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Rheinberger

Joseph Rheinberger

About the composer

Joseph Rheinberger was born on 17 March 1839 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. He spent most of his life in Munich, Germany where he died in 1901. He was composer, organ player and a renowned teacher of counterpoint and held the position of Munich Court Kapellmeister. He composed music for organ, church music and opera’s. Felipe Gasper wrote me, that Rheinberger composed another Stabat Mater in 1864 (c minor, opus 16). It is written for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra and has 5 movements of 4 stanzas each.

About the Stabat Mater

Date: 1890
Performers:

Mixed choir and organ, but a string orchestra is optional.

Length: CD 1: 13.40 minutes, CD 2: 15.19 minutes and CD 3: 16:40 minutes
Particulars:

Rheinberger's Stabat Mater in g minor, opus 138 is divided into four sections and has been written for use in the liturgy. It is described as having a popular-traditional quality, using some baroque rhythms and ending in a quiet fugue.

Textual variations:

The "Analecta"-version of the text is used, with the following variations:
- Stanza 4, line 2: not "Et tremebat" but "Pia Mater"
- Stanza 6, line 2: not "Piam Matrem" but "Christi Matrem"
- Stanza 13, line 1: not "Fac me vere tecum flere" but "Fac me tecum, pie, flere"
- Stanza 14, line 2: not "Te libenter sociare" but "Et me tibi sociare"
- Stanza 16, line 2: not "Passionis eius sortem" but "Passionis fac consortem"
- Stanza 17, line 2: not "Cruce hac inebriari" but "Fac me cruce inebriari".

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Information about the recording

CD1: CALIG CAL 50923: Marian Hymns of the 19th century
More info:

A very diverse collection of little hymns by great composers. Recorded at the Villa Berg, Stuttgart, in March 1993.

Choir: Philharmonia Chor Stuttgart
Conductor: Helmut Wolf
Other works:

E.T.A.Hoffmann: Ave maris stella
Franz Schubert: Salve Regina
Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria + Virga Jesse Floruit
Johannes Brahms: 4 Marienlieder
Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Magnificat
Gioacchino Rossini: Salve, o vergine Maria + Ave Maria for alto and piano + Ave Maria for choir and organ
Giuseppe Verdi: Lauda alla vergine Maria
Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella

Code: RHE-01
CD2: Mitra Cd 16 290: Stabat Mater
More info:

Another excursion into the world of Stabat Mater settings. As the CD contains 5 Stabat Mater settings, it should be a “must” for every collector, especially as it has the only Gaffori registration that I know of. Recorded at the St.Martinus church, Euskirchen-Kirchheim, in July 1995. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 1998.

Choir: Figural Chor Köln
Conductor: Richard Mailänder
Other works:

Dom Fonteinnes, Gregorian chant
Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Stabat Mater
Franchino Gaffori, Stabat Mater
Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, Stabat Mater

Code: 1998 GAF-01
CD3: Stabat Mater 2006 SSM 22006
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The cd is a live registration of the performance in 2006 in Oirschot. The cd was published by the dutch Stabat Mater Foundation.

Orchestra: Brabant Orkest
Choir: Brabant Koor
Conductor: Fabrice Bolton
Other works:

Peter Cornelius: Stabat Mater
Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater (D.175)

Code: 2006 CORN-02
CD4: Stabat Mater 2018 St. Stabat Mater Oirschot
More info:

The cd is a live registration of the performance in 2018 in St. Peter Church in Oirschot. The cd was published by the dutch Stabat Mater Foundation. Unfortunately, this year’s event was the final Stabat Mater concert organised by the foundation. It means the end of an era.

Orchestra: Philharmonie Zuid Nederland
Choir: Studium Chorale
Conductor: Per-Otto Johanson
Other works:

James MacMillan, Stabat Mater

Code: 2018 MACM 02

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