About the composer
Javier Busto was born in Hondarribia, Spain, in 1949. He is a graduate in medicine and got
his musical education by self study. He studied choral conduction and composition and was
founder of several choirs with which he won awards in several countries. His compositions,
too, won several awards. Javier Busto served on the jury for composition and choral
compositions in Spain, France, Italy and Japan. In the last country he was invited as
guest conductor for "Tokyo Cantat" in 2000.
| Date | 1998 |
| Performers | Mixed choir |
| Length | 9.57 minutes |
| Particulars | A straightforward setting of the Stabat Mater, no clear divisions in parts and certainly pleasant to listen to. It has reminiscences of Gregorian chant, but is modern in its dissonances. In some stanzas the quickly repeated singing leads to an echoing effect and in stanza 19 the singing is overlaid with a staccato repetition of the words Stabat Mater. |
| Textual variations | The "Vatican"-version of the text is used. |
| CD | JASRAC R-90471 (2 CD's): 25th Annual Concert |
| About this CD | This is not a commercial CD, but a private recording of a concert by the All Matsushita Chorus of Osaka, Japan.. Recorded July 2000. |
| Choir | All Matsushita Chorus |
| Conductor | Masahiro Honjo |
| Other works | Sven-David Sandstrom: Laudamus Te + En Ny Himmel Och En Ny
Jord Several other works, probably by Japanese composers. |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl