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Domenico Scarlatti, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Iste Confessore: The Choral Music of Domenico Scarlatti
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (4) - Disc #1
1. Te Deum
2. Iste Confessor
3. Missa Breve ?La stella?
4. Stabat Mater

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All Artists: Domenico Scarlatti, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Title: Iste Confessore: The Choral Music of Domenico Scarlatti
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Coro
Original Release Date: 6/15/2002
Release Date: 6/15/2002
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 828021600326

Synopsis

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Remembered mostly for his keyboard works, Domenico Scarlatti is revealed here as a masterly choral writer encompassing a wealth of musical styles. Taking its name from the captivating but rarely heard Iste Confessore (Witness of the Lord) it includes his glorious polyphonic setting of the Stabat Mater, a powerful depiction of the Virgin Mary at the foot of Christ?s cross.

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CD Reviews

Outstanding!

Matthew D Kerr | Princeton, NJ United States | 07/22/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A wonderful performance from the Sixteen and Harry Christophers.
Just as the 19th C developed a romanticized version of classical music, i.e. sonata form, the early baroque-era composers like schutz, monteverdi, etc. "romanticized" renaissance-style choral music, and this disk of Scarlatti is an excellent example. His Stabat Mater is rich in amazing 10-voice polyphony of a much more "romantic" sort (amazing dissonances and harmonic colors, with occasionally some solo/soli sections alternating with polyphony, in a concerto style) than that found in Josquin et al. This is thoroughly contrapuntal music, actually more than I expected from Domenico Scarlatti. Perhaps there is some comparison to Schutz, though this is somewhat warmer, more italianate and completely ravishing!"