Scarlatti: Stabat Mater & Campra: Campra: Messe des Morts (Requiem)

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Release Date: 24th Jan 2020
Catalogue No: 9029532060
Label: Erato
Length: 99 minutes

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Scarlatti, D: Scarlatti, D: Stabat Mater

Work length26:15

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Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Cavalli: Salve Regina

Work length8:26

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Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Gesualdo: Sacrarum cantionum liber primus a 5: No. 3, Ave dulcissima Maria

Work length6:46

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Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Clemens: O Maria, vernans rosa

Work length5:47

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Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Campra: Messe de Requiem

Work length52:20

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Jean-Claude Orliac (tenor), Stephen Harris (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass), Wynford Evans (tenor), Judith Nelson (soprano), Dinah Harris (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

I. Introït

Track length7:52

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II. Kyrie

Track length6:22

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III. Graduel

Track length6:57

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IV. Offertoire

Track length11:19

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V. Sanctus

Track length4:02

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VI. Agnus Dei

Track length7:05

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VII. Post-communion

Track length8:43

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While an undergraduate at Cambridge, John Eliot Gardiner launched his career as a conductor with a performance of Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi, in 1964, which led to the foundation of the Monteverdi Choir. In 1968 he founded the Monteverdi Orchestra. Having changed from modern instruments to period instruments in 1977, the orchestra changed its name to the English Baroque Soloists in 1978. Gardiner is one of the leading conductors of the historically informed movement.

These works by Scarlatti, Cavali, Gesualdo and Clément form a posy in honour of the Virgin, a reflection and echo of the abundant wealth of Western polyphony. The pieces recorded here share an undoubted Roman Catholic identity. They are, as it were, witnesses, each in its own way, of the ever-renewed adventure of discovery of choral singing, and they illustrate the idea of a Marian liturgy that is both a source of beauty and emotion and a spiritual guide to the faithful.

Campra, born in Aix-en-Provence, wrote: “I have attempted to mingle as much as possible the delicacy of French music with the liveliness of Italian music.” This aim can be seen as the guiding principle governing his entire musical output, whether religious or secular. His Requiem, which was probably written in the last decade of the 17th century, and whose mystical power is undeniable, is no exception. It probably represents one of the most beautiful and successful combinations of French and Italian styles.

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater & Campra: Campra: Messe des Morts (Requiem)

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