Scarlatti, D.: Stabat Mater / Missa Breve, "La Stella" / Te Deum / Magnificat

Featuring

Morten Schuldt-Jensen
Lars Baunkilde
Michael Dücker
Leif Meyer
Immortal Bach Ensemble
Domenico Scarlatti

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Compositional Technique

Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater is scored for ten voices, arranged into two five-part choirs, and continuo, creating a variety of contrasting textures.

Composer Biography

Domenico Scarlatti once competed in a keyboard contest against Handel in Rome, where Handel was declared the better organist and Scarlatti the better harpsichordist.

Performer Biography

The Immortal Bach Ensemble, originally the GewandhausKammerchor, was founded in 2001 by Morten Schuldt-Jensen, the former director of the Gewandhaus choirs in Leipzig.

Performer Biography

The Immortal Bach Ensemble's name is inspired by a work by Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt, which arranges a Bach chorale in different tempi and sequences.

Composition History

Domenico Scarlatti's Missa breve 'La stella' is believed to have been written for the Epiphany, suggested by the words 'La stella' (The star) in its title.

Composer Biography

Domenico Scarlatti spent the latter part of his life in Madrid, serving as music-master to the royal family, including Infanta Maria Barbara, who later became Queen of Spain.

Composer Biography

Domenico Scarlatti, born in Naples in 1685, was the sixth of ten children of the composer Alessandro Scarlatti, who was chiefly responsible for the early development of Neapolitan opera.