Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater

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The Stabat Mater is a meditation on the image of the Virgin Mary weeping at the sight of her son, Jesus, on the cross. The emotional nature of the text, its intense aura of sadness and attendant feelings of hope and consolation, has made it a favorite of composers since the Middle Ages. Aside from its usual associations with Holy Week, the prayer has special significance in Catholic countries where worship of the Virgin Mary is especially strong--nowhere more so than in Poland, where she is practically the patron saint of the entire country. Szymanowksi's beautiful version of the prayer is one of its most luminous and moving musical settings. Coupled with a selection of his other religious and vocal works, this disc makes a very satisfying program. --David Hurwitz

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Music, Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa, Andrzej Hiolski, Karol Szymanowski, Karol Stryja, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus Philharmonic Orchestra &, Barbara Zogorzanka, Jadwiga Gadulanka, Roma Owsinska, Maria Olszewska, Cantata, Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Sacred Music for Soloist, Chorus and Instruments, Sacred Music for more than one Solist, Chorus, and Instru, Solo Voice(s) and Orchestra, Vocal

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater/Litany/Symphony No.3
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Okay, not great

Polish is difficult :)

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater/Litany/Symphony No.3

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Release Date: 1994-06-21

Tracks:

Stabat Mater, Op.53: I. Mother bowed with grief appalling must thou watch, with tears slow falling.. - Elzbieta Szmytka/Florence Quivar/John Connell
Stabat Mater, Op.53: II. Is there any, tears withholding Christ's dear Mother thus beholding, in... - Elzbieta Szmytka/Florence Quivar/John Connell
Stabat Mater, Op.53: III. Love's sweet fountain, Mother tender, haste this hard heart, soft to... - Elzbieta Szmytka/Florence Quivar/John Connell
Stabat Mater, Op.53: IV. In The keeping, watching, weeeping, by the cross may I unsleeping... - Elzbieta Szmytka/Florence Quivar/John Connell
Stabat Mater, Op.53: V. Maid immaculate, excelling, peerless one, in heav'n high dwelling, make... - Elzbieta Szmytka/Florence Quivar/John Connell
Stabat Mater, Op.53: VI. May his savred cross defend me, he who died there so befriend me... - Elzbieta Szmytka/Florence Quivar/John Connell
Litania Do Marii Panny, Op.59: Litany to the Virgin Mary: Twelve-toned cithara whose strings are... - Jon Garrison
Litania Do Marii Panny, Op.59: Litany to the Virgin Mary: Like a dwarf bush, a dark jumper... - Jon Garrison
Sym No.3, Op. 27, Song of the Night: Oh, do not sleep, friend, through this night... - Jon Garrison
Sym No.3, Op.27, Song of the Night - Jon Garrison
Sym No.3, Op.27, Song of the Night: Such quiet, others sleep... - Jon Garrison

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A "Must Own".......2007-02-08

In the mid-1980s someone gave me a ticket to an L.A. Philharmonic concert with Simon Rattle the guest conductor. Being a Mahler enthusiast, I was looking forward to the 2nd Symphony, but it was preceeded by a performance of the Szymanowski Stabat Mater that was so thrilling that I barely listened to the Mahler. Why this incredible piece is not so widely known is beyond me. Since that introduction, I sought out three different recordings of the Stabat Mater until this EMI recording conducted by Rattle was finally released. It was no disappointment! I only wonder why it took them so long to get around to recording this marvelous performance.

As for the 3rd Symphony, I think the Rattle performance is at least as good as the wonderful recording by Antal Dorati (which I believe is out of print).

If you don't know Szymanowski's music, this is a fine place to begin.

Okay, not great.......2006-06-25

It you like choral music, this work in Polish by Szymanowski might interest you. I'm glad I tried the music, but in the end, I don't find it that special. Others may be inspired by the religious feeling expressed here. But I found the music boring in places. Overall, it certainly failed to measure up to the classics among devotional compositions, including of course Handel's Messiah, as well as Beethoven's less-well-known Missa Solemnis Catholic mass, among others.

