Carissimi - Judicium Extremum; Jepthe; Jonas (1992)

Judicium Extremum, oratorio for 5 soloists, double chorus, 2 violins & continuo
1. Aspiciebam in visione noctis
2. Tunc, horriblil sonitu
3. Tunc, apertis caelis
4. Quam magna, quam amara

Jonas, oratorio for soloists, 5 voices, 2 violins & continuo
5. Cum repleta esset Ninive
6. Jonas autem interioribus navis
7. Justus es, Domine
8. Et imperavit Dominus pisci

Jephte, oratorio for 6 voices & continuo
9. Cum vocasset in proelium
10. Cum autem vicor Jephte
11. Cum vidisset Jephte
12. Plorate colles
13. Plorate, filii Israel

Ruth Holton – soprano
Ashley Stafford – soprano
Nigel Robson – tenor
Mark Tucker – tenor
Stephen Charlesworth – baritone
Monteverdi Choir
Members of the English Baroque Soloists
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
John Eliot Gardiner – conductor

Exquisite recordings of these three early 'oratorios' by Carissimi. I put oratorio in scare quotes just in case visions of Handel spring up. Indeed, even comparing Carissimi's works with his, rough (in more ways than one!), contemporary, Stradella, would be mistaken as none of the works here last more than half an hour. Indeed, in his masterful Jepthe, the narrative is essentially one compressed scene from the (paraphrased) Biblical text. Which gives it all a wonderful concentration, making the lament of Jepthe's daughter ('Plorate colles') all the more emotionally crushing. ---Colin Hughes, amazon.com

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