Carissimi - Vanitas Vanitatem Part 4: Coacervavi mihi argentum et aurum

track name: Carissimi - Vanitas Vanitatem Part 4: Coacervavi mihi argentum et aurum
album and band name: from Vanitas Vanitatem - Music of Carissimi's Rome by Magnificat

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about: 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.

Magnificat
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
lyrics: Text & Translation

Bassus (Peter Becker)
Coacervavi mihi argentum et aurum et substantias regnum et provinciarum, possedi quoque et ancillas, multamque familiam habui, armenta quoque et magnos ovium greges comparavi, et supergressus sum opibus omnes qui fuerunt ante me. Et vidi quod hoc quoque esset vanitas et afflitio spiritus.

Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas.

Chorus
Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas.

Bass
I collected silver and gold, and the goods of kingdoms and countrymen. I also owned slaves and had many servants, armor too and I bought large flocks of sheep and I surpassed the riches of those before me. And I found true that even this is vanity and affliction of the spirit.

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Chorus
All is vanity, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
credits: 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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