Scarlatti & Dvorak - Stabat Mater | Alpha ALPHA1054

Scarlatti & Dvorak - Stabat Mater

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA1054

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 8th March 2024

Contents

Artists

Amelie Raison (soprano)
Aline Quentin (alto)
Edouard Monjanel (tenor)
Florent Martin (bass)
La Tempete

Conductor

Simon-Pierre Bestion

Works

Dvorak, Antonin

Stabat Mater, op.58 (arr. Simon-Pierre Bestion)

Scarlatti, Domenico

Stabat mater (arr. Simon-Pierre Bestion)

Artists

Amelie Raison (soprano)
Aline Quentin (alto)
Edouard Monjanel (tenor)
Florent Martin (bass)
La Tempete

Conductor

Simon-Pierre Bestion

About

Simon-Pierre Bestion has chosen to mirror two Stabat Mater settings that are more than 150 years apart: "in these two works I can feel the same tonal language, the same expression of sorrow," says the founder of La Tempête... "I have decided to ‘augment’ Scarlatti’s orchestration and ‘diminish’ Dvořák’s, so they can meet on even ground. To the Scarlatti I have added string parts sometimes doubling the vocal lines, colla parte, as was often done at the period: this not only allows the sound to be amplified, but adds an extra timbre to the voice. For the Dvořák, I have transcribed the original piano part into its minimum orchestral dimension, that is, for strings. This creates a common sound world between the two works – I would even say they have the same kind of lyricism in common, with just the timbres of the piano, organ and theorbo standing out."

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