Poulenc: Gloria & Stabat Mater

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We are immediately struck, at the start of the Gloria, by the radiantly warm but clean orchestral sonority: only later does an uneasy suspicion arise that, apparently seduced by the sound, the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CHAN9341
Label: Chandos
Length: 55 minutes

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Poulenc: Gloria

Work length23:24

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic, Janice Watson, BBC Singers

I. Gloria

Track length2:46

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II. Laudamus te

Track length2:57

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III. Domine Deus

Track length4:17

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IV. Domine Fili unigenite

Track length1:26

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V. Domine Deus, agnus Dei

Track length6:04

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VI. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris

Track length5:54

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Poulenc: Stabat mater

Work length32:22

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic, Janice Watson, BBC Singers

I. Stabat Mater dolorosa

Track length4:17

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II. Cujus animam gementem

Track length1:05

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III. O quam tristis

Track length3:04

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IV. Quae moerebat

Track length1:24

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V. Quis est homo

Track length1:25

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VI. Vidit suum

Track length3:29

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VII. Eja Mater

Track length1:08

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VIII. Fac ut ardeat

Track length2:33

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IX. Sancta Mater

Track length3:17

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X. Fac ut portem

Track length4:02

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XI. Inflammatus et accensus

Track length2:09

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XII. Quando corpus

Track length4:29

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2010

We are immediately struck, at the start of the Gloria, by the radiantly warm but clean orchestral sonority: only later does an uneasy suspicion arise that, apparently seduced by the sound, the recording engineers may be favouring it at the expense of the chorus, especially at orchestral fortes. But it's committed and thoroughly secure choral singing, perhaps most easily appreciated in some of the unaccompanied passages – tender in the almost mystic 'O quam tristis' and firmtoned at 'Fac ut ardeat' (both in the Stabatmater); it gives real attack at 'Quis est homo' (just holding its own against the orchestra); the sopranos can produce a bright, ringing tone; and only the very first line of the Stabat mater, lying low in the basses, needed to be a bit stronger (as in most performances). Janice Watson is a sweet-voiced soloist with very pure intonation; but she could with advantage have strengthened her consonants throughout.
Tortelier gives intensely felt readings of both works – the murmurous ending of the Stabatmater and the thrilling fortissimo chords at 'Quoniam' in the Gloria spring to mind – and fortunately he keeps the vocal 'Domine Deus' entry moving at the same pace as at its introduction.
He takes the Stravinskian 'Laudamus te' fast and lightly; the only questionable speed is of 'Quae moerebat', which sounds too cheerful for the words ('mourning and lamenting'). These are performances of undoubted quality.

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