Western religious music from different centuries.
Spiritual music from the 18th century, including the ‘Heiligmesse’ by Joseph Haydn and a Lamentation by Nicolò Jommelli.
Nicolò Jommelli (1714-1774)
1. Le Lamentazioni del profeta Geremia per il Mercoledì santo: Lamentatie 3
Performers: Véronique Gens, soprano. Gérard Lesne, counter tenor. Il Seminario Musicale conducted by Christophe Rousset
(CD label Erato 6286282)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
2. Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida ‘Heiligmesse’ Hob. XXII:10
Performers: Lorna Anderson, soprano. Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo soprano. Mark Padmore, tenor. Stephen Varcoe, baritone. Collegium Musicus 90 conducted by Richard Hickox
(CD label Chaconne CHAN 0645)
Addition:
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679-1735)
3. ‘Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren’
Performer: Maurizio Croci, organ
(CD label Stradivarius STR 33704)
Pictured: Nicolò Jommelli
