FRANCIS POULENC
Stabat Mater. Seven Répons des Ténèbres
Carolyn Sampson, Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian National SO and Chamber choir, Daniel Reuss
1h12
1 CD
HMC902149
Apple Music
Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, which he described as a ‘requiem without despair’, was written in 1950 following the death of Christian Bérard, a leading figure of 1940s Paris who designed the sets for Cocteau’s films and plays. This masterly work, dedicated to the Virgin of Rocamadour, gives pride of place to the chorus and clearly shows its line of descent from the French grands motets of the age of Louis XIV. On completing it, Poulenc wrote to Pierre Bernac: ‘It’s good, because it’s completely authentic.’
FRANCIS POULENC [1899-1963] Sept Répons des Ténèbres · I. Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum (3'44) · II. Judas mercator pessimus (2'42) · III. Jesum tradidit impius (4'27) · IV. Caligaverunt oculi mei (3'01) · V. Tenebrae factae sunt (4'10) · VI. Sepulto Domino (3'11) · VII. Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5'54) Stabat Mater · I. Stabat mater dolorosa (4'50) · II. Cujus animam gementem (1'11) · III. O quam tristis et afflicta (2'54) · IV. Quae moerebat et dolebat (1'27) · V. Quis est homo, qui non fleret (1'33) · VI. Vidit suum dulcem natum (4'15) · VII. Eja mater, fons amoris (1'26) · VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (2'32) · IX. Sancta mater, istud agas (3'35) · X. Fac ut portem Christi mortem (4'11) · XI. Inflammatus et accensus (2'07) · XII. Quando corpus morietur (4'46)
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