Knut Nystedt
About the composer
Knut Nystedt was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1915. He studied composition with Aaron Copland and was organist in Oslo from 1946 to 1982 and professor of choral conducting at the university of Oslo from 1965 to 1985. Nystedt is regarded as one of the most influential composers in Norway and has received many honours, national and international. He strove to incorporate new vocal techniques, but also to make his works accessible for choirs of a modest standard.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1986 |
| Performers: | Mixed choir and solo cello |
| Length: | 15.48 minutes |
| Particulars: | The music is easy to listen to and gets a special flavour by the use of a solo cello as accompagniment. |
| Textual variations: | The "Analecta" version of the text is used, with following changes: |
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CD information
| CD : | ASV CD DCA 1054: Knut Nystedt, Sacred Choral Works |
| About this CD: | Dedicated to the vocal works of Nystedt. Recorded at the Uranienborg Church, Oslo, in the years 1996/98. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 1999. |
| Choir: | Schola Cantorum |
| Conductor: | Kåre Hanken |
| Soloists: | Aage Kvalbein, cello |
| Other works: | If you receive my words |
| Code: | 1999 NYS-01 |
| CD 2: | Stabat Mater 2010 |
| About this CD: | Live recording of the performance at the St. Petrus Church in Oirschot, the Netherlands, in March 2010, published by the Dutch Stabat Mater Foundation. |
| Orchestra: | Brabant Orkest |
| Choir: | Brabant Koor |
| Conductor: | Louis Buskens |
| Soloists: | Paul Uyterlinde, cello |
| Other works: | Herbert Howells - Stabat Mater |
| Code: | HOW-04 |
