#OTD marks the anniversaries of the death (in 1736) of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and the birth (in 1928) of the great German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig.

So here is Ludwig singing Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, with the soprano Evelyn Lear. The conductor if Lorin Maazel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqTErTnPAQ

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