About the composer
Kamillo Lendvay was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1828. He is composer, conductor and
teacher. From 1973 till 1991 Lendvay was a university professor at the Liszt Ferenc
Academy of Music in Budapest. Before that he was employed as director of music at the
State Puppet Theatre and at the Municipal Operetta Theatre in Budapest. He was awarded
several prizes in international competitions, for instance with his Concerto for cello and
his opera La Putain respectueuze. The Stabat Mater, a Via Crucis and an organ
piece were composed by commission of the French Ministry of Culture. The Via Crucis also
contains a short Stabat Mater.
| Date | Stabat Mater 1988 and Stabat Mater 1991 |
| Performers | Choir (1988) - Mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra (1991) |
| Length | 3.11 minutes (1988) - 30.27 min (1991) |
| Particulars
|
S.M.1988: The Via Crucis is composed for mixed
choir, cello, piano, celeste and percussion. The Stabat is the sixth of the 13 parts. The
music is characterized by a richly textured polyphony. S.M.1991: The composition is divided into eight sections. Lendvay is one of the few composers, that do not stick to the original text. Not only is part of the text omitted (stanzas 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 are missing), but Lendvay adds two sections from a poem of Paul Verlaine, Sagesse II, that are sung in French by the soloist. The choir sticks to the Latin text. The first French section is sung by the soloist, while the choir simultaneously sings the Latin stanzas 8 and 9. The second French section (II) replaces the stanzas 15 through 19. |
| Textual variations | S.M.1988: Only the first two lines of Stanza 1 are
used. S.M. 1991: The "Vatican"-version of the text is used. |
| CD | Hungaroton HCD 31533: Kamillo Lendvay |
| About this CD | These works were composed by commission of the French
Ministry of Culture. Recorded at the Big Hall of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest 1991. |
| Orchestra | Hungarian State Orchestra |
| Choir | Choeur Régional Vittoria d'Ile de France |
| Conductor | Michel Piquemal |
| Soloists | Jaqueline Majeur, mezzo-soprano |
| Other works | Via Crucis Fantasia and Fugue |
| Added | Unknown (LEN 01) |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl