Jean-Jacques Rousseau praised the opening duet of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater as ‘the most perfect and touching thing that ever flowed from the pen of any musician’. The vivid, highly emotional language of the medieval poem about the sorrow of the Mother of God for her crucified son has inspired composers throughout the ages. ...
Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal




















