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Robert King

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A masterpiece of sacred choral music, described as the most perfect and most moving, performed by a British early music orchestraPergoesis brilliant masterpiece, *Stabat Mater*, performed by Robert King and the Kings Consort of England. Described as the most perfect and moving of all works ever penned by any musician, soprano Gillian Fisher and countertenor Michael Chance immediately draw the listener into the heart of the work with its opening bars. This monumental album, performed by the Kings Consortone of Europes leading early music ensemblesreceived the following rave review from *Gramophone* magazine: It far surpasses every previous recording of Pergolesis *Stabat Mater*, written on his deathbed, to the point where other recordings seem utterly lackluster by comparison.Universal Music/IMS