{"product_id":"helmuth-rilling_stabat-mater_2015","title":"Stabat mater","description":"A fervent Catholic, Dvorak, who was an organist by profession before becoming a celebrated composer, wrote little sacred music (including a Requiem and a Te Deum), but he gave birth to profound and ambitious works. Such is this Stabat Mater, which was written in 1877 following a family tragedy: the successive loss of his three children. A work that is as much a grand fresco as a personal diary. In it, Dvorak introduces a great diversity of feelings (tributes to his Catholic faith, to his country, to his family), solo interventions modeled on Brahms’s Requiem, and a variety of forms: chorales, fugue, pastoral, following the oratorio pattern. Each movement is linked by melodic motifs and the same harmonic foundation, and the work unfolds in an arch shape, following a highly planned evolution in a long crescendo. Helmut Rilling is not an imperious or brutal conductor. He imposes a supple beat that is never metronomic. His conducting is fluid and thoughtful. Helped by excellent singers who blend perfectly into the orchestral flow and by a choir he controls with exemplary assurance, he enhances the humble and generous character of the work while respecting the cohesion of the ten movements to make it above all a universal message of faith. (Jérôme Angouillant)","brand":"Helmuth Rilling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58794678518104,"sku":null,"price":23008425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/4010276025818.jpg?v=1792017413","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/helmuth-rilling_stabat-mater_2015","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}