Edition Ferenc Fricsay (XI) - G. Rossini Stabat Mater (Remastered) RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin, RIAS-Knabenchor, Berliner Mädchenchor & Ferenc Fricsay

• Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868): Stabat Mater:
• 1 Stabat Mater: Introduzione - Stabat mater Dolorosa 07:53
• 2 Stabat Mater: Aria - Cuius animam Gementem 06:36
• 3 Stabat Mater: Duetto - Quis est homo qui non Fleret 06:58
• 4 Stabat Mater: Aria - Pro peccatis suae Gentis 04:40
• 5 Stabat Mater: Coro e Recitativo - Eja mater, fons Amoris 05:42
• 6 Stabat Mater: Quartetto - Sancta mater, istud Agas 08:38
• 7 Stabat Mater: Cavatina - Fac ut portem Christi Mortem 04:41
• 8 Stabat Mater: Aria e Coro - Inflammatus et Accensus 04:25
• 9 Stabat Mater: Quartetto a sole voci - Quando corpus Morietur 04:37
• 10 Stabat Mater: Finale - In semiterna Saecula 04:38
• Total Runtime 58:48

Info for Edition Ferenc Fricsay (XI) - G. Rossini Stabat Mater (Remastered)

In the 1950s Ferenc Fricsay was almost the only conductor to perform Rossini’s Stabat mater in Germany. Composed for Paris, this late work by the opera composer held a difficult standing at the other side of the Rhine; its operatic expression was met with considerable aesthetic opposition in the country which had only just found its sacred music ideal in Mendelssohn’s revival of Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Mendels­sohn’s own oratorios.

With this interpretation of the Stabat mater Fricsay demonstrates that Rossini’s music does not merely consist of effective solo numbers which are accompanied by a spirited orchestra. Simply by casting singers such as Maria Stader and Ernst Haefliger, who generally showed a more instrumental or lied-like approach, Fricsay reveals his discovery of subtle musical interactions in Rossini’s seemingly apparent dramaturgy. The RIAS Symphony Orchestra, made into an ensemble of international standing by Fricsay, realises his intentions in a precise and unpretentious fashion.

On audite.de you can find a “Producer’s Comment” from producer Ludger Böckenhoff about this production as well as the historical concert program from September 1954 in Berlin.

The production is part of our series „Legendary Recordings“ and bears the quality feature „1st Master Release“. This term stands for the excellent quality of archival productions at audite. For all historical publications at audite are based, without exception, on the original tapes from broadcasting archives. In general these are the original analogue tapes, which attain an astonishingly high quality, even measured by today‘s standards, with their tape speed of up to 76 cm/sec. The remastering – professionally competent and sensitively applied – also uncovers previously hidden details of the interpretations. Thus, a sound of superior quality results.

strong>Maria Stader, soprano
strong>Ernst Haefliger, tenor
strong>Marianna Radev, alto
strong>Kim Borg, bass
strong>RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
strong>Ferenc Fricsay, conductor

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