La tempête, Simon-Pierre Bestion – Scarlatti & Dvořák: Stabat Mater (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Simon-Pierre Bestion has chosen to mirror two Stabat Mater that are more than 150 years apart: “in these two works I can feel the same tonal language, the same expression of sorrow” says the founder of La Tempête… “I have decided to ‘augment’ Scarlatti’s orchestration and ‘diminish’ Dvořák’s, so they can meet on even ground. To the Scarlatti I have added string parts sometimes doubling the vocal lines, colla parte , as was often done at the period: this not only allows the sound to be amplified, but adds an extra timbre to the voice. For the Dvořák, I have transcribed the original piano part into its minimum orchestral dimension, that is, for strings. This creates a common sound world between the two works – I would even say they have the same kind of lyricism in common, with just the timbres of the piano, organ and theorbo standing out.”

Tracklist:
1-01. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Prologue (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (01:29)
1-02. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Stabat Mater dolorosa (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (03:31)
1-03. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Stabat Mater dolorosa (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (18:52)
1-04. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (03:46)
1-05. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Quis non posset (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (02:42)
1-06. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Eja mater, fons amoris (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (02:04)
1-07. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Quis est homo, qui non fleret (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (09:58)
1-08. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Eja mater, fons amoris (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (06:40)
1-09. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Fac, ut ardeat cor meum (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (07:21)
2-01. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Sancta mater, istud agas (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (02:11)
2-02. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Tui nati vulnerati (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (04:34)
2-03. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Fac me vere tecum flere (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (00:55)
2-04. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Sabat Mater dolorosa (from the Graduale Triplex, arranged by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (03:43)
2-05. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Fac, ut portem Christi mortem (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (04:47)
2-06. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Inflammatus et accensus (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (05:15)
2-07. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Juxta crucem (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (01:51)
2-08. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Inflammatus (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (02:53)
2-09. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Fac ut animae (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (01:58)
2-10. La tempête – Stabat Mater: Amen (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (01:23)
2-11. La tempête – Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Finale: Quando corpus morietur (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (07:43)