Gastone Zotto
About the composer
Gastone Zotto is composer and choir director. He studied musical composition at Vicenza, Venezia and Padova with Wolfango Dalla Vecchia, and subsequently in Siena with Franco Donatoni. He studied general musical culture and choral music at the conservatories of Rovigo, Ferrara and Padova. He was Director of the Conservatories of Vicenza, Mantova, Castelfranco Veneto and Udine. His birth date is unknown to me.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | unknown |
| Performers: | soprano, tenor and mixed choir |
| Length: | 6.11 minutes |
| Particulars: | Stanza 1 and 4 are sung in plainchant. Only eight stanza's are used. The first stanza is repeated after stanza eight. The piece is in early music style. |
| Textual variations: | As far as I can hear, the "Vatican"-version of the text has been used. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | Santa Maria – Capella Musica Monteberico – CRR 9926 |
| More info: | The conductor Ruggero Luigi Pitton tells in the booklet: “I have sung to holy Mary for many years: now I have reached my deepest will: to sing Mary in her wonderful earth adventure, to tell her life that follows the one of her son. It is the story of the mother, based on sacred and religious texts, dressed by the harmonies of ancient and comtemporary composers…” Fré Thissen pointed me to this cd. Thank you very much! |
| Orchestra: | Capella Musicale Monteberico |
| Choir: | Capella Musicale Monteberico |
| Conductor: | Ruggero Luigi Pitton |
| Other works: | Gastone Zotto, Di gioia un'onda |
| Code: | 2010 MACD 01 - (240) |
