Carissimi, Giacomo > Thompson, Sumner

Carissimi Oratorios

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-02-23

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jonas; Jephte; Ezechia, oratorio for 5 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Job, oratorio for 3 voices & continuo (doubtful)
Performers: Balzer, Colin; Duncan, Tyler; Keohane, Maria; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Thompson, Sumner; Webster, Catherine; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]; Wiliford, Lawrence
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Baroques

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...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (01/06/2009-01/08/2009)....continue...

Passion & Lament: Choral Masterworks

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2009-10-27

Works: Salomone Rossi: Settings from Hashirim asher lish'lomo (The Songs of Solomon); Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Stabat mater; Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte
Performers: Boutte, Tony; Ellis, Jennifer; Thompson, Sumner
Conductors: Abraham, Daniel

Singers and instrumentalists join forces for this recording of The Bach Sinfonia and Sinfonia Voci’s performance of Biber’s Stabat Mater, a work music director Daniel...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes, Washington, D. (05/18/2008-05/21/2008)....continue...