Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) spent his whole life in Rome in the service of the Jesuits, as chapel master of San Apollinare. He is considered the greatest exponent of oratorio in the Latin language. His work is considerable, but his claim to fame remains his some 8 to 15 oratorios, or sacred stories, known from later copies. These compositions are indeed very varied, some of which can be considered as motets in dialogue. Their librettos are anonymous, but Carissimi may have collaborated in their writing, and they are difficult to date.
1. Jonas | Cum repleta esset Ninive | Giacomo Carissimi
2. Jonas | Et proeliabantur venti | Giacomo Carissimi
3. Jonas | Jonas autem in interiobus navis | Giacomo Carissimi
4. Jonas | Tulerunt nautae Jonam et miserunt in mare | Giacomo Carissimi
5. Jonas | Justus es, Domine | Giacomo Carissimi
6. Jonas | Et imperavit Dominus pisci | Giacomo Carissimi
7. Jonas | Peccavimus, Domine | Giacomo Carissimi
8. Jephte | Cum vocasset in proelium | Giacomo Carissimi
9. Jephte | Cum vidisset Jephte | Giacomo Carissimi
10. Jephte | Plorate colles, dolete montes | Giacomo Carissimi
11. Jephte | Plorate filii Israel plorate | Giacomo Carissimi
12. Ezechia | Aegrotante Ezechia | Giacomo Carissimi
13. Ezechia | Obsecro, Domine | Giacomo Carissimi
14. Ezechia | Misertus est autem Dominus… | Giacomo Carissimi
15. Ezechia | extera Domini fecit virtutem | Giacomo Carissimi
16. Ezechia | Narribimus omnes opera Domini | Giacomo Carissimi
17. Job | Audi audi, Job | Giacomo Carissimi
18. Job | Audi audi, Job | Giacomo Carissimi
19. Job | Vade, vade, vade, Spiritus malus | Giacomo Carissimi