Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)

René Jacobs presents Joseph Haydn’s Stabat Mater, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Singakademie and an excellent quartet of vocal soloists (Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim and Christian Immler). With this recording, Jacobs finally returns to a composer that is very dear to him, and offers a first vocal album on Pentatone after acclaimed interpretations of Schubert’s complete symphonies. Setting a text that depicts the most tragic event of Christ’s life, Haydn manages to find a balance between dramatic pathos and expression and a more composed, distanced portrayal, fitting his Classical aesthetic orientation. Initially composed in 1767, this recording employs a 1803 edition with enlarged wind orchestration created with the help of Haydn’s apprentice Sigismund Neukomm, which makes the work even more dramatic and colourful. Jacobs and his players and singers display a great sense of style and drama in this remarkable rendition.
Tracklist
01. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: I. Stabat mater dolorosa
02. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: II. O quam tristis et afflictia
03. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: III. Quis est homo qui non fleret
04. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: IV. Quis non posset contristari
05. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: V. Pro peccatis suae gentis
06. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: VI. Vidit suum dulcem natum
07. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: VII. Eja mater, fons amoris
08. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: VIII. Sancta Mater, istud agas
09. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: IX. Fac me vere tecum flere
10. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: X. Virgo virginum praeclara
11. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: XI. Flammis orcis ne succendar
12. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: XII. Fac me cruce custodiri
13. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: XIII. Quando corpus morietur
14. Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1: XIV. Paradisi gloria