Frank Martin
About the composer
Frank Martin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1890, but moved to the Netherlands in 1946, where he lived in the little town of Naarden until his death in 1974. He became world famous by his Petite Symphonie Concertante for clavichord, harp, piano and strings. He wrote orchestral music as well as vocal works, for instance some cantatas and an oratorio, some ballets and an opera.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1967 |
| Performers: | Soprano, violin and symphony orchestra |
| Length: | 7.46 minutes |
| Particulars: | The composition is part of a "Maria-Triptychon", consisting of Ave Maria, Magnificat and Stabat Mater. It was written expressly for the soprano Irmgard Seefried and her husband the violist Wolfgang Schneiderhahn. The work has an insistent dissonant rhythm and is very intense and deeply lamenting. |
| Textual variations: | The "Vatican"-version is used, but only the first ten stanzas. |
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CD information
| CD 1: | Chandos CHAN 9411: Frank Martin, Maria-Triptychon |
| About this CD: | Contains three compositions by Martin. Recorded at the Blackheath Concert Halls, in September 1994. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 199 |
| Orchestra: | The London Philharmonic |
| Conductor: | Matthias Bamert |
| Soloists: | Lynda Russell, soprano |
| Other works: | Suite from the opera Der Sturm |
| Code: | 1998 MAR-01 |
| CD 2: | Stabat Mater Foundation 2012: Martin (Poulenc, Dohnanyi) |
| About this CD: | The recording of the 14th concert organized by the Dutch Stabat Mater Foundation. Recorded at the Sint Petrus Church, Oirschot, in March 2012. |
| Orchestra: | Brabants Orkest |
| Choir: | Brabant Koor |
| Conductor: | Otto Tausk |
| Soloists: | Ilse Eerens, soprano |
| Other works: | Ernst von Dohnanyi, Stabat Mater |
| Code: | 2015 POU-02 |