Polish is difficult :).......2006-03-07

This charming work by little known polish composer, Szymanowski, can be sung in polish or in latin. Here they chosed to sing it in polish. The choir sings polish vowels well, but the soloists (except polish soprano) have problem with it, especially a baritone soloist. For foreign listener it's not big deal, but it seems to me, that it makes them singing more silent ( loud baritone parts ) and forced, uneasy. Particullary, baritone's parts are sometimes hard to hear when the orchestra is playing forte at the same time. But after all, the performers feel the music and capture the mood of it properly. We get the sadness, sympathy and devotion hidden in this work. In my opinion, Szymanowski's best one.

Szymanowski: Stabat Mater/Litany To the Virgin Mary/Symphony #3 'Song of the Night' - Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

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Szymanowski: Stabat Mater/Litany To the Virgin Mary/Symphony #3 'Song of the Night' - Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

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Tracks:

I. Mother Bowed With Grief Appalling Must Thou Watch, With Tears Slow Falling, On The Cross Thy Dying Son! Through My Heart, Thus Sorrow-riven, Must That Cruel Sword Be Driven, As Foretold - Oh Holy One! On, How Mournful And Oppressed Was That Mother.....
II. Is There Any, Tears Withholding, Christ's Dear Mother Thus Beholding, In Woe - Like No Other Woe! Who That Would Not Grief Be Feeling For That Holy Mother Kneeling - What Suffering Was Ever So? For The Sins Of Every Nation She Beheld His...
III. Love's Sweet Fountain, Mother Tender, Haste This Hard Heart, Soft To Render, Make Me Sharer In Thy Pain. Fire Me Now With Zeal So Glowing, Love So Rich To Jesus, Flowing, That I Favour My Obtain, Holy Mother, I Implore Thee, Crucify This Heart...
IV. In Thy Keeping, Watching, Weeping, By The Cross May I Unsleeping Live And Sorrow For His Sake. Close To Jesus, With Thee Kneeling, All Thy Dolours With Thee Feeling, O Grant This - The Prayer I Make.
V. Maid Immaculate, Excelling, Peerless One, In Heav'n High Dwelling, Make Me Truly Mourn With Thee. Make Me Sighing Hear Him Dying, Ever Newly Vivifying The Anguish He Bore For Me. With The Same Scar Lacerated, By The Cross Enfired, Elated, Wrought By...
VI. May His Sacred Cross Defend Me, He Who Died There So Befriend Me, That His Pardon Shall Suffice. When This Earthly Frame Is Riven, Grant That To My Soul Be Given All The Joys Of Paradise!
Twelve-toned Cithara Whose Strings Are From Heaven, The Sound Of Human Speech To My Ear Restore Anew.
Like A Dwarf Bush, A Dark Juniper Is My Faith. O Allow It To Grow, O Lady On High, Further Towards Heaven.
I: Moderato Assai - Oh, Do Not Sleep, Friend, Through This Night, You Are Soul, While We Are Suffering Through This Night. Banish Slumber From Your Eyes! The Great Secret Is Revealed In This Night. You Are Jove In The High Heavens, Round Heaven's... - Jon Garrison
II: Vivace, Scherzando - Jon Garrison
III: Largo - Such Quiet, Others Sleep...I And God Alone Together In This Night! What A Roar! Joy Arises, Truth With Gleaming Wing Is Shining In This Night! Do Not Sleep, Friend, If I Slumbered Until Sunrise, I Should Never, Never See This Night Again!.... - Jon Garrison

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The Greatest Polish Choral Work of the Twentieth Century
Intensely Moving Sabat Mater

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater

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Sabat Mater, Op. 53: Sabat Mater Dolorosa: Andante Mesto
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The Stabat Mater is a meditation on the image of the Virgin Mary weeping at the sight of her son, Jesus, on the cross. The emotional nature of the text, its intense aura of sadness and attendant feelings of hope and consolation, has made it a favorite of composers since the Middle Ages. Aside from its usual associations with Holy Week, the prayer has special significance in Catholic countries where worship of the Virgin Mary is especially strong--nowhere more so than in Poland, where she is practically the patron saint of the entire country. Szymanowksi's beautiful version of the prayer is one of its most luminous and moving musical settings. Coupled with a selection of his other religious and vocal works, this disc makes a very satisfying program. --David Hurwitz

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The Greatest Polish Choral Work of the Twentieth Century .......2007-06-01

This Stabat Mater is a Polish setting of a text traditionally in Latin by the early twentieth century composer Karol Szymanowski. `Stabat Mater' means `grieving mother,' a reference to the Virgin Mary weeping for Jesus at the cross. Music critic Jim Svejda rightly notes that along with Bohuslav Martinu, Szymanowski's music remains one of the undiscovered treasures of twentieth century orchestral music. This is equally true of his choral music. Szymanowski's Stabat Mater is one of the wonders of twentieth century choral music, a work to be considered alongside Rachmaninov's Vespers, Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, and Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.

