Gasparini - "Stabat Mater" - Mov. 8&9/9

QUIRINO GASPARINI (1721-1778)

"Stabat Mater" for two sopranos, strings and basso continuo

8. Quando corpus

9. Amen

Performed by Stradivaria
Featuring Isabelle Desrochers, Isabelle Poulenard, sopranos
Directed by Daniel Poulenard

*Quirino Gasparini was an Italian composer, born in Gandino, near Bergamo and died in Turin, Italy. He studied for the priesthood, but largely devoted his life to music, becoming maestro de capello at Turin's cathedral. His compositions are mainly of church music, including a Stabat Mater which is still performed occasionally. He also wrote several operas, including a 1767 setting of Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi's libretto Mitridate, which three years later was set by the 14-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for the 1770 Milan carnival. One of Gasparini's arias, preferred by the tenor singer over Mozart's version of it, was sung at the Milan performance and is still included in modern publications of the opera's score. According to some accounts, Gasparini tried to subvert the Milan prima donna, Antonia Bernasconi, attempting to persuade her to sing his settings of her arias rather than Mozart's. His ruse was, however, unsuccessful.

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Music

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• classical
• baroque
• mozart
• pergolesi
• scarlatti
• vivaldi
• carissimi
• cherubini
• tartini
• opera

[KOBLYS]

Where can I get the score? It´s such lovela music! I didn´t find it in Germany.

Can somebody help?

Thank you

Koblys

[bersa888]

Ciao! Anch'io sono di Bergamo (pero' nato a Roma). Vivo a Los Angeles da molti anni. Cosa hai studiato al Donizetti? Mia sorella studio' canto e io pianoforte (ma da privatista). Comunque non mi sorprende che Gasparini e molti altri compositori siano semplicemente esclusi dal "canone dei grandi" ;-) Di Bergamo - come saprai - erano anche A. Locatelli, Grossi, Legrenzi...

[emanuelavozza]

che bellezza.....

[XxXGetLuckyXxX]

Is the basso continuo a cello? or a combination of a cello and bass. Because throughout the peice i hear different octaves played in that section.

[tritus67]

It's the last straw!

I live near Bergamo and don't know this author!

Ahhhh that ignorance!... when I studied music history at the conservatory (in Bergamo!)

nobody spoke about him!

Interesting to "meet" a fellow citizen from someone who lives across the world!

THANK YOU!!! it's great! Mary

[ifrit1780]

This song is great. Amen!