Scarlatti: Stabat Mater & Mottetti [CD]
Thibault Noally and his ensemble here reaffirm their love for and expertise in Alessandro Scarlatti's music as they celebrate his anniversary year with his famous and yet mysterious Stabat mater, a work that displays Scarlatti's more intimate side.In Noally's own words, "this is an extreme example of his stylistic eclecticism. The piece juxtaposes duets in passionate counterpoint with arias in the Neapolitan style, echoes of what he heard around him, as if they formed part of a mosaic. There is no synthesis between the different musical languages; what is most mysterious is that the motets are the musical illustration of a text or an emotion, whilst the Stabat mater requires a completely different approach. The music is no longer directly related to the text. It's as if it had become a world in itself."Noally also presents two Mottetti sacri and a Sonata a quattro, all in the da chiesa style. His collaborators here are soprano Emmanuelle de Negri, a long-time colleague, and Paul Figuier, a highly promising countertenor.
Tracklist:
- Jam Sole Clarior (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~I. Jam Sole Clarior
- Jam Sole Clarior (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~II. Hic Magnus Ille Nicolaus
- Jam Sole Clarior (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~III. Inter Undas Fluctuantes
- Jam Sole Clarior (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~IV. Novus Iste Defensor Veritatis
- Jam Sole Clarior (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~V. Et Forti Animo
- Infirmata, Vulnerata (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~I. Infirmata, Vulnerata
- Infirmata, Vulnerata (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~II. O Care, O Dulcis Amor!
- Infirmata, Vulnerata (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~III. Vulnera, Percute
- Infirmata, Vulnerata (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~IV. Cur, Quæso, Crudelis
- Infirmata, Vulnerata (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~V. Vicisti Amor, et cor Meum Cessit Amori
- Infirmata, Vulnerata (Mottetti Sacri ad Una, Due, Trè, e Quattro Voci con Violini)~VI. Semper Gratus
- Sonata a Quattro No. 1 in F Minor
- Stabat Mater~I. Stabat Mater Dolorosa
- Stabat Mater~II. Cujus Animam Gementem
- Stabat Mater~III. O Quam Tristis et Afflicta
- Stabat Mater~IV. Quæ Morebat et Dolebat
- Stabat Mater~V. Qui Est Homo Qui non Fleret
- Stabat Mater~VI. Quis non Posset Contristari
- Stabat Mater~VII. Pro Peccatis Suæ Gentis
- Stabat Mater~VIII. Vidit Suum Dulcem Natum
- Stabat Mater~IX. Pia Mater, Fons Amoris
- Stabat Mater~X. Sancta Mater, Istud Agas
- Stabat Mater~XI. Fac ut Ardeat cor Meum
- Stabat Mater~XII. Tui Nati Vulnerati
- Stabat Mater~XIII. Fac Me Vere Tecum Flere
- Stabat Mater~XIV. Virgo Virginum Præclara
- Stabat Mater~XV. Fac ut Portem Christi Mortem
- Stabat Mater~XVI. Inflammatus et Accensus
- Stabat Mater~XVII. Fac Me Cruce Custodiri
- Stabat Mater~XVIII. Quando Corpus Morietur
UPC: 3701624511794
Label: Alpha
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: CD
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