Szymanowski is arguably the best Polish composer of the twentieth century though, like Chopin, he was technically only half Polish (Chopin's father was French; Szymanowski's mother was Swedish from what is now Ukraine). But this makes little difference as what is important is the music. Like his great contemporaries Strauss, Bartok and Janacek, Szymanowski stands right at the edge of the breakdown of the Western tonal system in music but does not opt for complete atonality. Although modernists once decried those who adhered to any aspect of tonality, many classical music aficionados have now discovered that some of the greatest music ever written straddles these two musical worlds. Today there are certainly more people who would like to listen to Bartok's captivating Bluebeard's Castle than, say, to Schoenberg's Erwartung. Szymanowski's Stabat Mater is less chromatic (and therefore less dissonant to most listeners) than several of his other works, for example, the opera King Roger and the Third Symphony. (King Roger features what is arguably the most remarkable opening music of any opera: a choral scene of haunting medieval grandeur.) In my view, the Stabat Mater is therefore just the right mix of tonal and chromatic features.

Few of these technical considerations will matter while you listen to the Stabat Mater, however. The work's spiritual beauty speaks for itself and has a slow, ethereal quality that suspends the listener in an enraptured, otherworldly state. So many choral works attempt to beat listeners over the head with pathos or, in bad cases, kitschy bombast. Szymanowski's Stabat Mater could not be further removed from this (typically nineteenth century) style of choral work, many of which have recently been recycled as "soundtracks" for bad "action movies." But neither is it the sort of heart-meltingly sensuous choral piece that is always very popular with classical music publics. To some the Stabat Mater may even appear cold in its slow tempo and movement. But the pacing and the style are doubtless intentional in that Szymanowski was abundantly capable of creating very sensuous music, as several of the arias from King Roger attest. But this apparent slowness masks a profundity that is revealed after only a few listenings and is richly rewarding.

Let me conclude by saying that I do not think the claim in my title for this review is an exaggeration: though not as widely known, Szymanowski's Stabat Mater stands head and shoulders above anything by Gorecki or Penderecki and is indeed the greatest Polish choral work of the twentieth century.

Intensely Moving Sabat Mater.......2003-01-23

The Stabat Mater, a medieval poem describing the feelings of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross, has recieved countless settings by composers throughout the years. It is a tempting text for choral composition, as it is a very emotional text, the musical equivalent of the Pieta in art. And yet, it is actually an incredibly difficult text to set. The poetic meter is almost too strong to set well to music, and the dangling Latin participles create a stasis in the poetic rhythm that often can make settings of the text rather boring. But when at their best, they can be the most moving works in the sacred music repertoire. Szymakowski's Stabat Mater is up there with the great ones.

Szymanowski is still a lesser known composer outside of Poland, even though he was prolific and quite important in his day. He began his career as a composer of late romantic music with influences of Strauss and Wagner mixed in with Chopin, particularly in his best known piano music. Somewhere around the composition of his 2nd symphony in the early 1900's he became highly influenced by Scriabin, Debussy, and perhaps even Busoni. His music took on a greater "exotic" quality, as adventurous in it's own way as anything coming out of Vienna at the time. Later in his career he became more folkloric. As is evidenced in his 4th symphony, he began a more serious investigation of Polish folk music which he molded into an idiom that, while showing influence of Bartok and Stravinsky, is totally his own.

