On the final installment of it's Requiem series, the Flemish Radio Choir tackles Poulenc's iconic Stabat Mater (1950) and Alfred Desenclos' Requiem (1963), stunning works which steer clear of the typical Requiem horrors to convey a message of hope. Teaming up with the Brussels Philharmonic, the Flemish Radio Choir and it's acclaimed chief Herve Niquet extract the emotional and rhetorical essence of music which is eminently French, unusually tender, and delicately majestic. Since 1937, the Vlaams Radiokoor has been a reference for vocal music, both in Flanders and in Europe. The voice is the ultimate interpreter of our emotions, and the choir is one of it's greatest ambassadors.

Tracklist:

Stabat Mater, FP 148~Stabat Mater dolorosa
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Cujus animam gementem
Stabat Mater, FP 148~O quam tristis
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Quae moerebat
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Quis et homo
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Vidit suum
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Eja Mater
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Fac ut ardeat
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Sancta Mater
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Fac ut portem
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Inflammatus et accensus
Stabat Mater, FP 148~Quando corpus
Messe de Requiem (organ version)~Introit et Kyrie
Messe de Requiem (organ version)~Offertoire
Messe de Requiem (organ version)~Sanctus
Messe de Requiem (organ version)~Pie Jesu
Messe de Requiem (organ version)~Agnus Dei et Communion
Messe de Requiem (organ version)~Libera me, Domine
Messe de Requiem (organ version)~In paradisum

UPC: 608917721928
Label: Evil Penguin Records
Release Date: 11.1.19
Format: CD

Poulenc / Flemish Radio Choir / Saint-Yves - Stabat Mater / Requiem (CD)