Best Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) is a 1736 Italian sacred work for soprano, alto, and strings, one of the most reprinted pieces of the 18th century and composed in the final weeks of his life.

Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater, Op. 53, is a sacred work composed in 1925 and 1926 for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra. Rather than using the customary Latin text, Szymanowski set a Polish translation of the medieval poem describing Mary's grief at the Crucifixion. The six-mov...

Stabat Mater is a sacred composition written by Arvo Pärt in 1985 for soprano, countertenor, tenor, violin, viola, and cello. It sets the medieval Latin poem describing Mary's suffering at the Crucifixion of Jesus. The music uses Pärt's tintinnabuli technique, pairing stepwise melodic lines with voi...

James MacMillan's Stabat Mater is a large-scale sacred work completed in 2016, setting the medieval Latin poem about Mary grieving at the crucifixion of Jesus. Written for mixed chorus and string orchestra, it was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for The Sixteen and its conductor Harry Christo...

Francis Poulenc's Stabat Mater is a sacred work composed in 1950 for soprano soloist, mixed chorus, and orchestra. Poulenc wrote it in response to the death of his friend, the painter and designer Christian Bérard, who died in 1949, choosing the medieval Latin meditation on Mary's grief at the cruci...

Antonio Vivaldi's Stabat Mater, RV 621 (c. 1712), is a setting of the medieval hymn on the Virgin's grief at the crucifixion for contralto soloist and strings, notable for its sustained emotional intensity.

Karl Jenkins's Stabat Mater is a large-scale sacred choral work composed in 2008. It sets the medieval Stabat Mater text alongside passages in Aramaic and combines Western choral and orchestral writing with musical colors associated with the Middle East. The scoring includes chorus, solo voices, orc...