We are excited to introduce Tearfully, a captivating CD featuring Roman Padlewski’s Stabat Mater. Padlewski, born in 1915 in Moscow, was a Polish composer, pianist, violinist, conductor, musicologist, and music critic. His early years were marked by a passion for music, which led him to study violin and composition at the State Conservatory of Music …
New Stabat: Princess Amalie von Sachsen
Although MUSIC may be a feminine word, la musica, women themselves were in the background for centuries. A woman could/may sing sweetly, but composing, conducting, and playing music was for men. The earliest woman composer in our collection, Sulpitia Lodovica Cesis (1577-unknown date of death), was an excellent lute player. Her only known work is …
Stabat Mater in Breton language
We are delighted with the discovery of the Stabat Mater sung in Breton language by Yann-Fañch Kemener. Yann-Fañch Kemener was a singer and an ethno musicological researcher. He was born in 1957, in the heart of Fañch/Plinn country on the borders of Vannes, France. Breton was his mother tongue. he had a beautiful voice, and …
New: Two woman composers
We just added two Stabat Mater compositions from Ireland and Lithuania. The Irish composer in question is Gráinne Mulvey, a distinguished talent from Ireland who has left an indelible mark on the contemporary music landscape. Born in 1966 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, her artistic journey in the realm of composition serves as a testament …
Stabat Mater by Giovanni Clari
On our ‘Missing CDs’ page, you will find a list of 575 composers, all of whom have composed a Stabat Mater that has never been released on CD, recorded, or perhaps even performed. Number 96 is Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (1677 – 1754) who wrote a Stabat Mater for four soloists, mixed choir, strings and …
A beautiful Stabat Mater from Argentina
Gustavo Fedel, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951, is a composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. His Stabat Mater is written for strings, organ, and timpani. When we (Dutch, Europeans) listened to it, we were deeply impressed by the orchestration, the timbre, and the rhythms that make his Stabat Mater composition so Argentinean for us. …
Old Jesuits Stabat Mater from Bolivia
In our everlasting quest for Stabat Mater compositions we found ourselves in Bolivia where we stumbled upon much church music written by Jesuits. The Jesuits worked in the heart of South America, at the mission posts of the Chiquitos people. Two centuries they flourished, until fate’s hand forced them to part ways with the Spanish …
Duo Mignarda: lute player and mezzo soprano
Our cordial contact with Mignarda started in the early years of our Ulimate Stabat Mater Website. Duo Mignarda: Ron Andrico, lute player and Donna Stewart, mezzo soprano from Cleveland, Ohio, one of the few professional lute song duos in the United States, specialised in Renaissance music and poetry by concertising, researching and recording. Recently we …
Willem Stoppelenburg (2)
In 2016 Arthur Oostvogel had a nice present for me, on the occasion of the launch of the renewed website: a new Stabat Mater composition, even a Dutch one! This Stabat Mater was composed by Willem Stoppelenburg in 2015. The work is composed for Soprano and Mezzo-soprano, Vocal Ensemble or Chamber Choir and Piano duo. …
New Stabat: Mikhail Bronner
Mikhail Bronner, born in 1952, is a well known contemporary Russian composer. He graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and completed his postgraduate studies in 1981. He is author of more than 100 compositions: operas, ballets, symphonies, choral, vocal and chamber music. Mr Bronner wrote to us: …The suffering of the Mother, who sees …
