About the composer
Roger Calmel was born in 1921 in the Languedoc region of France. He studied with the
famous composers Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud. In his choral works he uses a clear
style, based on atonality, with much attention to polyphony.
More about Roger Calmel can be found at his official site (in french) http://www.rogercalmel.fr.st/
| Date | 1970 |
| Performers | Mixed choir, ondes Martinot, piano, percussion |
| Length | 17.49 minutes |
| Particulars | The Stabat Mater is said to be a good example of Calmel's style. Very interesting is the accompaniment, with the strange combination of piano, a large battery of percussion instruments and the use of the "ondes Martinot", a kind of synthesizer with a unique sound, invented in 1928 by Maurice Martinot. Several versions have been written by Calmel, the first one for baritone solo and female choir. |
| Textual variations | Only the stanzas 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 20 are sung. The stanzas 11 and 8 have changed place and a repetition of stanza 1 is inserted before the last stanza. |
| CD | Chamase CHCD 5648: Roger Calmel |
| About this CD | The CD is dedicated to the works of Calmel Recorded at the Auditorium du C.N.R. de Boulogne-Billancourt in February 1997 I bought this CD on the Internet, CDNow, 1997 |
| Orchestra | Trio Deslogères |
| Choir | Le Madrigal de Paris |
| Conductor | Pierre Calmelet |
| Other works | Les Yeux de Lumiere Les Trois Messes Basses Choeurs Mélodies |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl