Scarlatti & Dvořák: Stabat Mater La Tempête & Simon-Pierre Bestion

• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Stabat Mater:
• 1Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Prologue (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)01:29
• 2Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Stabat Mater dolorosa (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)03:31
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Stabat Mater, Op. 58:
• 3Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Stabat Mater dolorosa (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)18:52
• Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater:
• 4Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)03:46
• 5Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Quis non posset (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)02:42
• 6Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Eja mater, fons amoris (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)02:04
• Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58:
• 7Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Quis est homo, qui non fleret (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)09:58
• 8Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Eja mater, fons amoris (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)06:40
• 9Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Fac, ut ardeat cor meum (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)07:21
• Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater:
• 10Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Sancta mater, istud agas (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)02:11
• Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58:
• 11Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Tui nati vulnerati (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)04:34
• Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater:
• 12Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Fac me vere tecum flere (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)00:55
• Anonymous: Stabat Mater:
• 13Anonymous: Stabat Mater: Sabat Mater dolorosa (from the Graduale Triplex, arranged by Simon-Pierre Bestion) (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)03:43
• Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58:
• 14Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Fac, ut portem Christi mortem (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)04:47
• 15Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Inflammatus et accensus (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)05:15
• Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater:
• 16Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Juxta crucem (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)01:51
• 17Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Inflammatus (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)02:53
• 18Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Fac ut animae (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)01:58
• 19Scarlatti: Stabat Mater: Amen (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)01:23
• Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58:
• 20Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58: Finale: Quando corpus morietur (Transcr. for Ensemble by Simon-Pierre Bestion)07:43
• Total Runtime01:33:36

Info for Scarlatti & Dvořák: Stabat Mater

Simon-Pierre Bestion juxtaposed two Stabat Mater works that are more than 150 years apart: "In these two works, I sense the same tonal language, the same expression of sadness," says the founder of La Tempête... "I decided to 'enlarge' Scarlatti's orchestration and 'reduce' Dvořák's so that they could meet on the same level. For Scarlatti, I have added string parts that sometimes double the vocal lines, colla parte, as was often done at the time: This not only allows the sound to be amplified, but also gives the voice an additional timbre. For the Dvořák, I transcribed the original piano part into its minimal orchestral dimension, i.e. for strings. This creates a common sound world between the two works - I would even say they share the same kind of lyricism, where only the timbres of the piano, organ and theorbo stand out."

Amelie Raison, soprano
Aline Quentin, alto
Edouard Monjanel, tenor
Florent Martin, bass
La Tempete
Simon-Pierre Bestion, direction

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
studied the organ, the harpsichord, chamber music and conducting at the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires (CNSMD). Among his teachers were Louis Robilliard, Jan Willem Jansen, Michel Bourcier, Nicolas Brochot, François Espinasse, Yves Rechsteiner, Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou. He has won prizes at several international organ competitions: the Grand Prix d’Orgue Jean-Louis Florentz of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, First Prize by unanimous decision of the judges at the Gottfried Silbermann Organ Competition in Freiberg (Germany), Second Prize at the Saint-Maurice Competition (Switzerland) and First Prize at the prestigious Xavier Darasse Competition in Toulouse. In 2013 he received the title of Young Echo Organist of the Year.

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas has given organ recitals in France – Paris (church of La Madeleine, Auditorium de Radio France), Toulouse (Festival Toulouse les Orgues) – and elsewhere in Europe, including Germany (Berlin Cathedral), the Netherlands (Alkmaar), Switzerland, Italy and Monaco (International Organ Festival). He has also worked with such conductors as Hervé Niquet, Arie Van Beek and Roberto Forés Veses. His research on the composers François Rebel and François Francœur was recognised by the award of the Déclics Jeunes scholarship of the Fondation de France.

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas is also director of Les Surprises, an ensemble specialising in the vocal and instrumental repertory of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with which he has already appeared in several European countries, Canada and Palestine.

He is currently completing his residency at the Fondation Royaumont as organist of the Abbey’s Cavaillé-Coll instrument.

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