About the composer
Marian Mitea was born in 1943 in Giurgiu, Rumania. He studied choir conducting, harmony
and counterpoint at the Bucharest National Superior Conservatory of Music. After
that he settled in Belgium, where he became director of the Woluwe-St.Pierre
Music Academy in 1980. He founded the Sammartini Choir and Consort in 1999, a
semi-professional choir with a repertoire varying from Monteverdi to Brahms. Among his compositions are
chamber music as
well as choral music.
| Date | 2002 |
| Performers | Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, choir and orchestra. |
| Length | 56.04 minutes |
| Particulars | The Stabat Mater is divided into ten parts, including a separate part - a fugue - for the "Amen". The music is, at least to my ears, in a late 19th century style, and easy to listen to. |
| Textual variations | The "Analecta"-version of the text is used. |
| CD | Not a commercial CD, but a private registration of a concert. |
| About this CD | The CD was presented to me by our friend Ignace
Verberk, who bought it from a representative of the choir. Recorded in the Cathédrale St.Michel, Brussels, Belgium, in May 2003 |
| Orchestra | Sammartini Choeur & Consort |
| Choir | Sammartini Choeur & Consort |
| Conductor | Marian Mitea |
| Soloists | Florenta Marinescu, soprano Claudia Codreanu, mezzo-soprano Vladislav Goray, tenor Nabil Suliman, bass |
| Other works | |
| Added | 2003 (MIT 01) |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl