The Marian Consort & Berkley Ensemble - Stabat Mater: Sacred Choral Music by Lennox & Michael Berkeley (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Stabat Mater: I. Lento-Stabat Mater dolorosa
02. Stabat Mater: II. Andante con moto-O quam tristis et afflicta
03. Stabat Mater: III. Adagio-Quis et homo qui non fleret
04. Stabat Mater: IV. Allegro-Pro peccatis suae gentris
05. Stabat Mater: V. Andantino-Eia Mater, fons amoris
06. Stabat Mater: VI. Maestoso-Sancta Mater, istud agas
07. Stabat Mater: VII. Moderato-Fac me tecum pie flere
08. Stabat Mater: VIII. Andante-Virgo virginum preaclara
09. Stabat Mater: IX. Allegro moderato-Fac me plagis vulnerari
10. Stabat Mater: X. Andante-Christe, cum sit hinc exire
11. Mass for Five Voices: Kyrie
12. Mass for Five Voices: Gloria
13. Mass for Five Voices: Sanctus
14. Mass for Five Voices: Benedictus
15. Mass for Five Voices: Agnus Dei
16. Judica me
17. Touch Light (for soprano, countertenor and string quartet)



Lennox Berkeley’s Stabat Mater derives from one of the most fertile and inspired periods of his compositional life. A masterpiece, and until now the last of his major works to go unrecorded, it was written for a concert tour by his close friend Benjamin Britten’s English Opera Group; hence the unusual but effective scoring for six solo voices and twelve instrumentalists. Delphian artists The Marian Consort – with five acclaimed discs of early music to their credit – now show their versatility in a cappella and accompanied music by both Lennox and his son Michael Berkeley.

They are partnered in the larger works by the Berkeley Ensemble, whose performances are enriched by their intimate knowledge of these composers’ music. The same can be said of conductor David Wordsworth, who has known and worked with both composers, and who here realises a long-cherished ambition to direct this important addition to the catalogue.

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