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Karl Jenkins: Stabat Mater

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Audio CD (10 Mar 2008)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: EMI
ASIN: B0013D8K28
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Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect but not far off, 28 Mar 2008

By	Mr. Roger D. Green "rogs88" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Bitter Disappointment, 4 April 2008

By	P. Fogarty (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I attended the Premier at Liverpool Cathedral and was bitterly disappointed. Far from being a single piece that relates the Stabat Mater to comtemporary themes, it feels more like a repetitive and unimaginative setting of the Stabat, interrupted by more emotional pieces on other texts. It is clear that Jenkins's heart is in these other sections, which vary from alarming to heart-breaking but are never dull (hence three stars, not one). The rest is just "Jenkins by numbers": strong, syncopated percussion backed by heavy strings and urgent brasses, long crescendo, then timp roll & gong. Repeat without variation for 45 minutes. You've heard this before and may well like it. It does little for me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, 10 Jun 2008

By	Second Basses rule the wold! "Dave the Bass" (Dorset UK) - See all my reviews

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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5.0 out of 5 stars Stabat Mater by Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins: Stabat Mater
I came across this music after hearing a live concert
Hauntingly beautiful music played and sung with sensitivity
Another brilliant... Read more

Published 6 months ago by P. M. Cornwell

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious, stunning, totally amazing music
This is one of those rare pieces that genuinely stirs the emotions. The Stabat Mater text is taken and interwoven with other works, and set to music which takes you on a roller... Read more

Published 7 months ago by J. Freeman

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable piece
Having not heard any of Jenkins' work before, I bought this CD with some degree of risk, but with a desire to experiment. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Liz Haynes

1.0 out of 5 stars stabat mater - Karl Jenkins
Another wonderful works by the Master! He can do no wrong, this is a fabulous piece to listen to and to sing.

Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Julie A. Griffiths

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album.
I was slightly dragged to watch this in St David's Hall, Cardiff. I'm not the biggest fan of classical vocals! Read more

Published 11 months ago by Gusty R.

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for the exquisite solos!
As a fan of "The Armed Man', 'Requiem' and 'This Land Of Ours', it's no wonder I listened to the CD prepared to be instantly blown away. Read more

Published 13 months ago by A. M. Blay

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it - but you won't be surprised
Before you music snobs have a go and tell me that Jenkins is commercial and shallow, I don't expect you to even be reading this review. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Cashmere Bedsox

3.0 out of 5 stars An easy target
I heard this piece performed live last night, and my response is based both on the CD and that concert. My genuine reponse is probably the most frustrating of all - apathy. Read more

Published 17 months ago by A music fan

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Classic
My favourite Karl Jenkins work has to be 'The Armed Man', however, I do also enjoy this new work very much. Read more

Published 18 months ago by I. H. C. Mellor

5.0 out of 5 stars The brilliant Karl Jenkins does it again!
This is Karl Jenkins (famous for his Adiemus albums, the well known Cheltenham and Gloucester TV ad, the Delta Airlines commercial, and most recently the Linx TV ad) at his best... Read more

Published 20 months ago by Mrs L Richards

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