Boccherini Stabat Mater, Mozart Adagio & Fugue : Bertagnolli(S)E.Gatti, Ensemble Aurora

Armonie dello Spirito
Recorded in the Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto, April 7, 2011
and in the Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence, April 9, 2011

Boccherini: Stabat Mater (1st version, 1781, for soprano & string orchestra), G.532
Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in C minor for Strings, K.546

Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano)
Ensemble Aurora (playing on period instruments):
Enrico Gatti, violin - Rossella Croce, violin - Sebastiano Airoldi, viola
Gaetano Nasillo, cello - Luca Peverini, cello

Running time: 49 mins

The moving text of the “Stabat Mater” has been an inspiration to many composers from the Renaissance onwards. Luigi Boccherini, a virtuoso cellist and master of chamber music, composed this religious work with profound respect for the text and it’s identity.
The quintet Ensemble Aurora 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 - with an astonishing blend between voice and instruments. Featuring internationally renowned soprano and baroque music specialist Gemma Bertagnolli.
Recorded in the Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto, April 7, 2011 and in the Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence, April 9, 2011. ( EUROARTS )