The performance is well-sung and played. The setting of the religious text is dramatic in the same sense as the Verdi Requiem, and the artists are committed to the work.We know the tenor and soprano showpieces from the likes of Pavarotti and Caballe, but the whole work is quite compelling. The sound is very good.

The Rossini Stabat Mater requires four great soloists well-attuned to the bel canto style, a fine chorus and orchestra, and a strong conductor. This performance has all of those ingredients. The soloists are assertive in their solo moments, but work well as a team, really listening and blending well, especially Casoni and Alva as the two inner voices.Gencer is occasionally a bit shrill, but also very exciting, particularly in her "Inflammatus" where she displays just the right type of drama. Casoni is excellent and Alva sings a terrific "Cujus animam" with a beautifully modulated cadenza at the end. Robinson easily copes with the wide range of his role from high baritone to deep bass. The chorus sings very passionately. Rossi leads a fiery, yet moving performance, giving his soloists the penultimate "Quando corpus", a movement sometimes assigned to the chorus. By the way, this is from Munich (Monaco is the Italian form of that great city). The sound, though transferred at a rather low level, is excellent.Highly recommended to all Rossinians and those who enjoy operatic liturgical music.

Decent performance of a lovely work.

Lovely performance with good sound

A nice performance