The moving text of the “Stabat Mater” has been an inspiration to many composers from the Renaissance onwards. Luigi Boccherini, a virtuoso cellist and master of chamber music, composed this religious work with profound respect for the text and its identity.

The quintet Ensemble Aurora that accompanies the solo soprano possesses all the qualities of balance and homogeneity common to the best chamber music works at the end of the Classical period – with an astonishing blend between voice and instruments.

Featuring internationally renowned soprano and baroque music specialist Gemma Bertagnolli, this DVD is the first part of a series of sacred music from Italian Basilicas.

Ensemble  Aurora (playing on period instruments):
- Enrico Gatti (violin)
- Rossella Croce (violin)
- Sebastiano Airoldi (viola)
- Gaetano Nasillo (cello)
- Luca Peverini (cello)

Recorded in the Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto, April 7, 2011 and in the Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence, April 9, 2011

Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9
Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Region code: 0
Running time: 49 mins
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