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.
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. ...