The Deposition (detail) Photo: Rogier van der Weyden [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Brian Kay looks at the various ways composers have approached writing music for the text of the Stabat Mater.
Music Details:
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater Dolorosa Hyperion CDA 66294
HAYDN Eja Mater/ Flammis Orci Divine Art DDA 21212
DVORAK Tui Nati Vulnerati Chandos CHAN 8986
PALESTRINA Stabat Mater CSCD 508
POULENC Infammatus Et Accentus/ Quando Corpus DG 427 304
JENKINS Lament EMI DDD 5 00283
VERDI Stabat Mater (Four Sacred Pieces) Telarc CD 80254
