Rossini/ Arman/ Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Rossini: Stabat Mater

The Bavarian Radio Chorus is one of the most renowned choirs in the world. It is known for it's exceptional tonal homogeneity and stylistic versatility and won numerous prizes and awards. "Well worth listening to the Bavarian Radio Chorus is in a class all it's own, combining weightlessness with color," writes the press, and the choir demonstrates this in this excellent re-recording with the Munich Radio Orchestra of Giachino Rossini's highly popular Stabat Mater. The vocalists for this touching work are Rosa Feola, Gerhild Romberger, Dmitry Korchak and Mika Kares. Premiered in Paris in 1842, Stabat Mater became a sensational success, surprising listeners in particular with it's tremendous musical diversity - from operatic and a cappella elements to bel canto style and contrapuntal writing.