Ensemble Aedes Poulenc: Stabat Mater Litanies A La Vierge Noire CD

The ensemble Aedes began it's musical journey with Poulenc, under the impetus of conductor Mathieu Romano. Here, at the head of Les Si?cles, Romano returns to the unclassifiable composer to record two of his major works. In the pious contemplation of the Litanies, here performed in the manuscript version, and the orchestral luxuriance of the Stabat Mater, spirituality is expressed through music that is lively, sensitive and even, at times, sensuous. Sculpting out every phrase and note, always at the service of the text, the ensemble and Mathieu Romano confirm their affinity with the composer's language. As an interlude Mathieu Romano has included a secular piece, O doulx regard, o parler gratieux, by the Renaissance composer Cl?ment Janequin. The boundaries between earthly love and mystical love are thus abolished in favor of pure emotion.

1. Poulenc: Litanies ? la Vierge noire, FP 82 2. Janequin: O doulx regard, o parler 3. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Stabat mater dolorosa 4. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Cujus animam gementem 5. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 O quam tristis 6. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Quae moerebat 7. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Quis est homo 8. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Vidit suum 9. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Eja mater 10. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Fac ut ardeat 11. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Sancta mater 12. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Fac ut portem 13. Poulenc: Stabat mater, FP 148 Inflammatus et accensus