DESCRIPTION:
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, dir.
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) : Stabat Mater, sequenza in fa minore per contralto, archi e basso continuo RV 621

Stabat Mater dolorosa, largo :

Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa,
Dum pendebat Filius

At the Cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother, weeping,
Close to Jesus at the last.

Elle se tenait, la Mère douloureuse,
au pied de la croix, toute en pleurs,
tandis que pendait son fils.