This breakdown of Szymanowski's music into periods is actually less obvious in the music. His earliest music bares the stamp of chromaticism that came to the forefront in the middle period and never is wholely absent in his final music. This is obvious in the Stabat Mater. The work is a late one. There are obvious parallels to Polish liturgical music (an area of music that deserves it's own study. It's as rich as the more well known Orthodox chant.) Much of the work is in a modal idiom which is enriched with liberal chromatic spice. The piece gains intensity as it goes, reaching a searing climax in the fifth movement and settling into a mysterious calm during it's closing movement. This is a treasure of the choral literature and is beautifully presented by the three soloists, choir and Orchestra of the Polish State Philharmonic under Karol Strykja.

The other works on the disc are equally well performed and quite satisfying as well. The Veni Creator is also a late work, with a less chromatic modalism that blazes forth in glory. The Litany to the Virgin is similarly spectacular. The two cantatas - Demeter and Penthesilea come from Szymanowki's earlier period, and are rooted in his interest in ancient Greek culture. Both are representative of his more Scriabinesque period and yet are distinctive works in their own right.

Tracks:

Stabat Mater Dolorosa (Six Verses)
Stabat Mater: I. Stala Matka bolejaca
II. I Ktoz Widzac Tak Cierpiaca
III. O Matko, Zrodlo Wszechmilosci
IV. Spraw Niech Placze Z Toba Razem
V. Niechaj Pod Nim Razem Stoje
VI. Chrystus Niech Mi Bedzie Grodem
I. Stabat Mater Dolorosa
II. Cujus Animam Gementem
III. O Quam Tristis
IV. Quae Moerebat
V. Quis Est Homo
VI. Vidit Suum
VII. Eja Mater
VIII. Fac Ut Ardeat
IX. Sancta Mater
X. Fac Ut Portem
XI. Inflammatus Et Accensus
XII. Quando Corpus

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Inspired performances.......2001-09-24

The two Stabat Maters on this disk (the opening track is six verses of a Gregorian chant of the same text) were both composed in remembrance of the dead (in Poulenc's case, a personal friend; in Szymanowski's, the daughter of the man who commissioned it; it is interesting to note that neither composer wrote a Requiem).

The two works, however, are vastly different: Poulenc's work belies its title--it is almost a series of twelve choral dances, some fast and almost joyous, some slow and somber. The finale is impressive, if bizarre: the soprano soloist sings as if she were about to storm Heaven, and the final "Amen" is unusual as well.

Szymanowski's "Stabat Mater" is, IMO, a much stronger work, ranking with those of Rossini and Dvorak as among the very best settings of this text. In six movements, it is sung here in Polish (Poulenc's is in Latin), which makes the sound simultaneously more exotic and more intensely personal. It moves through a wider arc of emotions, from simple counterpoint in the opening movement to a paean for chorus, baritone, full orchestra, and organ in the penultimate movement.

But what makes this disc so special for me is the final movement of the Szymanowski. Shaw takes it a much slower pace--6 min, versus the usual 5 min--and the result is simply amazing: an almost heartbreaking yearning for heavenly peace that sends chills down my spine when I hear it.

The Atlanta Symphony Chorus is outstanding as usual, and the soloists are uniformly excellent, especially soprano Christine Goerke.

My only reservation about this disc is that the version I bought, four or five years ago, did not print the accented Polish characters in the libretto. I can only hope that has since been corrected. That aside, I highly recommend this CD.

Two vastly different works..........2000-06-26

Robert Shaw does a superb job in the performance of these two different versions of one of the most powerful religious texts, the Stabat Mater. Both composers do an exceptional fine job in their portrayal of the Mary weeping over her son Jesus' execution on the cross. The only similarity between these two compositions are the text, otherwise they are very different in their musical language and drammatic effect. The Szymanowski calls on tan extension of traditional romantic harmonies with a mixture of colorful harmonies drawn from the rich pallette of Debussy, and Scriabin. The rich choral writing is only intensified by a brilliant use of the orchestra. From the very beginning Szymanowski draws you into his mournful world and he takes you on an emotional journey that will pass before you quicker than you will realize leaving you with the desire to hear it again. The Poulenc setting contains no where near the same amounts of passion as Szymanowski's setting. Poulenc's simplistic harmonic language is beautiful but lacking in the same intesity as Szymanowski. The choral writing of Poulenc is at times awkward and sometimes distracts the listener's from his enchanting harmonies. The Robert Shaw Choral does a wonderful job in performaing these two works, and the soloists all have gorgeous voices that portray so powerfully the meaning of the texts. The Stabat Mater of Szymanowski is one of his best work but remains relatively unknown. The power of this work is equal to any choral work that I can imagine and it should be placed on the shelf next to Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, and Verdi. The Poulenc is nice, but is not nearly as high quality as the Szymanowwski.

