The unique spatial structure and large scale of Scarlatti’s “Stabat Mater” place it amongst the very grandest musical creations of the first half of the 18th century. Its particular musical interest and charm lie in the independence of the ten vocal parts. The equal importance of the two vocal groups, variety in the vocal ranges, and different combinations of voices, ensuring a sensitive and subtle differentiation of vocal colors, all contribute to an impressive overall effect.
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Performers: Kammerchor Stuttgart - Frieder Bernius
Simply practice. Anytime. Everywhere.
Whether at home on your tablet or PC or on the road on your smartphone: with carus music, the Choir Coach, you always have your choral works with you to practice! With the carus music choir app, you can listen to your score together with a first-class recording on any device and easily practice your own choir part with a coach. With carus music, your concert preparation is easy, efficient and fun to master!
Performers: Kammerchor Stuttgart - Frieder Bernius
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Composer
Domenico Scarlatti
| 1685-1757Domenico Scarlatti, born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, was the son of the composer Alessandro Scarlatti, who was extremely well-known and prolific in his day. He was trained as a musician by his father and by B. Pasquini in Rome. In 1715 he received his appointment as Kapellmeister at St Peter's Church in Rome, where he conducted the famous Cappella Giulia. He later travelled throughout Europe as a highly sought-after harpsichordist and teacher. During his time at the Cappella Giulia and later, when he worked at the court of John V in Lisbon, church music was one of his main areas of activity. The works that have become known so far only reveal part of his valuable church music œuvre, which ranges from the simple Miserere Psalm to the ten-part Stabat Mater. Personal details
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Choir
Kammerchor Stuttgart
The Kammerchor Stuttgart is regarded as one of the best ensembles of its kind. Over its fifty-year existence, Frieder Bernius has developed the choir into an exceptional ensemble acclaimed by audiences and press alike. This has led to invitations for the choir to perform at all the important European festivals. In Germany the chamber choir performs at festivals and in concert halls in repertoire ranging from the 17th to the 21st century. Frieder Bernius and his ensemble have received numerous accolades for their contribution to new music. The Kammerchor Stuttgart has made over 80 CDs and LPs, numerous of which have been awarded international recording prizes (including the Edison award, Diapason d’or, Gramophone Choice, Classical Internet Award, International Classical Music Award, and German Record Critics’ Award prizes). The International Federation for Choral Music has invited the ensemble to sing at the 1st, 4th and 10th World Symposia on Choral Music in Vienna, Sydney and Seoul. Regular tours of North America and Asia since 1988 and a South America tour reflect the Kammerchor Stuttgart’s international reputation. Since 1984 the top ensemble has also been invited to Israel biennially. Personal details
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Conductor
Frieder Bernius
| 1947Frieder Bernius’s work has earned great worldwide recognition. He is in demand internationally as a conductor and as a teacher. His principal artistic collaborators are the ensembles he founded himself, the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Barockorchester Stuttgart, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart and the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart. As a guest conductor, he has collaborated repeatedly with, for example, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and the Streicherakademie Bozen. Great stylistic versatility is Frieder Bernius’s hallmark. Whether he conducts vocal works by Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré and Ligeti, stage music by Mendelssohn or symphonies by Haydn, Burgmüller and Schubert, his work always aims for a sound that is at once unmistakably personal and at the same time oriented towards the original period sound ideal. He devotes himself equally to the rediscovery of 18th century operas and to first performances of contemporary compositions. He is particularly interested in the musical history of southwestern Germany. Carus-Verlag has awarded Frieder Bernius a Golden CD for his complete recording of the sacred music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The award was presented to him during the German Choir Festival in Stuttgart 2016. The sale of over 250,000 recordings, which has been acclaimed with a number of awards, has made a not insignificant contribution to what today is the obvious presence of Mendelssohn's complete œuvre in the concert repertoire. Personal details