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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Stabat Mater
Quatuor en sol mineur Opera prima / VI
Sophie KARTHÄUSER, soprano
LES FOLIES FRANÇOISES
Patrick COHEN-AKENINE, Leonor DE RECONDO, violons
Michel RENARD, alto
François POLY, Hervé DOUCHY, violoncelles
The moving text of the Stabat Mater has been an inspiration to many composers from the Renaissance onwards, the text having set to music in the style of every musical period.   Luigi Boccherini, a virtuoso cellist and unquestioned master of chamber music set about composing this religious work with total respect for its identity.   The quintet that accompanies the solo soprano possesses all the qualities of balance and homogeneity common to the best chamber music works at the end of the Classical period and the blend between voices and instruments is perfect; Boccherini's profound respect for the text enables him to find the exact musical character of each verse every time.

Quatuor en sol mineur Op 24, n° 6 (G. 194)   1. Allegro vivo assai         6'55   2. Soave         5'03   3. Minuetto         4'39 Stabat mater (G. 352) pour soprano, deux violons, alto et deux violoncelles   4. In loco introduzione : Larghetto (Quintette Op. 10, n° 4)         4'56   5. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Grave assai)         4'43   6. Cujus animam gementem (Allegro)         1'54   7. Quae morebat et dolebat (Allegro con moto)         2'28   8. Quis est homo (Adagio assai / recitativo)         1'11   9. Pro peccatis suae hentis (Allegretto)         3'37 10. Eja mater, fons amoris (Larghetto non tanto)         5'50 11. Tui nati vulnerati (Allegro vivo)         4'18 12. Virgo virginum praeclara (Andantino)         5'01 13. Fac ut portem Christi mortem (Larghetto)         2'28 14. Fac me plagis (Allegro comodo)         2'28 14. Quando corpus morietur (Andante lento)         3'41

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