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Carissimi - Vanitas Vanitatem Part 1: Proposui in mente mea

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Though lacking the dramatic narrative that propels most of Carissimi's oratorios, Vanitas Vanitatum is nevertheless a tightly constructed and compelling meditation on the ephemeral nature of material pursuits. With it's highly structured architecture, clearly punctuated by ritornellli, Carissimi's effervescent and engaging oratorio belies its weighty subject matter of the transience of human existence. Here, the admonition to forego worldly pleasures for heavenly ones, a theme common in the spiritual literature of Counter Reformation Italy is communicated in a style only one step removed from the first operas.

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Warren Stewart, artistic director

Catherine Webster, soprano
Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano
Paul Elliott, alto
Scott Whitaker, tenor
Peter Becker, bass
Rob Diggins, violin
Jolianne von Einem, violin
Warren Stewart, violoncello
David Tayler, theorbo
Hanneke van Proosdij, harpsichord, organ
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Tenor (Scott Whitaker)
Proposui in mente mea quærere et investigare sapientes de omnibus quæ sunt super terram. Vidi omnia quæ fint sub sole, et contemplatus sum quæcumque magis expetunt filii hominum, et ecce universa vanitas et afflictio spiritus.

Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas.

Chorus
Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas.

Tenor
I decided in my mind to ask and survey the wise about all the things that there are in the world. I saw all that happened under the sun, and I contemplated all those things most desired by the sons of men, and so all is vanity and affliction to the soul.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Chorus
Vanity of vanities , all is vanity.
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from Vanitas Vanitatem - Music of Carissimi's Rome, released 01 November 2004
Live recording at St. Gregory Nyssen Episcopal Church on September 24, 2004. Mark Lemaire & David Tayler, engineer; David Tayler, editing & mastering.
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tags: baroque early music religious vocal San Francisco
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