Jakub Józef Orliński - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater (2022)

Vivaldi's iconic masterpiece - Stabat Mater recording by countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński
"Vivaldi's Stabat Mater is an absolutely iconic masterpiece that I dreamed of performing together with orchestra someday, even as a freshman in college," Jakub Józef Orliński reveals. The world-famous Polish countertenor has now turned this wish into reality with his new album. And he went one step further: the audio recording of the work is complemented by a visually stunning, nearly twenty-minute music video as an unconventional visual approach to Antonio Vivaldi's famous sacred composition.
Virtuoso arias lend Vivaldi's Stabat Mater operatic features. The underlying text visualizes Mary's grief at the cross of Jesus and relates it to the (co-)suffering of the individual. The Venetian composer rigorously shortened the verses, which have been set to music many times, and alternates in his musical performance between meditative, observant description and stirringly direct sympathy. And so the poignant work is one of Vivaldi's most frequently performed sacred works, especially, of course, at Passion time.
At Lockdown in Poland, the moment had come for Jakub Józef Orliński to depict this showpiece for countertenors, in - as he emphasizes - "my interpretation, and to share what I see and feel in Vivaldi's music and the given text." For the instrumental part, he enlisted the Capella Cracoviensis under Jan Tomasz Adamus, while the award-winning production company Dobro Films worked with the singer to realize a dreamlike visualization of the work.

TRACKLIST

1. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa
2. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: II. Cujus animam gementem
3. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: III. O quam tristis et afflicta
4. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: IV. Quis est homo
5. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: V. Quis non posset contristari
6. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: VI. Pro peccattis suae gentis
7. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: VII. Eia Mater, fons amoris
8. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
9. Jakub Józef Orliński - Stabat Mater, RV 621: IX. Amen