Alessandro De Marchi - Händel & Caldara: Carmelite Vespers 1709 (2012)

Although Handel and Caldara never collaborated, it's nearly certain that their paths crossed in Rome in 1709, where both held prestigious appointments. The highly imaginative concept behind the Carmelite Vespers is a conceptual construction of what they might have put together for the night mass for Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Some of the Handel might be familiar; the Caldara psalms and antiphons are meticulously performed and provide an intimate relief from the large works. The new context is scholarly and refreshing, and there's a special highlight in soprano Roberta Invernizzi's performance.

TRACKLIST

CD1
01. Deus in adiutorium meum intende
02. Haec est regina: Haec est regina virginum
03. Haec est regina: Virgo Dei genitrix
04. Laetatus sum in his
05. Laetatus sum: Jerusalem quae aedificatur
06. Laetatus sum: Illuc enim ascenderunt
07. Laetatus sum: Rogate quae ad pacem
08. Laetatus sum: Propter fratres meos
09. Laetatus sum: Sicut erat in principio
10. Saeviat tellus: Saeviat tellus inter rigores
11. Saeviat tellus: Recitativo: Carmelitarum ut confirmat ordinem
12. Saeviat tellus: O nox dulcis
13. Stellae fidei
14. Saeviat tellus: Recitativo: Sub tantae virginis tutela
15. Saeviat tellus: Alleluia

CD2
01. Te decus virgineum-Allegro
02. Dixit Domino meo
03. Dixit Dominus: Virgam virtutis tuae
04. Dixit Dominus: Tecum principium in die virtutis
05. Dixit Dominus: Juravit Dominus
06. Dixit Dominus: Secundum ordinem Melchisedech
07. Dixit Dominus: Dominus a dextris tuis
08. De torrente in via
09. Dixit Dominus: Gloria Patri, et Filio
10. Salve Regina
11. Salve Regina: Ad te clamamus
12. Salve Regina: Eia ergo, advocata nostra
13. Salve Regina: O clemens, o pia
14. Ora pro nobis
15. Protege domine