Giacomo Carissimi & Claudio Monteverdi & Orlando di Lasso

Featuring

Magdalena Dijkstra
Mareike Braun
Kerstin Rosenfeldt
Andreas Hirtreiter
Q-Won Han
Korbinian Schlag

Nicolas Ries
Max Hanft
Giovanni Antonini
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Il Giardino Armonico
Giacomo Carissimi
Claudio Monteverdi
Orlando di Lasso

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Compositional Technique

In Carissimi's 'Jonah', the Historicus (narrator) role is sung by four solo voices and even an eight-part double choir during the storm scene, while the drama and elementary emotions are conveyed by the choir.

Composition History

Carissimi's oratorio 'Jonah' was likely composed in the 1650s for popular penitential devotions held by the 'Archbrotherhood of the Most Holy Cross' in Rome.

Performer Biography

Giovanni Antonini, the conductor, is a founding member and director of Il Giardino Armonico, a leading early music ensemble, and is also involved in the 'Haydn 2032' project to record all 107 Haydn symphonies.

Composer Biography

Giacomo Carissimi, a craftsman's son, was ordained as a priest and became Kapellmeister at the church of Sant'Apollinare in Rome, where he was responsible for music and musical education.

Compositional Technique

Orlando di Lasso's 'Lagrime di San Pietro' is structured with three sequences of seven compositions and is written for seven voices, incorporating numerical symbolism where seven represents perfection and order, and three the Holy Trinity.

Composition History

Claudio Monteverdi's opera 'L'Arianna' was never published and its score is lost, with only the 'Lamento d'Arianna' surviving in three versions, including a madrigal version.