About the composer
Amaral Vieira was born in 1952 in São Paulo in Brazil. He studied composition in France
with Messiaen and piano in London with Carl Seemann. Besides being a pianist he is a
composer with some 500 works to his credit. He won several international prizes for his
works. The Stabat Mater was composed in 1988 in a version with piano. A second version,
with the piano replaced by a string orchestra, was completed in 1989.
| Date | 1988 |
| Performers | Soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed choir and strings |
| Length | 36.31 minutes |
| Particulars | Each stanza is treated as a separate musical entity, so the work contains 20 sections. It is predominantly a choral work, the soloists coming in only for brief interventions. |
| Textual variations | The exact version of the "Vatican"-text is used, though in stanza 18 the tenor comes in with the extra sentence "Inflammatus et accensus" from the "Analecta"-version. |
| Date | 1989 |
| Performers | Violin and chamber orchestra |
| Length | 15.33 minutes |
| Particulars | The composer says about this piece: "In 1989 I selected parts of my composition to organize a new version for violin and chamber orchestra. It is a cycle of nine reflections, generally introspecive and with great lyrism. It makes possible an intense dialogue between the violin and the orchestra. In spite of the tragic main theme, it concludes both victorious and jubilating, as a symbol of human redemption through the suffering of Christ" |
| Textual variations | No text is used. |
| CD 1 | Paulus 11332-8: Amaral Vieira - Stabat Mater - Missa pro defunctis |
| About this CD | Two sacred works of this Brazilian composer. Recorded at the Slovak Philharmonic Concert Hall, Bratislava, in December 1995. I bought this CD on the Internet, CDNow, 1997 |
| Orchestra | Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Choir | Slovak Philharmonic Choir |
| Conductor | Marian Vech |
| Soloists | Adriana Kohutkova, soprano Denisa Slepkovska, mezzo-soprano Simon Somorjai, tenor Stanislav Benacka, baritone Vladimir Kubovcik, bass |
| Other works | Amaral Viera: Missa de Profunctis |
| Added | 1997 (VIE 01) |
| CD 2 | Rio Arte Digitale RD 028: Compositores Brasileiros da Atualidade (Contemparory Brazilian Composers) |
| About this CD | The label is supported by the government of Rio de Janeiro in
order to promote modern Brazilian Music. Recorded at the Salão Leopoldo Miguez, Rio de Janeiro, in December 1999. |
| Orchestra | Sinfonietta Rio |
| Conductor | Erich Lehninger |
| Soloists | Erich Lehninger, violin |
| Other works | Ricardo Tacuchian: Sinfonietta par Fátima Dawid Korenchendler: Suite para orquestra de cordas Carlos Cruz: Suite em Três Movimentos Ernani Aguiar: "Instantes!" (de Prados) |
| Added | Unknown (VIE 02) |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl