Francesco Pasquale Ricci (1732-1817) was born on May 17 in Como, Italy. In 1759 he was
appointed Maestro di capella at the Como cathedral. Ricci traveled a lot through
western Europe. For a decade he stayed in the Netherlands, where he was musical director
of the court chapel. To musicologists he is known as the co-author, together with Johann
Christian Bach whom he had met in London, of the first method for fortepiano. Though he
seemed to have been a reasonable fruitful composer, writing chamber music, symphonies as
well as religious vocal works, most of his work has been lost.
Ricci died on November 1817, in his birth town.
| Date | 1780? |
| Performers | Soprano, alto, bass and orchestra |
| Length | 24.31 minutes |
| Particulars | The Stabat Mater is divides into 8 sections; the last one a little fugue by the three soloists on the word "Amen". |
| Textual variations | The "Vatican"-version of the text is used, with
following changes: - Stanza 4, line 2: not "Pia Mater, dum videbat" but "Et tremebat cum videbat" - Stanza 5, line 2: not "Matrem Christi" but "Christi Matrem" - Stanza 6, line 2: not "Christi Matrem" but "Piam Matrem" - Stanza 17, line 2: not "Fac me cruce inebriari" but "Cruce hac inebriari" |
| CD | Nuova Era 7243: Ricci, Sacred Works vol.1 |
| About this CD | The works by Ricci on this CD have only recently been
discovered in an abbey in Switzerland. Recorded at the Basilica di S.Abbondio, Como, in May 1995. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 1998 |
| Orchestra | Capriccio Italiano Ensemble |
| Conductor | Daniele Ferrari |
| Soloists | Maryline Fallot, soprano Patrizia Macrelli, alto Emidio Guidotti, bass |
| Other works | Francesco Pasquale Ricci: Miserere (Salmo 50) |
| Added | 1998 RIC 01 |
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