Stabat Mater a 8 (Palestrina)
Perhaps one of the more difficult settings of the "Stabat Mater" to sing, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's (1525 - 1594) setting for double choir has to rank as one of the most beautiful. Written c. 1590 for the Pope Gregory XIV, it was a reserved piece of the Sistine Chapel, where it would have featured during the Pope's Holy Week litugies. ...