Dedicated Dvorák fans, particularly devotees of his Stabat Mater, will have to hear this recording of the work by Laurence Equilbey and the choral group Accentus. Heretofore, only the 1877 version of the Stabat Mater was known and performed, but scholars recently discovered an earlier version from 1876 that differs in two significant ways from the later version. First, it's in seven movements rather than ten, Dvorák having added the three central movements the following year, and second, it's scored for the same four ...
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Dedicated Dvorák fans, particularly devotees of his Stabat Mater, will have to hear this recording of the work by Laurence Equilbey and the choral group Accentus. Heretofore, only the 1877 version of the Stabat Mater was known and performed, but scholars recently discovered an earlier version from 1876 that differs in two significant ways from the later version. First, it's in seven movements rather than ten, Dvorák having added the three central movements the following year, and second, it's scored for the same four soloists and mixed chorus, but accompanied here not by the later versions' full orchestra but instead by a solo piano.As this performances shows, the 1876 version was no trial run for the 1877 version, but a fully formed work. Because of the changes in tone and scale from orchestra to piano, the earlier version is more lyrical, more inward, even more intimate than the latter. Listeners long familiar with the orchestral version might miss its gravity and colors, but they may yet be won over...
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