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Six Kurpian Songs; Symphony No. 3 "The Song of the Night"

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Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Six Kurpian Songs; Symphony No. 3 "The Song of the Night"

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Stabat Mater, Op.53: 1. The Sorrowful Mother Stood - Tatiana Sharova/Ludmila Kuznetsova/Andrei Baturkin/Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Stabat Mater, Op.53: 2. Who Is He That Would Not Weep...? - Tatiana Sharova/Ludmila Kuznetsova/Andrei Baturkin/Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Stabat Mater, Op.53: 3. Come Then, Mother, Fount Of Love - Tatiana Sharova/Ludmila Kuznetsova/Andrei Baturkin/Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Stabat Mater, Op.53: 4. Let Me Sincerely Weep With You - Tatiana Sharova/Ludmila Kuznetsova/Andrei Baturkin/Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Stabat Mater, Op.53: 5. O Virgin, Most Exalted Among Virgins - Tatiana Sharova/Ludmila Kuznetsova/Andrei Baturkin/Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Stabat Mater, Op.53: 6. O Christ, When It Is Time To Depart Here - Tatiana Sharova/Ludmila Kuznetsova/Andrei Baturkin/Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Six Kurpian Songs: 1. Hey, My Oxen - Larissa Nikishina/Olga Loboda/Vladimir Sytnik/Vsevolod Grivnov
Six Kurpian Songs: 2. Who Is That Knocking? - Larissa Nikishina/Olga Loboda/Vladimir Sytnik/Vsevolod Grivnov
Six Kurpian Songs: 3. May Jesus Christ Be Praised - Larissa Nikishina/Olga Loboda/Vladimir Sytnik/Vsevolod Grivnov
Six Kurpian Songs: 4. Whip On The Horse - Larissa Nikishina/Olga Loboda/Vladimir Sytnik/Vsevolod Grivnov
Six Kurpian Songs: 5. Deck Yourself, My Lass - Larissa Nikishina/Olga Loboda/Vladimir Sytnik/Vsevolod Grivnov
Six Kurpian Songs: 6. Master Musician, Please Play A Waltz - Larissa Nikishina/Olga Loboda/Vladimir Sytnik/Vsevolod Grivnov
Sym No.3 'The Song Of The Night': I. Moderato Assai - Vsevolod Grivnov/Russian State Sym Cappella
Sym No.3 'The Song Of The Night': II. Vivace, Scherzando - Vsevolod Grivnov/Russian State Sym Cappella
Sym No.3 'The Song Of The Night': III. Largo - Vsevolod Grivnov/Russian State Sym Cappella

Stabat Mater, Classical Music for Reflection & Meditation

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One of my least favorite Naxos disks.

Stabat Mater, Classical Music for Reflection & Meditation

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Release Date: 1999-08-31

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Stabat Mater
Fantasia In A Minor
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Cujus animam gementem
Quae moerebat et dolebat
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Cujus animam gementem
Sancta Mater
Epitaph
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Cufus animam gementem
Quae moerebat
Stabat Mater From Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Qui est homo qui non fleret From Stabat Mater
Christe, cum hinc exhire From Stabat Mater

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One of my least favorite Naxos disks........2001-11-21

I am a big fan of Naxos. This is probably my least favorite cd. Its choral pieces seem more like opera and out of character with other cds in this line (such as Sanctus, Agnus Dei). But at ($) or less, you can't complain too much. Recommendation: listen to a few tracks to see if you like this style before you buy.

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Stabat Mater Vol 2
Karol Szymanowski
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Release Date: 1994-01-01

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Litania; Demeter

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Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Litania; Demeter

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Release Date: 2003-04-22

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Paradisi Gloria - Stabat Mater

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Release Date: 2005-08-16

Szymanowski: Stabat Mater Op53; Litany to the Virgin Mary, fragments Op59

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Szymanowski: Stabat Mater Op53; Litany to the Virgin Mary, fragments Op59

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