About the composer
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) was born in Lichtental, Austria. He was a religious man, and
he composed church music during his whole life, but it seems that he had a strong feeling
against the Catholic church of his time. In the Masses he composed he never set the words
"Et in unam sanctam, Catholicism et apostolicam ecclesiam", so that only
by special pontifical dispense they are allowed to be used within the liturgy in Austrian
and Bavarian churches. In 1815 Schubert attempted a first setting of the Stabat Mater, and
restricted himself to the first four verses, but a year later he composed another on a
much more grand scale.
| Date | 1815 |
| Performers | Choir and orchestra |
| Length | 6.48 minutes |
| Particulars | Though the Stabat Mater in g minor, D.175 should not be regarded as an unfinished composition it uses only the first four stanzas of the poem. It is a straight setting for chorus and orchestra, in which these stanzas are sung twice. |
| Textual variations | Only the first four stanzas are used. |
| Date | 1816 |
| Performers | Soprano, tenor, bass, choir and orchestra |
| Length | 38.01 minutes (CD 1), 38.17 minutes (CD 2) and 35.42 minutes (CD 3) |
| Particulars | The Stabat Mater in f minor, D.383 is not a real Stabat Mater in the sense of this collection, as it does not use the text of the poem. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful composition. |
| Textual variations | The text is not the "Jacopone"-text, but a German text of the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, who made a very free adaptation of the original poem. Not only the rhythm and the rhyming scheme were altered, but the content too. For instance, Klopstock changed the perspective completely from Maria as a centerpoint to Jesus, as we can see from the first stanza: "Jesus Christ hangs on the cross. His bleeding head hangs down in the blood of the night of death". In fact, not a "Stabat Mater" but a "Pendebat Filius". |
Colorbar (D.383)
| CD 1 | EMI Classics 7243 5 65845 2 (2 CD's) Stabat Mater |
| About this CD | Five completely different settings of the Stabat Mater. A
"must" for every collector, especially as it has the only performance of
Schubert's Stabat Mater D.175. The Stabat Maters were recorded in 1982/83. |
| Orchestra | Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks |
| Choir | Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks |
| Conductor | Wolfgang Sawallisch |
| Soloists | Helen Donath, soprano Josef Protschka, tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bass |
| Works | Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater D.175 Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater D.383 Gioacchino Rossini: Stabat Mater Giuseppe Verdi: Stabat Mater Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater |
| Added | Unknown (SCH 04) |
| CD 2 | Erato 4509-96961-2: Schubert, Stabat Mater |
| About this CD | Three sacred works of Franz Schubert Recorded in Crissier, Switzerland, in Novermber 1978. |
| Orchestra | Orchestre Chambre de Lausanne |
| Choir | Ensemble vocal de Lausanne |
| Conductor | Michael Coboz |
| Soloists | Sheila Armstrong, soprano Alejandro Ramirez, tenor Philippe Hüttenlocher, bass |
| Works | Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater D.383 Franz Schubert: Offertorium D.963 Franz Schubert: Magnificat D.486 |
| Added | Unknown (SCH 03 ) |
| CD 3 | KRO ES47.425 Stabat Mater 2003 |
| About this CD | The recording of the fifth concert organized by the Dutch
Stabat Mater Foundation. Recorded at the St.Petrus church, Oirschot, in April 2003. |
| Soloists | Suzie Le Blanc, soprano Philip Defrancq, tenor Jan van der Crabben, baritone |
| Choir | Capella Brugensis |
| Orchestra | Collegium Instrumentale Brugense |
| Conductor | Patrick Peire |
| Other works | Josquin Desprez: Stabat Mater Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater |
| Added | 2003 (SCH 05) |
| CD 4 | Stabat Mater 2006 SSM 22006 - Stabat Mater D.175 |
| About this CD | The recording of the concert organized by the Dutch
Stabat Mater Foundation. Recorded at the St.Petrus church, Oirschot, in March 2006. |
| Choir | Brabant Koor |
| Orchestra | Brabants Orkest |
| Conductor | Fabrice Bollon |
| Other works | Joseph Rheinberger: Stabat Mater Peter Cornelius: Stabat Mater |
| Added | 2006 (CORN 02) |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl