Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano - Poulenc: Stabat Mater, Litanies à la Vierge noire (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Litanies à la Vierge noire, FP 82
02. O doulx regard, o parler gratieux
03. Stabat Mater, FP 148: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa
04. Stabat Mater, FP 148: II. Cujus animam gementem
05. Stabat Mater, FP 148: III. O quam tristis
06. Stabat Mater, FP 148: IV. Quae moerebat
07. Stabat Mater, FP 148: V. Quis est homo
08. Stabat Mater, FP 148: VI. Vidit suum
09. Stabat Mater, FP 148: VII. Eja mater
10. Stabat Mater, FP 148: VIII. Fac ut ardeat
11. Stabat Mater, FP 148: IX. Sancta mater
12. Stabat Mater, FP 148: X. Fac ut portem
13. Stabat Mater, FP 148: XI. Inflammatus et accensus
14. Stabat Mater, FP 148: XII. Quando corpus



The ensemble Aedes began its musical journey with Poulenc, under the impetus of conductor Mathieu Romano. Here, at the head of Les Siècles, Romano returns to the unclassifiable composer to record two of his major works.

In the pious contemplation of the Litanies, here performed in the manuscript version, and the orchestral luxuriance of the Stabat Mater, spirituality is expressed through music that is lively, sensitive and even, at times, sensuous.

Sculpting out every phrase and note, always at the service of the text, the ensemble and Mathieu Romano confirm their affinity with the composer's language.

As an interlude, Mathieu Romano has included a secular piece, O doulx regard, o parler gratieux, by the Renaissance composer Clément Janequin.  The boundaries between earthly love and mystical love are thus abolished in favour of pure emotion.

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