CARISSIMI: Oratorios - Les Voix Baroques

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) spent his whole life in Rome in the service of the Jesuits, as chapel master of San Apollinare. He is considered the greatest exponent of oratorio in the Latin language. His work is considerable, but his claim to fame remains his some 8 to 15 oratorios, or sacred stories, known from later copies. These compositions are indeed very varied, some of which can be considered as motets in dialogue. Their librettos are anonymous, but Carissimi may have collaborated in their writing, and they are difficult to date.

1. Jonas | Cum repleta esset Ninive | Giacomo Carissimi

2. Jonas | Et proeliabantur venti | Giacomo Carissimi

3. Jonas | Jonas autem in interiobus navis | Giacomo Carissimi

4. Jonas | Tulerunt nautae Jonam et miserunt in mare | Giacomo Carissimi

5. Jonas | Justus es, Domine | Giacomo Carissimi

6. Jonas | Et imperavit Dominus pisci | Giacomo Carissimi

7. Jonas | Peccavimus, Domine | Giacomo Carissimi

8. Jephte | Cum vocasset in proelium | Giacomo Carissimi

9. Jephte | Cum vidisset Jephte | Giacomo Carissimi

10. Jephte | Plorate colles, dolete montes | Giacomo Carissimi

11. Jephte | Plorate filii Israel plorate | Giacomo Carissimi

12. Ezechia | Aegrotante Ezechia | Giacomo Carissimi

13. Ezechia | Obsecro, Domine | Giacomo Carissimi

14. Ezechia | Misertus est autem Dominus... | Giacomo Carissimi

15. Ezechia | extera Domini fecit virtutem | Giacomo Carissimi

16. Ezechia | Narribimus omnes opera Domini | Giacomo Carissimi

17. Job | Audi audi, Job | Giacomo Carissimi

18. Job | Audi audi, Job | Giacomo Carissimi

19. Job | Vade, vade, vade, Spiritus malus | Giacomo Carissimi