Issued for the Lenten season of 2022, Gustavo Gimeno and his Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg make their Harmonia Mundi debut with a recording of Rossini's Stabat Mater, joined by the lauded Wiener Singverein. The Stabat Mater was started by Rossini in 1831, but time restraints and health issues forced the composer to bring in Giovanni Tadolini to complete several of the movements, and the first version was premiered during the Holy Week of 1833. After issues of publication following the commissioner's death and ...
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Issued for the Lenten season of 2022, Gustavo Gimeno and his Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg make their Harmonia Mundi debut with a recording of Rossini's Stabat Mater, joined by the lauded Wiener Singverein. The Stabat Mater was started by Rossini in 1831, but time restraints and health issues forced the composer to bring in Giovanni Tadolini to complete several of the movements, and the first version was premiered during the Holy Week of 1833. After issues of publication following the commissioner's death and questions concerning whether Rossini had help in writing the first version, this all-Rossini version was completed in 1841 and received its premiere the following year. It was initially met with a mix of acclaim (audiences at the Paris and Bologna premieres were quite enthusiastic) and skepticism, and even now, conversations continue about this remarkable work. The operatic quality of the writing for the vocal soloists, and indeed much for the orchestra as well, has been the center of the...
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