Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5099950028320
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: March 10, 2008
Running Time: 62 minutes
Studio: EMI

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Disc 1:

1. Cantus lacrimosus
2. Incantation
3. Vidit Jesum in tormentis
4. Lament
5. Sancta Mater
6. Now my life is only weeping.
7. And the Mother did weep
8. Virgo virginum
9. Are you lost out in darkness?
10. Ave verum
11. Fac, ut portem Christi mortem
12. Paradisi gloria

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Rating: - Great Album.
I was slightly dragged to watch this in St David's Hall, Cardiff. I'm not the biggest fan of classical vocals! However I was very pleasantly surprise - the odd bit went on a little too long but for a first listening, pretty good. Bought the CD for my wife as a little present (as you do). This has really grown on me over time. It's a little like how I feel about the music of Pirates of the Caribbean, once I forget about the subject then I can just enjoy the music. A topic of Mary watching her son ... Read More

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Rating: - Worth it for the exquisite solos!
As a fan of "The Armed Man', 'Requiem' and 'This Land Of Ours', it's no wonder I listened to the CD prepared to be instantly blown away. However, at first I found it to be less inspired than the previous works, yet was delighted to find Jenkins was coming to my home town to conduct Stabat Mater, which I went to see last night.

It's true that the movements with more pace have the signature quirky rhythms we have come to expect from Karl Jenkins; yet the more contemplative movements ... Read More

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Rating: - Superb!
Some of the previous Reviews seem to imply that this is just Karl Jenkins again (Ho Hum). I wonder if they would say the same about Beethoven "Oh I've heard all nine Symphonies and they are all terribly Beethoven". Well yes and that is their glory as are the works of Karl Jenkins. I have sung both the 'Armed Man' and the 'Requiem' and both moved me beyond measure. I imagine that this will do the same when my Choral Society (inevitably) performs it. Like most Of Jenkins Music the first listening gives ... Read More

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Rating: - Buy it - but you won't be surprised
Before you music snobs have a go and tell me that Jenkins is commercial and shallow, I don't expect you to even be reading this review. These notes are for listeners who already appreciate Jenkins and are wondering whether to buy this new album.

Stabat Mater builds on and has overtones of the more familiar works. But it isn't a step forward in the same way that The Armed Man was (and in my view, Jenkins will never write a better piece of music). What it certainly does do is deliver some real ... Read More

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Rating: - An easy target
I heard this piece performed live last night, and my response is based both on the CD and that concert. My genuine reponse is probably the most frustrating of all - apathy. If this were exceptionally good or bad, I would be a lot happier. It is neither.

This is not classical music in any proper sense. It is easy-listening pseudo-classical music with fairly primitive, unimaginative orchestral writing. The vocal writing appears aimed mainly at amateur choirs. As has been noted elsewhere, by far ... Read More

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