Mayr: Stabat mater in F Minor, Eja mater in F Major & Ave maris stella in G Major

Featuring

Franz Hauk
Jaewon Yun
Theresa Holzhauser
Robert Sellier
Jens Hamann
Theona Gubba-Chkheidze

Andrea Lauren Brown
Markus Schäfer
Virgil Mischok
Concerto de Bassus
Simon Mayr Chor
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
I Virtuosi Italiani
Johann Simon Mayr

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Composition History

Mayr's Stabat mater in F minor exists in two main versions, with the composer adding parts over time to allow for larger forces or different instrumental combinations.

Performer Biography

Franz Hauk, the conductor, founded the Simon Mayr Chorus in 2003 and teaches in the historical performance and church music department at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich.

Recording & Production

This album features world premiere recordings of Johann Simon Mayr's Stabat mater in F minor, Eja mater in F major, and Ave maris stella in G major.

Critical Reception

Girolamo Calvi, Mayr's first biographer, praised the Stabat mater in F minor for its 'vivid expression and its marvellous effect' and described the 'Pro peccatis' as being 'of a heavenly beauty'.

Compositional Technique

In his Stabat mater in F minor, Mayr quotes from two Masses by Joseph Haydn, the Missa in tempore belli ('Nelson Mass') and the Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida ('Heiligmesse'), and was inspired by Haydn's solo timpani writing.

Composer Biography

Johann Simon Mayr, the composer, kept a well-stocked music library in Bergamo, Italy, which included various Stabat mater settings by other composers.