Philippe Pierlot, Carlos Mena, Ricercar Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater (2004)
Philippe Pierlot, Carlos Mena, Ricercar Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 331 Mb | Total time: 70:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Mirare | # MIR 9968 | Recorded: 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 331 Mb | Total time: 70:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Mirare | # MIR 9968 | Recorded: 2003
Spanish countertenor Carlos Mena is not one of those who evoke the powerful castrati who might have sung these sacred arias in Vivaldi's day; his voice is smooth and precise, with a tendency toward emotional restraint. This isn't blood-and-guts Vivaldi, but it's quite lovely. Even the final Nisi dominus, RV 608, with its virtuoso arias and sharp contrasts, is kept under control at all times rather than being treated as a set of operatic numbers. Mena is technically flawless in this work (listen to the rather chilling long notes in the "Cum dederit dilectis," track 22), which stands somewhat apart from the rest of the program – the intent is to close the proceedings with a burst of energy after two sad pieces that offer refined tragedy in Mena's readings. A viola d'amore concerto, also in a minor key, provides an intermezzo. Mena's performance of Vivaldi's Stabat Mater, RV 621, is remarkable from start to finish, with an exquisite depiction of quiet weeping from Mena in the opening "Stabat mater" section (track 7). The Ricercar Consort under Philippe Pierlot provides quiet, luminous support for both Mena and viola d'amore soloist François Fernandez in the concerto, and the recording environment in a Belgian abbey is ideal for what Mena is trying to convey – sheer beauty with the ease and perfection of one of Raphael's religious paintings.–James Manheim
Performer:
Carlos Mena, contre-tenor
Francois Fernandez, viole d'amour
Ricercar Consort
Philippe Pierlot, conductor
Tracklist:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Salve Regina pour contre-tenor et orchestre RV 616
01. Salve Regina (Andante)
02. Ad te clamamus (Allegro)
03. Ad te suspiramus (Larghetto)
04. Eja ergo (Allegro)
05. Et Jesum (Andante)
06. O clemens (Andante)
Stabat Mater pour contre-tenor et orchestre en fa mineur RV 621
07. Stabat Mater dolorosa
08. Cujus animam
09. O quam tristis
10. Quis est homo
11. Quis non posset
12. Pro peccatis
13. Eja mater
14. Fac ut ardeat
15. Amen
Concerto pour viole d'amour en re mineur F II No.2
16. Allegro
17. Largo
18. Allegro
Nisi Dominus pour contre-tenor et orchestre RV 608
19. Nisi Dominus
20. Vanum est vobis
21. Surgite postquam sederitis
22. Cum dederit dilectis
23. Sicut sagittae
24. Beatus vir
25. Gloria Patri
26. Sicut erat
27. Amen
28. empty*
29. Gloria (Nisi Dominus) - Version avec viole de gambe
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Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort / Vivaldi - Salve Regina, Sabat Mater, Nisi Dominus
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Philippe Pierlot, Carlos Mena, Ricercar Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater (2004)
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