The new PENTATONE release features the Dresden Philharmonic and Marek Janowski in Antonín Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, with Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Roxana Constantinescu, Christian Elsner, Tareq Nazmi, and the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir.
Inspired by the loss of his children, Dvořák’s moving setting of the medieval text unfolds with quiet, deeply felt intensity. Recorded in connection with a memorial concert commemorating the bombing of Dresden, this interpretation traces a subtle arc from sorrow to consolation and hope.
Album available here.