1883 1937 was born in tymoszowka, ukraine, and is regarded as one of the founders of modern polish music, elaborating on the work. His setting of the veni creator was composed for the opening of the warsaw academy of music, of which he was the first rector. Szymanowskis stabat mater is justifiably cited as his greatest work, and is usually included with his veni creator and litany to the virgin mary, as it is here. He became director of the warsaw conservatory in szymanowskis stabat mater for solo voices, mixed chorus, and orchestra reconciles.
Szymanowski stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir. It is based upon the prophecy of simeon that a sword was to pierce the heart of our lords mother, mary lk2. Learn to play the best piano pieces the easiest way. The work is divided into six movements and uses jozef janowskis 18651935 polish translation of the marian hymn, stabat mater. The piece was meant as a requiem dedicated to the memory of krystalls prematurely deceased wife. In his opinion religious music should above all express feelings, and as a consequence he preferred polish over latin. He chose the myth of the greek goddess for the piece, influenced by the important classical philologist tadeusz zielinski.
Its title comes from its first line in latin stabat mater dolorosa roughly translated the sorrowful. The stabat mater has often been ascribed to jacopone da todi, ofm ca. Score soli satb, choeur mixte satb et orchestre fassung avec 2 hautbois cor anglais, instruments a cordes et fassung avec erweiterter formation a vent. Stabat mater was commissioned by the warsaw patron of the arts, dr bronislaw krystall. Stabat mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat filius. The hymn title means stood the mother, full of grief. However, the death of szymanowski s niece alusia made the composer decide to change the contract, and compose a stabat mater instead of a requiem. This desire was manifested above all in the stabat mater 192526.
Stabat mater is a thcentury roman catholic poem attributed to jacopone da todi. In latin, the hymn consists of twenty couplets which describe the sorrows. This is an outstanding recording, by an allpolish team, of three of szymanowskis most sumptuously beautiful works. Szymanowski wove all of these strands into the fabric of his musical thinking, animating the whole with his desire that poland develop a national tradition in music. Stabat mater, vocal score by karol szymanowski 18821937.
Karol szymanowski 1883 1937 was born in tymoszowka, ukraine, and is regarded as one of the founders of modern polish music, elaborating on the work of chopin and scriabin. Stabat mater stands out more on this recording than the symphony, however, as the latter is a bit muted in the technical details. The two completed sections of the unfinished litany to the virgin mary are the perfect choices to open the disc precisely because of their inconclusive nature the music of the second hangs suspended in the air as though designed precisely to usher in the stabat mater. Karol szymanowski free sheet music to download in pdf. Stabat mater valery gergiev, london symphony orchestra on allmusic 20 for the second of their two sacds of the. Szymanowskis deeply personal choral work, stabat mater, completes the cycle and stars sally matthews and ekaterina gubanova, and. Stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra makes use of the words of the famous medieval sequence, which meditates on the despair of the mother of the crucified jesus, present during his torment. The work is divided into six movements and uses jozef janowskis 18651935 polish translation of the marian hymn, stabat mater szymanowskis first composition on a liturgical text, stabat mater was written during his late. Completed in 1931, the choral ballet harnasie is late szymanowski and one of his. His notes on the composer, the music, the texts and translations and the different versions all came online. Thus szymanowski described demeter in a letter to universal edition in 1932. Karol szymanowski free sheet music to download in pdf, mp3.
This second, starstudded instalment of gergievs szymanowski cycle features toby spence as soloist in the third symphony, song of the night and internationally renowned pianist, denis matsuev in the virtuosic symphonie concertante, symphony no 4. After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly. Szymanowski s stabat mater sung by karen wierzba on the 11th of december 2016 at the invalides cathedral in paris. Jun 28, 2019 the stabat mater is an especially beautiful setting. Stabat mater classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the. His collected songs run to four cds, he wrote several stageworks, notably his opera krol roger king roger, while both the third symphony and. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The stabat mater is a thcentury christian hymn to mary, which portrays her suffering as jesus christs mother during his crucifixion. Mar, 2020 stabat mater dolorosa is considered one of the seven greatest latin hymns of all time.
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