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Passion and Lament: Choral Masterworks of the 17th Century | Sono Luminus DSL90913

Passion and Lament: Choral Masterworks of the 17th Century

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Label: Sono Luminus

Cat No: DSL90913

Barcode: 0053479091321

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th March 2010

Contents

Works

Rossi
Settings from Hashirim asher lish’lomo (“The Songs of Solomon”)

Biber
Stabat mate

Carissimi
Historia di Jepthe

Artists

Bach Sinfonia

Conductor

Daniel Abraham

Works

Rossi
Settings from Hashirim asher lish’lomo (“The Songs of Solomon”)

Biber
Stabat mate

Carissimi
Historia di Jepthe

Artists

Bach Sinfonia

Conductor

Daniel Abraham

About

Hailed by the Washington Post as “One of the area’s important chamber ensembles”, The Bach Sinfonia, under the direction of conductor Daniel Abraham, gives an exciting and reflective performance exploring the beauty and tonal intricacies of some of the most stellar choral works of the 17th century.

Singers and instrumentalists join forces for this recording of Biber’s Stabat Mater, a work music director Daniel Abraham prepared from original manuscripts for the modern concert premiere in May 2008.

In addition to this forgotten masterwork, this recording offers the rare opportunity to explore six of Rossi’s radiant polyphonic Hebrew settings from Hashirim asher lish’lomo (The Songs of Solomon), the composer’s important choral offering of compositions for the standard Jewish liturgy.

Also on the album is Carissimi’s beautiful oratorio Histori di Jepthe, the first true masterwork in this genre which tells the story of Jepthe, the military general who must uphold his promise and sacrifice his daughter as an offering for his victory in battle. The dramatic musical imagery of this early oratorio includes songs of triumph and victory, innocence and praise, and anguish and lament which unfold in stunning solo passages and some of the most stirring choruses in all of the Baroque era.

Recorded in the heart of the Nation’s Capital, this album’s beautiful choral passages, matched with the power and passion of the soloists’ performances, are sure to put this album at the top of every music lover's list.

Track Listing:
Salamone Rossi
Settings from Hashirim asher lish’lomo (“The Songs of Solomon”)
1. Eftach na sefatai a7
2. Shir hamma’alor, Ashrei kol yere Adonai a3 (Psalm 128)
3. Shir hamma’alot, Ashrei koI yere Adonai as (Psalm 128)
4. Odekha ki ‘anitani a6 (Psalm 118:121-24)
5. Elohim, hashivenu a4 (Psalm 80:4, 8, 20)
6. Shir harnma’alot. Beshuv Adonai as (Psalm 126)

Heinrich Ignaz von Biber
Stabat mater (premiere recording)
7. Verse 1: Stahar Mater dolorosa
8. Verse 3: O quam tristis et afficta
9. Verse 7: Pro peccatis suae gentis
10. Verse 10: Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
11. Verse 11: Sancta Mater, isrud agas
12. Verse 20: Quando corpus morietur

Giacomo Carissimi
Historia di Jepthe
13. [Instrumental Prolog-improvised],Cum vocasset in proelium filios, Si tradiderit Dominus
14. Transivit ergo Jephte
15. Et clangebant tubae
16. Fugite, cedite, impii, perite gentes
17. Fugite, cedite, impii, corruite
18. Et percussit jephte
19. Et ululanres filii Ammon
20. Cum autem victor Jephte
21. Incipite in tympanis
22. Hymnum cantemus Domino
23. Cantate mecum Domino
24. Coro a6: Cantemus omnes Domino
25. Cum vidisset jephte
26. Heu mihi!, Cur ego te pater decepi, Aperui as meum ad Dominurn
27. Pater rni, si vovisti votum Domino, Quid poterit animam tuarn, Dimitte me,Vade, filia mia unigentia
28. Abiit ergo in montes filia Jephte
29. Plorate, plorate colles
30. Plarate filii Israel

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