Pergolesi's Stabat Mater became a hit across Europe shortly after his death, with even Johann Sebastian Bach creating his own version of it.
The 'Cum dederit' movement from Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus became a hit after being used in the James Bond film Spectre.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi completed his Stabat Mater just before he died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-six.
The singer Michael Chance believed Vivaldi's music should sparkle like the windows of the pallazi and canals of Venice, where the composer lived.
The cover painting for this album is 'Erwartung' by Rosa Schweninger, an artist who lived from 1848 to 1918.
This album was recorded in the Schellingwouderkerk, Amsterdam, in April 2023.
