Longstanding partners Sandrine Piau and Christophe Rousset have frequently performed the Stabat Mater, both together and with other musicians. It was therefore a natural step for them to record this supreme masterpiece of sacred music. For this new album, they are joined by a relative newcomer to Les Talens Lyriques, Christopher Lowrey - countertenor. The programme is completed by two totally unknown works by two composers who were nevertheless very famous at the time: Leonardo Leo and Nicola Po