Anonymous (Versetti della Stabat)

About the composer

Nothing is known about who composed this Versetti della Stabat a tre voci maschili. It was probably composed around 1600.

Date:	ca. 1600
Performers:	Two tenors, bass, accompanied by bassoon and clavichord
Length:	2.26 minutes
Particulars:	A very short Stabat Mater of three stanzas, used as an intro for a CD. But, as a reviewer says: "What an intro: a Stabat Mater fragment for bass and two tenors. The starts are uneven, the tones do not melt. This is passion, grief, expressed by three individuals, by chance singing together. The voices break and change into a sob. This is how drama is created. To be deeply moved, that is what counts. If you can sing, you may forget the lessons of the school of music..."
Textual variations:	Only stanzas 1, 2 en 9 are executed.
Colour bar:

CD:	Opus 111 30-194 Tesori di Napoli, Vol II: Provenzale – Passione
More info:	The second CD in a series focussed on the music of the so-called Neapolitan School: one of the highlights of baroque music. Recorded in the S. Erasmo Church, Naples, 1996. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 1997
Conductor:	Antonio Florio
Soloists:	Giuseppe de Vittorio, tenor Rosario Totaro, tenor Giuseppe Naviglio, bass François de Rudder, bassoon Enrico Baiano, clavichord
Other works:	Francesco Provenzale: Dialogo a cinque voci per la Passione Giovanni Salvatore: Stabat Mater Giovanni Salvatore: Guardami Dio d'amici, ricercare a duo Giovanni Salvatore: Beati omnes a cinque voci Giovanni Salvatore: Toccata primotuono finto Giovanni Salvatore: Canzona francese del primo tuono finto Giovanni Salvatore: Litanie a cinque voci per la beata Vergine Maria Giovanni Carlo Cailo: Sonata a tre violini e organo
Code:	1997 (SAL-01)