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 Stabat Mater  Emma Kirkby Daniel Taylor Theatre of Early Music ACD2 2237 |
This is a recording of a relatively rare version: the Stabat Mater that the Cavaleri della Virgine dei Dolori commissioned in 1724 from the most famous opera composer of the day, Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725). Some years later, in 1736, this same order commissioned Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. We remember Alessandro Scarlatti as a fabulous composer of operas, which indeed he was, but this image of him masks a reality that is quite different. Scarlatti made his career, in fact, primarily in the service of Roman cardinals for whom he wrote numerous cantatas, oratorios, and other sacred music.
The flute concerto with which this recording begins is also a late work by Scarlatti. He had been upset by the frivolity of the new composers of his era. At the age of 64 he rediscovered a taste for instrumental music, which happened rarely in his life.
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Stabat Mater pour soprano, alto, deux violons et basse continue 1 | Stabat Mater | soprano, alto 3:79 2 | Cuius animam gementem | soprano 1:50 3 | O quam tristis et afflicta | alto 2:39 4 | Quae moerebat | soprano, alto 2:51 5 | Quis est homo | soprano 2:02 6 | Quis non posset contristari | alto 2:16 7 | Pro peccatis suae gentis | soprano 1:48 8 | Vidit suum dulcem natum | soprano, alto 1:54 9 | Pia Mater | soprano 2:20 10 | Sancta Mater | alto 2:01 11 | Fac ut ardeat | soprano 1:52 12 | Tui nati vulnerati | soprano, alto 2:38 13 | luxta crucem tecum stare | alto 4:45 14 | Virgo virginum | soprano 1:52 15 | Fac ut portem | alto 7:72 16 | Inflammatus et accensus | soprano 7:37 17 | Fac me cruce | soprano 0:53 18 | Quando corpus morietur - Amen | soprano, alto 3:72 Total 41:01 Adrian Butterfield violon | violin Hélène Plouffe violon | violin Susie Napper violoncelle | cello Peter Buckoke contrebasse | double bass [1-9,12,15,17,18] Jeremy Gordon contrebasse | double bass [10,11,13,14,16] Sylvain Bergeron luth | lute Nicholas Kraemer orgue positif | chamber organ Orgue positif, selon la tradition du XVIIIe siecle de Maurice B. Cochrane (415Hz) Chamber organ, built in the 18th Century Tradition by Maurice B. Cochrane (415Hz) Concerto XXI pour flûte, deux violons et basse continue (manuscrit de Naples, 1725) 19 | Andante 4:56 20 | Allegro 1:55 21 | Veloce 0:12 22 | Lento 0:53 23 | Allegro 2:03 Total 9:59 Francis Colpron flûte à bec | recorder Hélène Plouffe violon | violin Olivier Brault violon | violin Susie Napper violoncelle | cello Pierre Cartier contrebasse | double bass Alexander Weimann orgue positif | chamber organ Orgue positif / Chamber organ: Denis Juget |
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