Iste Confessore: The Choral Music of Domenico Scarlatti

Track Listings

1. Te Deum

2. Iste Confessor

3. Missa Breve “La stella”

4. Stabat Mater

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
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.

Tracks:

Te Deum
Iste Confessor
Missa Breve La stella
Stabat Mater

Album Description

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.

Customer Reviews:

outstanding!.......2002-07-22

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!

Music Review: