Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Sandrine Piau, Christopher Lowrey, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset

• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736): Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77:
• 1Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa04:48
• 2Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: II. Cujus animam gementem01:56
• 3Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: III. O quam tristis et dolebat01:41
• 4Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: IV. Quae moerebat et dolebat02:15
• 5Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: V. Quis est homo qui non fleret02:58
• 6Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: VI. Vidit suum dulcem natum02:51
• 7Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: VII. Eia Mater fons amoris01:52
• 8Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum01:52
• 9Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: IX. Sancta Mater istud agas04:29
• 10Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: X. Fac ut portem Christi mortem03:47
• 11Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: XI. Inflammatus et accensus02:00
• 12Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: XII. Quando corpus morietur04:41
• Nicola Porpora (1686 - 1768): Salve Regina in G Major:
• 13Salve Regina in G Major: I. Salve Regina03:37
• 14Salve Regina in G Major: II. Ad te clamamus01:41
• 15Salve Regina in G Major: III. Ad te suspiramus02:35
• 16Salve Regina in G Major: IV.Eia ergo02:20
• 17Salve Regina in G Major: V. Et Jesum02:53
• 18Salve Regina in G Major: VI. O clemens03:56
• Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744): Beatus vir qui timet in F Major:
• 19Beatus vir qui timet in F Major: I. Beatus vir02:52
• 20Beatus vir qui timet in F Major: II. Exortum est01:00
• 21Beatus vir qui timet in F Major: III. Misericors01:22
• 22Beatus vir qui timet in F Major: IV. Iucundus homo03:24
• 23Beatus vir qui timet in F Major: V. Dispersit02:50
• 24Beatus vir qui timet in F Major: VI. Gloria01:06
• 25Beatus vir qui timet in F Major: VII. Sicut era01:25
• Total Runtime01:06:11

Info for Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Longstanding partners Sandrine Piau and Christophe Rousset have frequently performed the Stabat Mater, an emblematic work of the eighteenth-century Neapolitan repertory, both together and with other musicians. It was therefore a natural step for them to record this supreme masterpiece of sacred music. They are joined here by a relative newcomer to Les Talens Lyriques who has also become a regular partner with the ensemble, the American countertenor Christopher Lowrey (already heard on an Alpha disc devoted to Monteverdi, Alpha 216). The programme is completed by a Beatus vir by Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), sung by Sandrine Piau, and a Salve Regina for alto by Nicola Porpora (1686-1768), two totally unknown works by two composers who were nevertheless very famous at the time – Porpora, for example, was Farinelli’s singing teacher and mentor to the youthful Haydn. Christophe Rousset finds in this music ‘an expression of very Mediterranean, very highly flavoured piety, in which one moves from tears to laughter quite quickly’. Sandrine Piau sees in Leo ‘an elegance of style, a certain distance in sorrow’.

Sandrine Piau, soprano
Christopher Lowrey, counter-tenor
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, conductor

Sandrine Piau
A renowned figure in the world of Baroque music, French soprano Sandrine Piau regularly performs with celebrated conductors such as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Gustav Lleonhardt, Ivor Bolton, Ton Koopman, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Ms. Piau embraces both lyric and Baroque repertoires. The roles she has recently performed include Alcina at la Monnaie and in Amsterdam, Dalinda (Ariodante) and Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) at the Festival d’Aix en Provence, Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare) at the Opéra de Paris, Mélisande in Nice and at la Monnaie, Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Constance (Le Dialogue des Carmélites), Pamina (Die Zauberflôte) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées; the title role of L’Incoronazione di Poppea in Cologne; Sandrina in a new production of La Finta Giardiniera at La Monnaie, Ismène (Mitridate, Re di Ponto) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and Sophie in Massenet’s Werther at both the Capitole de Toulouse and the Théâtre du Châtelet.

Sandrine Piau regularly appears in concert. In recent years she has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Covent Garden Festival, Musikverein, Paris’Salle Pleyel, Festival de Saint Denis, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Teatro Communale in both Florence and Bologna and with the world’s most prestigious orchestras including Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Piau takes great pleasure in the art of recital. As a singer of both French and German repertoire, she has performed with many renowned accompanists including Jos van Immerseel, Roger Vignoles, Corine Durous. She has a privileged relationship with pianist Susan Manoff with whom she recently made recital tours in the USA, in Europe, and in Japan.

Ms. Piau is an exclusive recording artist for Naïve. Recent recordings include 2011’s Après un Rêve and 2012’s Le Triomphe de l’Amour, which was named Opera News’ CD of the Month.

Recently Sandrine appeared in concerts in Moscow, Paris, Turin and gave recitals in London, Zurich.

Last season highlights included Ariodante in Amsterdam and her return to the Festival d’Aix en Provence for a new production of Cosi fan tutte, directed by Christophe Honoré. This production went on to appear at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and at the Edinburgh Festival.

Her 16/17 season will be marked by concerts in Paris, Brussels, Munich, Hamburg (for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie), a recital tour in the United States and her return at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival in Ariodante.

Sandrine Piau was given the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 2006 and was named “Lyrical Artist of the Year” in the Victoires de la Musique Classique award ceremony in 2009.

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