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The notes to this release by the innovative French ensemble Le Poème Harmonique and its director Vincent Dumestre explain a good deal about its philosophy and genesis. But what they don't explain is why the recording, made in 2000, took until late 2015 to be released. Possibly it was just the sheer novelty of the thing: the title Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Marian Music from Naples fails to communicate what's going on here and how unusual it is. Briefly, Dumestre and his musicians investigate the links between Pergolesi's style and the popular music that surrounded it in Naples. This is not in itself a completely new idea, but the situation in Naples was especially interesting in at least two respects. The traditions investigated here continue to the present day, for one thing, in the performance of the Stabat Mater melody in improvised polyphony heard in village processions in some parts of modern Italy. For another, these traditions were sometimes notated, and you get a sample of what they sounded like in the anonymous Stabat Mater à 3 (track 3). As prelude to the main attraction the Stabat Mater is here inflected through chant, a tarantella, and the rudimentary polyphony of the Monopoli Manuscript piece mentioned above; there is also a concerto by Durante that is less directly related to the Pergolesi work. All of these leave their mark on the Pergolesi Stabat Mater itself. It has a quiet organ-and-theorbo continuo (no harpsichord) that allows intense contrasts to emerge in the voices and main instruments. Thankfully, and contrary to current fashion, there is a choir of children, which was manifestly the way the work was sung at Versailles in its own time. Most striking are the solo voices, vibrato free and almost raw. Beautifully recorded by Alpha, this is a unique perspective on one of the most famous Baroque works.
© TiVo
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Stabat Mater (Anonyme)
Patrizia Bovi, Soprano - Pino de Vittorio, Tenor - Anonymous, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Tarantella (Anonyme)
Patrizia Bovi, Soprano - Pino de Vittorio, Tenor - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Stabat Mater a 3 (Anonyme)
Patrizia Bovi, Soprano - Pino de Vittorio, Tenor - Bernard Arietta, Bass - Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles - Olivier Schneebeli, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Concerto No. 4 in E Minor (Francesco Durante)
Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Francesco Durante, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Francesco Durante, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Francesco Durante, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Francesco Durante, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Ostuni Manuscript (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)
Patrizia Bovi, Soprano - Pino de Vittorio, Tenor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Stabat mater, P. 77 (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)
Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (Olivier Schneebeli, Conductor) - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Arno Meier, Treble (Boy soprano) - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (Olivier Schneebeli, Conductor) - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Florent Maigrot, Treble (Boy Soprano) - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Marie Planinsek, Soprano - Damien Guillon, Countertenor - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Florent Maigrot, Treble (Boy Soprano) - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Bruno Le Levreur, Boy Alto - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (Olivier Schneebeli, Conductor) - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Florent Maigrot, Treble (Boy Soprano) - Bruno Le Levreur, Boy Alto - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Damien Guillon, Countertenor - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Marie Planinsek, Soprano - Damien Guillon, Countertenor - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (Olivier Schneebeli, Conductor) - Le Poème Harmonique - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
Album review
The notes to this release by the innovative French ensemble Le Poème Harmonique and its director Vincent Dumestre explain a good deal about its philosophy and genesis. But what they don't explain is why the recording, made in 2000, took until late 2015 to be released. Possibly it was just the sheer novelty of the thing: the title Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Marian Music from Naples fails to communicate what's going on here and how unusual it is. Briefly, Dumestre and his musicians investigate the links between Pergolesi's style and the popular music that surrounded it in Naples. This is not in itself a completely new idea, but the situation in Naples was especially interesting in at least two respects. The traditions investigated here continue to the present day, for one thing, in the performance of the Stabat Mater melody in improvised polyphony heard in village processions in some parts of modern Italy. For another, these traditions were sometimes notated, and you get a sample of what they sounded like in the anonymous Stabat Mater à 3 (track 3). As prelude to the main attraction the Stabat Mater is here inflected through chant, a tarantella, and the rudimentary polyphony of the Monopoli Manuscript piece mentioned above; there is also a concerto by Durante that is less directly related to the Pergolesi work. All of these leave their mark on the Pergolesi Stabat Mater itself. It has a quiet organ-and-theorbo continuo (no harpsichord) that allows intense contrasts to emerge in the voices and main instruments. Thankfully, and contrary to current fashion, there is a choir of children, which was manifestly the way the work was sung at Versailles in its own time. Most striking are the solo voices, vibrato free and almost raw. Beautifully recorded by Alpha, this is a unique perspective on one of the most famous Baroque works.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Le Poème Harmonique Vincent Dumestre Olivier Schneebeli Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
- Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical Sacred Vocal Music
- Collection: Alpha Collection
2015 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2000 Alpha
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