这张专辑是在罗马录制的,这也是这些作品的诞生地。1707年左右,年轻的亨德尔在圣玛丽亚迪蒙特圣教堂工作,他的作品旨在描绘加尔默罗修会的(Carmelite Order)晚祷会。乔尔达诺•安东内利(Giordano Antonelli)带领着Musica Antiqua Latina和Coro da Camera Italiano,穿插着各种意大利作曲家围绕着亨德尔的Dixit Dominus所作的赞美诗,以及大量的格利高里圣咏与乔瓦尼•保罗•科隆纳(Giovanni Paolo Colonna)、安东尼奥•玛丽亚•博农西尼(Antonio Maria Bononcini)、亚历山德罗•斯卡拉蒂(Alessandro Scarlatti)的音乐,科雷利和弗雷斯科巴尔迪(fresdi)的器乐作品。专辑显示了一种虔诚感,它既是戏剧的,又是艺术的,它尽可能准确地再现了十八世纪初教皇城所能听到的音乐,用华丽的声乐和器乐反映了巴洛克艺术,仿佛天使和魔鬼无所不在地在罗马教堂中飞舞。
曲目列表:
01 - Modulatio Organica Praeambulum ad Organi
02 - Invocatio Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende
03 - Psalmi ad Vesperas, Op. 12, Domine, ad Adjuvandum I. Allegro
04 - Psalmi ad Vesperas, Op. 12, Domine, ad Adjuvandum II. Largo
05 - Psalmi ad Vesperas, Op. 12, Domine, ad Adjuvandum III. Allegro
06 - Sessanta versetti e una pastorale, Sec.XVII Praeambulum ad Organi, Pt. I
07 - Antiphon 1 Pulchra es et decora; Pt. I
08 - 11 Versi per organo Praeambulum ad Organi
09 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 I. Dixit Dominus
10 - Virgam Virtutis (Graduale Triplex - cnhifi.com)
11 - Tecum Principium (Graduale Triplex)
12 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 IV. Juravit Dominus
13 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 V. Tu es sacerdos
14 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 VI. Dominus a dextris tuis
15 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 VIIa. Judicabit
16 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 VIIb. Conquassabit
17 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 VIII. De torrente
18 - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 IX. Gloria
19 - Sessanta versetti e una pastorale, Sec.XVII Praeambulum ad Organi, Pt. II
20 - Antiphon 1 Pulchra es et decora; Pt. II
21 - Antiphon 2 Sicut myrrah electa, Pt. I
22 - Laudate pueri a canto solo col violoncello obligato (Psalm 112)
23 - Laudate Pueri (Psalm 112)
24 - Antiphon 2 Sicut myrrah electa, Pt. II
25 - Praembulum ad Organi
26 - Antiphon 3 In odorem, Pt. I
27 - Laetatus Sum (Psalm 121)
28 - Antiphon 3 In odorem, Pt. II
29 - Antiphon 4 Benedicta es
30 - Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126)
31 - Sessanta versetti e una pastorale, Sec.XVII Praeambulum ad Organi, Pt. III
32 - Haec est Regina Virginum, HWV 235
33 - Antiphon Speciosa Facta es, Pt. I
34 - Psalmi ad Vesperas, Op.12 Lauda Jerusalem Dominum (Psalm 147)
35 - Lauda Jerusalem (Psalm 147)
36 - Antiphon Speciosa Facta es, Pt. II
37 - Te Decus Virgineum, HWV 243
38 - Ave Maris Stella
39 - Magnificat secundi toni, F 3.24
40 - Alma Redemptoris Mater
41 - Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 6 I. Adagio
42 - Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 6 II. Allegro
