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Carissimi, Giacomo
JONAS: Cum repleta esset Ninive
2:34
Carissimi, Giacomo
JONAS: Et proeliabantur venti
3:26
Carissimi, Giacomo
JONAS: Jonas autem in interiobus navis
3:28
Carissimi, Giacomo
JONAS: Tulerunt nautae Jonam et miserunt in mare
0:56
Carissimi, Giacomo
JONAS: Justus es, Domine
5:29
Carissimi, Giacomo
JONAS: Et imperavit Dominus pisci
0:55
Carissimi, Giacomo
JONAS: Peccavimus, Domine
2:13
Carissimi, Giacomo
JEPHTE: Cum vocasset in proelium
7:53
Carissimi, Giacomo
JEPHTE: Cum vidisset Jephte
5:45
Carissimi, Giacomo
JEPHTE: Plorate colles, dolete montes
4:45
Carissimi, Giacomo
JEPHTE: Plorate filii Israel plorate
5:29
Carissimi, Giacomo
EZECHIA: Aegrotante Ezechia
3:13
Carissimi, Giacomo
EZECHIA: Obsecro, Domine
4:38
Carissimi, Giacomo
EZECHIA: Misertus est autem Dominus...
2:32
Carissimi, Giacomo
EZECHIA: extera Domini fecit virtutem
1:25
Carissimi, Giacomo
EZECHIA: Narribimus omnes opera Domini
2:42
Carissimi, Giacomo
JOB: Audi audi, Job
2:18
Carissimi, Giacomo
JOB: Audi audi, Job
4:54
Carissimi, Giacomo
JOB: Vade, vade, vade, Spiritus malus
3:07
Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) was the greatest exponent of the Latin sacred historia (oratorio). He spent his whole life in Rome as maestro di cappella at the San Apollinare church. In his music, Carissimi perfectly embraced the views of his employers on appropriate means for stimulating faith. With dramatic flair, remarkable imagination, and a verbal sensitivity equal to Monteverdi's, he brought Biblical characters vividly to life. Carissimi’s oratorios (historiae), known from later copies, remain his greatest claim to fame. They were quite varied, and some may be considered to be motets in dialogue. They are difficult to date and their libretti were anonymous — Carissimi may have collaborated in writing them.