About the composer
Giorgio Lanzani was born in Milan, Italy, on December 23, 1948. In 1972 he moved to
Venice. Lanzani is not only a composer, but also a poet and makes drawings. His first
compositions were rock blues songs, but since 1996 he writes sacred music. He has his own
website.
| Date | 1999 |
| Performers | Mezzo-soprano and string quartet |
| Length | 9.18 minutes |
| Particulars | A simple sounding Stabat Mater, a kind of musical prayer, almost like a one-voiced plain chant. |
| Textual variations | The "Vatican"-version of the text is sung, without any changes except that after the "Amen" a "Halleluia" is added. |
| CD | Not a commercial CD, but a private recording of the first performance. Mr.Lanzani was so kind as to send it to me. |
| About this CD | The recording of an easter concert made on April 5, 1999 in the church of S.Maria of Ausiliatrice in Jesolo. |
| Soloists | Maria Grazia Feltre, mezzo-soprano |
| Orchestra | Quartetto d'Archi Jesolano |
| Other works | Giorgio Lanzani: Pater noster + Ave Maria + Veni creator
spiritus B.Marcello: La grandezza del Signore Charles Gounod: Ave Maria Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei César Franck: Panis angelicus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum T.L.da Viadana: Exultate Justi Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria Georg Friedrich Händel: Halleluia |
| Added | Unknown (LANZ 01) |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl