Szymanowski Stabat Mater und Durufle Requiem

Two twentieth-century settings of grief and consolationDeutscher Chor London, conducted by Barbara Hofling, brings together two of the most luminous choral works of the last century: Maurice Durufle's Requiem and Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater, with Francois Cloete at the organ.Durufle completed his Requiem in 1947, weaving the ancient Gregorian chants of the Mass for the Dead into rich, shimmering French harmony.Szymanowski's Stabat Mater, written in the mid-1920s, sets the medieval hymn of Mary standing at the foot of the cross drawing on the folk music of his homeland and the austerity of early church music.With soloists Claire Pendleton (soprano), Caroline Carragher (alto) and Ben Watkins (bass).