As of September 27, 2002, the seventeenth best-selling classical CD
at cdnow.com
is the recording by the London Sinfonia and the Westminster Singers conducted
by Richard Hickox of Poulenc’s Gloria, Stabat Mater, and Litanies à la
Vierge Noire.
An excellent recording of Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, and
of his Gloria as well, features Kathleen Battle, the Tanglewood Festival
Chorus, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Available
from amazon.com
Robert Shaw conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and
Chorus with soloist Christine Goerke in a recording of Poulenc’s Stabat
Mater on the same compact disc as a recording of Karol Szymanowski’s Stabat
Mater. amazon.com