The Baroque composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) was a leading figure in the rise of Italian comic opera. The crown of his achievement, according to the 19th century, however, was his Stabat Mater, composed “in a devotional frenzy on his

Watch Mater Dolorosa: Les Talens Lyriques at the Festival D’Ambronay The text of the Roman Catholic hymn Stabat Mater dolorosa (The grieving Mother stood), which originated in the 13th century and is variously attributed to Pope Innocent III, St. Bonaventure,

Verbum I: Pater, dimitte illis: non enim sciunt quid faciunt (Luc 23, 34) SOPHIE KARTHÄUSER CHRISTOPHE DUMAUX JULIEN BEHR KONSTANTIN WOLFF Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin RENÉ JACOBS From GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI – Septem verba a Christo (2013) Released by

Stabat Mater: Quis est homo, qui non fleret Anna Prohaska, soprano Bernarda Fink, contralto Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Early music ensemble From Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (2010) Released by Harmonia Mundi Pergolesi: Quis est homo, qui non fleret Stabat Mater