Emmanuelle de Negri, Paul Figuier, Thibault Noally, Les Accents - A. Scarlatti: Stabat Mater & Mottetti (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Jam sole clarior: I. Jam sole clarior
02. Jam sole clarior: II. Hic magnus ille Nicolaus
03. Jam sole clarior: III. Inter undas fluctuantes
04. Jam sole clarior: IV. Novus iste defensor veritatis
05. Jam sole clarior: V. Et forti animo
06. Infirmata, vulnerata: I. Infirmata, vulnerata
07. Infirmata, vulnerata: II. O care, O dulcis amor!
08. Infirmata, vulnerata: III. Vulnera, percute
09. Infirmata, vulnerata: IV. Cur, quaeso, crudelis
10. Infirmata, vulnerata: V. Vicisti amor, et cor meum cessit amor!
11. Infirmata, vulnerata: VI. Semper gratus
12. Sonata a quattro No. 1 in F Minor
13. Stabat mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa
14. Stabat mater: II. Cujus animam gementem
15. Stabat mater: III. O Quam tristis et afflicta
16. Stabat mater: IV. Quae moerebat et dolebat
17. Stabat mater: V. Qui est homo qui non fleret
18. Stabat mater: VI. Quis non posset contristari
19. Stabat mater: VII. Pro peccatis suae gentis
20. Stabat mater: VIII. Vidit suum dulcem natum
21. Stabat mater: IX. Pia mater, fons amoris
22. Stabat mater: X. Sancta mater, istud agas
23. Stabat mater: XI. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
24. Stabat mater: XII. Tui nati vulnerati
25. Stabat mater: XIII. Fac me vere tecum flere
26. Stabat mater: XIV. Virgo virginum praeclara
27. Stabat mater: XV. Fac ut portem Christi mortem
28. Stabat mater: XVI. Inflammatus et accensus
29. Stabat mater: XVII. Fac me cruce custodiri
30. Stabat mater: XVIII. Quando corpus ùorietur



Thibault Noally and his ensemble here reaffirm their love for and expertise in Alessandro Scarlatti’s music as they celebrate his anniversary year with his famous and yet mysterious Stabat mater, a work that displays Scarlatti’s more intimate side.

In Noally’s own words, this is an extreme example of his stylistic eclecticism. The piece juxtaposes duets in passionate counterpoint with arias in the Neapolitan style, echoes of what he heard around him, as if they formed part of a mosaic. There is no synthesis between the different musical languages; what is most mysterious is that the motets are the musical illustration of a text or an emotion, whilst the Stabat mater requires a completely different approach. The music is no longer directly related to the text. It's as if it had become a world in itself.

Noally also presents two Mottetti sacri and a Sonata a quattro, all in the da chiesa style. His collaborators here are soprano Emmanuelle de Negri, a long-time colleague, and Paul Figuier, a highly promising countertenor.

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