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The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Iste Confessor: The Sacred Music Of Domenico Scarlatti (2001)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 25 Oct 2024 15:13:58

First and foremost, Domenico Scarlatti is regarded as the greatest composer of binary harpsichord sonatas of all time, and that is as it should be: he wrote more than 600 of them and many are constantly recorded and played. However, early in his Italian career, Scarlatti developed a proven track record as a composer of sacred music, some of it under the watchful eye of his father, Alessandro Scarlatti, believed by many at the time as the top composer of the age. The fact most readily observed in regard to Domenico's sacred music is that his Stabat mater, composed in 1717 or 1718, was the work within that genre replaced in Rome by Giovanni Pergolesi's Stabat mater around 1735. The Scarlatti work was conceived in a different style to different strictures; while it has become the most recorded of Scarlatti's sacred works, it definitely suffers when paired with the Pergolesi owing to its immediacy and familiarity. On Coro's Iste Confessor, the Sixteen led by Harry Christophers widely opt for Scarlatti's own, other sacred music as filler to the "Stabat mater with results fairer to the composer and quite favorable to listeners.

Among the works included is the tight, succinct, and enchanting motet Iste Confessor and Scarlatti's Missa Breve "La stella," which has a glorious setting of the Credo in addition to many other fine musical attributes. The singing of the Sixteen is transparent and fluid throughout; continuo parts are restrained and all of the performances are strong; particularly that of the Stabat mater. While it may have been displaced by Pergolesi's offering, that doesn't mean it isn't a remarkable work on its own – Scarlatti's Stabat is scored for 10 voices – SSSSAATTBB – that function with independence, yet coalesce at key points; standard comparisons with Palestrina are not terribly off the mark, but the work is considerably more Baroque in tone and style than anything from the sixteenth century. This is the recording as first issued by the now-defunct Collins Classics label in 1998; since then it has been re-released on the CORO label.

Review by Uncle Dave Lewis, Allmusic.com

Domenico Scarlatti at Allmusic
Domenico Scarlatti at Wiki

Harry Christophers at Allmusic
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The Sixteen at Allmusic
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Tracklist:

01. Te Deum (05:42)

02. Iste Confessor (03:24)

03. Missa Breve 'La stella' - Kyrie (03:47)
04. Missa Breve 'La stella' - Gloria (05:24)
05. Missa Breve 'La stella' - Credo (07:45)
06. Missa Breve 'La stella' - Sanctus (01:43)
07. Missa Breve 'La stella' - Cibavit eos (04:10)
08. Missa Breve 'La stella' - Agnus Dei (01:49)

09. Stabat mater (25:45)

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