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Lotti

15-07-2015

Antonio Lotti

About the composer

Antonio Lotti was probably born in Venice, Italy, in 1667. His place of birth is not completely clear, however. His father was director of the chapel in Hanover, Germany, so it is possible that he was born there. He studied with Giovanni Legrenzi in Venice and composed his first opera in 1683. In 1692 he was appointed second organist of the San Marco cathedral, and in 1704 became first organist. In 1736 he was appointed maestro di capella of the San Marco, a post he held until his death in 1740. He composed many operas, and was invited to come to Dresden, where he stayed some years, to compose an opera for the crown prince of Saxony. Antonio Lotti was a composer who combined the idioms of the late Baroque with early Classicism. He composed numerous masses, hymns, psalms and oratoria. He is especially famous for his four-voice “Miserere” that was yearly performed in the San Marco for almost a century.

About the Stabat Mater

Date: ca. 1720
Performers:

Mixed choir and organ

Length: 4.07 minutes
Particulars:

This choral work, sung in Italian, is probably a hymn, based on the Stabat Mater poem.

Textual variations:

The text is clearly based on the Stabat Mater, though not a direct translation. With help of my friend Klaas de Jong I made following translation. One can recognize the stanzas 1, 2, 9 and (maybe) 10:

Stave Maria dolente senza respiro e voce mentre pendeva in croce del mondo Il Redentor.
Maria stood sorrowful, breathless and voiceless while the Saviour of the world hang on the cross

E nel fatale instante crudo e materno affetto le trafiggeva il petto, le lacerava il cor.
And in this unholy moment motherly love pierced her breast cruelly, tore up her heart.

O dolce Madre, o pura fonte di santo amore, parte del tuo dolore fa'che mi scenda in cor.
Oh sweet Mother, oh pure source of holy love, leave your sorrow, let it descend into my heart.

Fa'che'ogni ardor profano sdegnosamente prezzi, che a sospirar m'avezzi sol di celeste ardor.
Let me detest with indignation all worldly desire, that I get used only to desire fervently for heavenly ardour.

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CD information

CD : San Paolo MCD 158 – Maria, nostra speranza
About this CD:

Not the real CD, but a copy. It contains a collection of Marian hyms. It was recorded at the Chiesa Parrocchiale di S.Maria Nascente, in Bonemerse, Cremona, in 2004. I received the CD as a present from my friend Franco Nava from Rho, Italy.

Choir: Coro "Santa Veronica" della parrocchia di S.Maria Nascente, in Bonemerse
Conductor: Ilaria Geroldi
Soloists:

Marco Ruggeri, organ

Other works:

A.Castelli: Nome dolcissimo
L.Guida: Dell'aurora tu sorgi piu bella
R.Casimiri: Lieta armonia
L.Perosi: Mille volte benedetta
PR.Rosso: Quanto sei bella, o madre mia
and another 12 traditional hymns.

Code: 2004 (LOT 01)

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