▄▄█▀▀▀█▄▄ ▄▄█▀▀▀█▄█▀·▄▄█▄▄ ▀▀█ ▄█▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄ █▌▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▀███████▐▀█ ▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀▌▄█▄▄▄▄▌▀▀█ █ ▌█▓████▌·▌███▓███ █ .R.a.R.e. █▐▄▄▄▄████▀▌██████▐▀█ ▀█▌█▓████▌▓ ▌████▓█▐▀▀█▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀▀▀■▌██▓███▌ ▓▌███▓██▐█ █▌█▓████▐▓·▐████▓█▐█▄▄▄ ▀▀▀█▄ ▄▄▄▄█▀ ▄▄█▄▄▐▀▀▓███▐▓▓▌███▓▓█ █ █▌█▓████▐▓▌████▓██▐███████▄▄▐▀▐▄▄▄▄▄▀████▓██▐▀███▐▓·▐████▓█▐█ █·█▓████▌▓▐██████▌▄██▀▌███████▌▓███▌·▌████▓██▌███▐▓▐███████▐█ █·█▓████■▄▀▀█▀▌▀▌▄███▓ ▌████▓█▌▓███▌▓·▌███▓██▌███·▐███▓███▌▄█ █▐█▓███████▄▄▄▄▐■███▌·▓ ████▓█ ▓███▌▓▓▐███▓██▐███■▀▀▀▀▀▀ · █▄ █▐██████▌▀██████▄▌▄▄▄▄▄■████▓█▐▓███ ▓▌███████▐███▌▓ ▐█████▄ █ █·█▓████▐▌████▓██▄▌███▌ ████▓█▐████▐▓▐██▓███▌▄███▐▓▐█████▓█▐█ █▐█▓████ ▓▌████▓██▌██▌ ▐██████▐▓███■▄▀▀█▌▀▀▌■▓████▐▄████▓██▐█ █▀▐█▓████▐▓▐█████▓█▐█▌·▓ ███▓██▐▓██████▄▄▄▄▐▌▌▀▀███████▓███▀·█ █▐▀▀██▀▀▀▀▐██████▓█▐█▐▓▓▐███▓██▐████▐▀████▓█▄▐▄■▄▄▌▀▀▀█▀▀▌▄▄█▀ ▀▀█·▀·▄▀▀█▄·▀██▓██▀▐█▐▓·▐███▓██▐▀███·▓█████▓█▄▌█ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄█▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀·──▀█▄▄▄▄·▄▄███▐▄████▀▀▀▀▐███▐▓▐█████▓█▐█───────┐ nmls │▓▓▓▓▒▒░ █▄▌▀▀▀▀█▀▌▄▄▄▌▐█▓████▐ ▓█████▓█▐█ ░▒▓▓▓▓│ └─────────·▀▀▀▀█▄▄▄█▀─█▌▀▀██▀▀▀▀▐████▓▓██▐█ ──────┘ ▀▀█ ▀▌▄█▀█▄·▀█████▀·█ ·▀▀▀▀▀· ▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀ Antonin Dvorßk - Stabat Mater (Rafael Kubelik) · ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·- · Release Info: █ Artist: Antonin Dvorak ░ Title: Stabat Mater (Rafael Kubelik) █ Release Date: May/20/2006 ▓ Source: CDDA ▒ Encoder: LAME MP3 ▓ Quality: VBR // 44.1kHz ░ Number of tracks: 20 ▒ Size: 174,6 MB ▒ Label: Polydor ▓ Genre: Classical █ Playtime: 127:25 min · ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· · Release Notes/Reviews: Stabat Maters (the story of Christ's Mother) date to the 15th and 16th centuries. Dvorak, a Czech national, uses Latin text to reiterate the anguish and suffering of the Mother of Christ at the foot of the cross, hoping to revive interest in Mary in Europe, Russia and the Americas in the 19th century. In doing so, Dvorak writes not a symphony, but a series of ten cantatas. They are performed here by the Bavarian Radio Chorus under the direction of Josef Schmidhuber. The Dvorak Stabat Mater was completed in 1877, but not performed until 1880 and then in 1882. Why it is not so performed now confounds me. In typical format, the Stabat begins with the crucifixion, then the piercing, then the suffering, then the dying - it ends with the promise of ascension. The Mother recalls the joy at Christ's birth and the fate she knew he was destined. The chorus sings that the Virgin is in a state of prayer. Finally, it is accepted that Christ has died but he will continue to inspire us and ascend in very short time. The tenth and last cantata explains that the body has died and ends with a rousing, quite magnificent, partly fugal "Amen" to the spirit. This image of Mary and Christ is not that of the classical, serene, monochromatic Michaelangelo Pieta. It is firmly part of the Romantic Eastern Europe (Czech) national movement, written years before Dvorak travelled to America, writing his famous Symphony No. 9 ("Othello"), more popularly known as the "Symphony of the New World" which used American themes such as Negro spirituals. In view of the "Stabat Mater", Op. 59 "Legends" (on the second CD) has become somewhat of an afterthought but it has power and grace and beauty all its own. It is performed by the English Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Rafael Kubelik. The one criticism I have for this Dvorak Stabat is that only seven of the ten cantatas fit on one CD. It is broken where Mary is in prayer and should immediately continue to the realization of the mortal death of Christ. Fortunately, the next two cantatas lead to the promise of ascension and eventual victory over mortal death. They are rousing and they are spiritually uplifting. If you have interest: A further example of Eastern Europe nationalism is "Ma Vlast" ("My Homeland") by Smetena, containing the famous river "Moldau" work, as well as Dvorak's own "Slavonic Dances". · ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-··-·-·-·- · Track Listing: CD1 01. stabat mater - 'stabat mater.. [18:30] 02. stabat mater - 'quis est homo, qui non fleret' [11:18] 03. stabat mater - 'eja, mater, fons amoris' [07:24] 04. stabat mater - 'fac, ut ardeat cor meum' [08:10] 05. stabat mater - 'tui nati vulnerati' [05:14] 06. stabat mater - 'fac me vere tecum flere' [07:39] 07. stabat mater - 'virgo virginum praeclara' [06:34] CD2 01. duo larghetto - 'fac, ut portem christi mortem' [05:31] 02. alto solo. andanta maestoso 'inflammatus et [06:31] accensus' 03. quartetto e coro. andante con moto 'quando [07:31] corpus morietur' 04. legenden - allegretto [03:33] 05. legenden - molto moderato [04:34] 06. legenden - allegro giusto [04:21] 07. legenden - allegro maestoso [06:30] 08. legenden - allegro giusto [04:44] 09. legenden - allegro con moto [05:26] 10. legenden - allegretto grazioso [02:54] 11. legenden - un poco allegretto e grazioso [04:06] 12. legenden - andante con moto [02:44] 13. legenden - andante [04:11] · ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· · Group Notes: You might say there's not much to say, but we always prefer to have one thing cleared up: we are not, and we have never been, in any way, related to the console group of the same name as ours. May as well blame it on us, however we know who's been here first, and we never intended to be changing names just because they haven't done that themselves. Apart from that, cheers, ladies and gentlemen, and enjoy the show! We're here for your pleasure and we hope you LIKE IT. ·-·- ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· . // 2006 // Rare, Rare Jazz and others incl.