Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Szymanowskis deeply personal choral work, stabat mater, completes the cycle and stars sally matthews and ekaterina gubanova, and introduces the young baritone, kostas smoriginas to lso live listeners. Thus szymanowski described demeter in a letter to universal edition in 1932. These versions are probably the cause that on the most encountered translation by e.
To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. This is an outstanding recording, by an allpolish team, of three of szymanowskis most sumptuously beautiful works. Its author may be either the franciscan friar jacopone da todi or pope innocent iii. Caswall or caswell some doctoring has been done and for some lines of the translation several completely different versions exist. Media in category karol szymanowski the following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music at the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. I am familiar with six recordings of his stabat mater. Szymanowski stabat mater veni creator litany to the.
He chose the myth of the greek goddess for the piece, influenced by the important classical philologist tadeusz zielinski. Karol maciej szymanowski 18821937 stabat mater, op. Today, he is recognised as one of polands greatest musical figures. Tuwim stabat materfor solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra to text of medieval latin sequences veni. It may seem odd that, at a time of great uncertainty and conflict, he should have produced works of otherworldly delicacy and. The two completed sections of the unfinished litany to the virgin mary are the perfect choices to open the disc precisely because of their inconclusive nature the music of the second hangs suspended in the air as though designed precisely to usher in the stabat mater. He wrote collected songs and several stageworks, notably. If you use and like free, thank you to consider support donation. Scored for a massive orchestra with tenor soloist and chorus, the work concerns the abduction of a peasant bridetobe by the outlaw harnas and his followers, the harnasie, legendary robbers with more than just a hint of a robin hood reputation. The question is whether this was simply an appropriation of the maternal by men and therefore, according to our working hypo. Karol szymanowski autograf partytury stabat mater z dedykacja 1926.
The stabat mater is a thcentury christian hymn to mary, which portrays her suffering as jesus christs mother during his crucifixion. In the 16th centry, the hymn was added to the roman missal. Stabat mater for solo voices, mixed chorus and orchestra. As several versions of the stabat mater exist, these variations in the latin text are given per line. Shop and buy stabat mater, vocal score sheet music. The work is divided into six movements and uses jozef janowskis 18651935 polish translation of the marian hymn, stabat mater. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Szymanowski demeter for alto, female choir and orchestra. Szymanowskis stabat mater written by bluesever sunday, march 2016 17. The polish composer karol szymanowski is one of the most fascinating musical figures of the early twentieth century.
His works included four symphonies, two violin concertos, the operas hagith and king roger, the balletpantomime harnasie, the oratorio stabat mater, as well as numerous piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. For decades szymanowskis music was rarely heard outside poland. Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile. Stabat mater was commissioned by the warsaw patron of the arts, dr bronislaw krystall. After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly. Stabat mater valery gergiev, london symphony orchestra on allmusic 20 for the second of their two sacds of the. A list of works in the composer category that are not included here can be found on this page. The stabat mater and litany are tricky works to bring off effectively, requiring from the performers a balance between restraint and ecstasy, the spiritual and the sensual. A franciscan friar named jacopone da todi is said to have written the original text of the stabat mater in the th century, although some scholars have attributed it to pope innocent iii, among others. The piece was meant as a requiem dedicated to the memory of krystalls prematurely deceased wife. Stabat mater completefull nathalie stutzmann youtube. Szymanowski described his stabat mater as a peasant requiem. In his opinion religious music should above all express feelings, and as a consequence he preferred polish over latin. Karol maciej korwinszymanowski 18821937, was a polish composer and pianist, born on the 3rd october 1882 in tymoszowka, poland, he lived between the death of chopin and the rise of the postworld war ii generation of grazyna bacewicz and witold lutoslawski.
Its title comes from its first line in latin stabat mater dolorosa roughly translated the sorrowful mother stood. The disc provides a good mix of szymanowskis early, lateromantic style with his later more spare approach initiated by his contact with these religious texts. Completed in 1931, the choral ballet harnasie is late szymanowski and one of his finest achievements, though even now, when much of his. Karol szymanowski, simon rattle, city of birmingham symphony orchestra, elzbieta szmytka, florence quivar, john connell, jon garrison, city of birmingham symphony chorus szymanowski. Szymanowski symphonies nos 3 4 stabat mater albums lso. The hymn title means stood the mother, full of grief. Stabat mater simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Drawing on his musical roots and mother tongue, he wrote a transparent score for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra.
Stabat mater classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and. Stabat mater 5 many civilizations have subsumed femininity under the maternal, but christianity in its own way developed this tendency to the full. The most fertile period in the compositional career of karol szymanowski was during the great war of 191418. His notes on the composer, the music, the texts and translations and the different versions all came online. Please consult the manual of style for creating composer work lists. The council of trent banned it, like most sequences. Christe, cum sit hinc exire chrystus niech mi bedzie grodem jadwiga gadulanka szymanowski. Karol szymanowski free sheet music to download in pdf. Stabat mater dolorosa is considered one of the seven greatest latin hymns of all time. Stabat mater english translation the ultimate stabat.
Szymanowski, karol stabat mater for solo voices, mix. Karol szymanowski and his stabat mater university of. It is based upon the prophecy of simeon that a sword was to pierce the heart of our lords mother, mary. In 1997 i created the ultimate stabat mater website for hans with the program frontpage. He is considered a member of the late 19thearly 20thcentury modernist movement young poland and widely viewed as one of the greatest polish composers. Stabat mater veni creator litania, an album by karol szymanowski on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Efebos szymanowski pdf 6 szymanowski, efebos, pisma tom. Stabat mater, for soprano & alto les talens lyriques.
The work was published in volume seven of the works of karol szymanowski. Unlike the works karol szymanowski composed during the first two decades of the 20th century, his stabat mater could only have been written in a country with slavic culture. Stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra makes use of the words of the famous medieval sequence, which meditates on the despair of the mother of the crucified jesus, present during his torment. Stabat mater dolorosa the greatest latin hymn of all time. Szymanowski, k stabat mater veni creator litany to the virgin mary demeter penthesilea wit karol szymanowskis stabat mater, set to a polish translation of the medieval poem, makes extensive use of traditional polish musical ideas.
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