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| 1. Cantus lacrimosus |
| 2. Incantation (words trad; sung in Arabic) |
| 3. Vidit Jesum in tormentis |
| 4. Lament (words by Carol Barratt) |
| 5. Sancta Mater |
| 6. Now my life is only weeping (words - Rumi Sung in English & Aramaic) |
| 7. And the Mother did weep (words Karl Jenkins Sung in English, Hebrew, Latin, Aramaic & Greek) |
| 8. Virgo virginum |
| 9. Are you lost out in darkness? (words Anon. Sung in English & Aramaic) |
| 10. Ave verum |
| 11. Fac, ut portem Christi mortem |
| 12. Paradisi Gloria |
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Album Description
Following the success of "This Land of Ours", a set of arrangements for brass band and male voice choir that took Britain's most popular living composer back to his Welsh roots, Karl Jenkins returns with a new work to complement his massively successful "Requiem" and "Armed Man". The at once emotional, modern, culturally diverse and universally accessible style that has come to characterise the composer's sound is perfectly exemplified in this poignant new choral album.
Stabat Mater is a thirteenth century Roman Catholic sequence attributed to Jacopone da Todi. It has been set to music by many composers, among them Haydn, Dvorak, Vivaldi, Rossini, Pergolesi, Stanford, Gounod, Penderecki, Poulenc, Szymanowski, Alessandro Scarlatti (1724), Domenico Scarlatti (1715), Pedro de Escobar, Arvo Pärt and Giuseppe Verdi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, Stabat Mater Dolorosa ("The sorrowful mother was standing"). The hymn, one of the most powerful and immediate of medieval poems, meditates on the suffering of Mary, Jesus Christ's mother, during his crucifixion.
Karl's setting extends this to a universal depiction of grief by using ancient text from the area (Holy Land/Middle East) that will be sung in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic (the lingua franca of the period) and a contemporary poem, sung in English. The orchestration includes instruments indigenous to the area, percussion such as the darbuka & riq and the woodwind duduk.
There are two soloists, both female singers, Jurgita Adamonyte and Belinda Sykes, who doubles on duduk or mey, a middle eastern ancient woodwind instrument.
The world premiere performance of the Stabat Mater will take place in Liverpool on 15th March 2008.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was slightly dragged to watch this in St David's Hall, Cardiff. I'm not the biggest fan of classical vocals! However I was very pleasantly surprise - the odd bit went on a little too long but for a first listening, pretty good. Bought the CD for my wife as a little present (as you do). This has really grown on me over time. It's a little like how I feel about the music of Pirates of the Caribbean, once I forget about the subject then I can just enjoy the music. A topic of Mary watching her son being murdered on a cross isn't exactly a barrel of laughs or in the words of my daughter it doesn't "float my boat". However this just has just some wonderful music and vocals. It's easy to listen to, I like driving with it and is my favourite piece of music currently. I don't pretend to know that much classical music or what is "in", I just know what connects with me. Essentially this hits the spot. My favourite Karl Jenkins and possibly album of 2008.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm not sure this album is a masterpiece. In places the music can be repetative and slightly unimaginative. That sounds like a much bigger criticism than it really is though. I gave this album 5 stars becase where the music itself may lack the arrangements and the performances more than make up. Belinda Sykes voice is nothing short of breathtaking. The unlikely mix of arabic and baroque sounds works to provide an endlessly interesting texture through which Belinda Sykes weaves a thread of beauty the like of which I have never heard before.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Some of the previous Reviews seem to imply that this is just Karl Jenkins again (Ho Hum). I wonder if they would say the same about Beethoven "Oh I've heard all nine Symphonies and they are all terribly Beethoven". Well yes and that is their glory as are the works of Karl Jenkins. I have sung both the 'Armed Man' and the 'Requiem' and both moved me beyond measure. I imagine that this will do the same when my Choral Society (inevitably) performs it. Like most Of Jenkins Music the first listening gives the result of "very nice but I am not sure what it's all about'. The second listening gets the juices flowing and by the third listening you are totally hooked. The harmonies of the Ave Verum and the use of Arabic for the Incantation are positively ethereal. Yes there are echoes of the Requiem and the Armed man but this piece is all the better for that. Just stick with it folks and you will see what I mean.
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Did he even bother to look at the words he was setting to music?
My parents went to a performance of Karl Jenkins' Stabat Mater and bought me a CD recording. I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand the music really is good, but ... Read more
Published 29 days ago by D. R. Cantrell
Cantus Lacrimosus
The text of "Stabat Mater" meditates on the suffering of Mary during Christ's crucifixion. The work is in 12 movements,as follows:-
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Published 3 months ago by John Crimp
Viscerally bland.
Not that I am a snob, but this insipid trash sounds like a vocal score written for a low-budget American period drama set in the mediaeval orient. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dickie
Music
I will be learning this in choir soon and welcome the opportunity to review it before the sessions begin. Thank you for a speedy delivery and such a good service.
Published 7 months ago by Sing
Excellent service
Delivered on time and, as usual, well packed. Good value for this iconic composer and the most moving Easter music.
Published 12 months ago by TC
Transported!
I bought this CD because my choir is rehearsing it prior to performance at Easter. Although the choral lines are challenging in places, the overall effect for the listener is... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ms. H. Levan
Good recording and performance, typical Jenkins piece.
I bought this CD primarily because my local choir is currently practising the piece, so a major criterion for judging it is whether I can follow the tenor line clearly. Read more
Published 16 months ago by John Williams
Beautiful Music!
Karl Jenkins does justice to the long list of famous composers who have set the mediaeval "Stabat Mater" poem to music. Read more
Published 16 months ago by alextorres
Not interesting for vocal music affectionados
I am NOT a snob, sorry to burst your bubble - but this is bad and superficial music. It is vocal muzak for the masses. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Michel Couzijn
Happy with the CD
The CD arrived very quickly and I have been rehearsing withn it every day ready for our forthcoming concert. Excellent service.
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by C. D. Fox
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