Clive Osgood: Stabat Mater – Review by BBC Music Magazine

"From the spine-tingling opening string refrain, you know you’re in for something special." ★★★★★

30th May 2025

Clive Osgood: Stabat Mater – Review by BBC Music Magazine

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Clive Osgood: Stabat Mater – Review by BBC Music Magazine

"From the spine-tingling opening string refrain, you know you’re in for something special." ★★★★★

30th May 2025

Clive Osgood: Stabat Mater

Listen or buy this album:

From the spine-tingling opening string refrain, you know you’re in for something special. Clive Osgood’s 2009 take on Mary’s grief at Christ’s crucifixion is suitably sobering and intense when it needs to be, but there’s a beauty, dynamism and freshness which makes this really very appealing. Gorgeous performances, too.

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From the spine-tingling opening string refrain, you know you’re in for something special. Clive Osgood’s 2009 take on Mary’s grief at Christ’s crucifixion is suitably sobering and intense when it needs to be, but there’s a beauty, dynamism and freshness which makes this really very appealing. Gorgeous performances, too.

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