Immerse yourself in the profound and stirring compositions of Niccolò Jommelli with this meticulously crafted album, "Jommelli: Missa pro Defunctis, Libera me & Miserere." This collection, released on April 3, 2020, under the Passacaille label, features a rich tapestry of sacred music that showcases Jommelli's mastery and his significant contributions to the classical repertoire.
The album spans a total of 50 tracks, encapsulating a duration of 1 hour and 4 minutes, and includes some of Jommelli's most revered works. At the heart of the collection is the "Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major," a powerful and moving Requiem composed in 1756 to honor the memory of the Duchess von Württemberg, mother of Jommelli's patron, Duke Carl Eugen. This piece, along with the "Libera me in C Minor" and "Miserere in G Minor," exemplifies Jommelli's deep understanding of both the spiritual and musical dimensions of his craft.
Performed by the esteemed ensemble Il Gardellino, under the direction of Peter Van Heyghen, this album benefits from the expertise of renowned vocalists including Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Miriam Feuersinger, Helen Charlston, Gaia Petrone, Daniel Johannsen, and Valerio Contaldo. Each track is a testament to the ensemble's dedication to historical performance practices, ensuring an authentic and resonant listening experience.
Niccolò Jommelli, one of the most sought-after composers of his time, brings his operatic flair and deep spiritual insight to these sacred works. The "Missa pro Defunctis" is particularly notable for its dramatic intensity and lyrical beauty, making it a cornerstone of the Baroque requiem tradition. The "Libera me" and "Miserere" further enrich the album with their poignant melodies and profound theological depth.
This album is a testament to Jommelli's enduring legacy and his ability to blend the sacred and the dramatic in a way that resonates deeply with the listener. Whether you are a seasoned classical music enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, this collection offers a profound and enriching experience.
Tracks
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: I. Introitus, "Requiem æternam"Niccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Gaia Petrone, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: II. Kyrie, 1. Kyrie eleisonNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: II. Kyrie, 2. Christe eleisonNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Helen Charlston, Daniel Johannsen, Sebastian Myrus, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: II. Kyrie, 3. Kyrie eleisonNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: III. Sequentia, 1. Dies iraeNiccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Il Gardellino, Gaia Petrone, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: III. Sequentia, 2. Salva me, fons pietatisNiccolò Jommelli, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Il Gardellino, Helen Charlston, Daniel Johannsen, Sebastian Myrus, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: III. Sequentia, 3. Oro supplex et acclinisNiccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Il Gardellino, Gaia Petrone, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: III. Sequentia, 4. Pie Jesu DomineNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: IV. Offertorium, 1. Domine, Jesu Christe, (a) Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriaeNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: IV. Offertorium, 1. Domine, Jesu Christe, (b) Libera eas de ore leonisNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: IV. Offertorium, 1. Domine, Jesu Christe, (c) Quam olim Abrahae promisistiNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: IV. Offertorium, 1. Hostias, (a) Hostias et praeces tibi, DomineNiccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Il Gardellino, Gaia Petrone, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: IV. Offertorium, 1. Hostias, (b) Quam olim Abrahae promisistiNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: V. Sanctus, 1. Sanctus, Dominus DeusNiccolò Jommelli, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Il Gardellino, Helen Charlston, Daniel Johannsen, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: V. Sanctus, 2. HosannaNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: VI. Benedictus, 1. Benedictus qui venit in nomine DominiNiccolò Jommelli, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: VI. Benedictus, 2. Hosanna in excelsisNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: VII. Agnus Dei, 1. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundiNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Miriam Feuersinger, Gaia Petrone, Valerio Contaldo, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: VII. Agnus Dei, 2. Dona eis requiemNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: VIII. Communio, 1. Lux aeterna luceat eis DomineNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: VIII. Communio, 2. Requiem aeternamNiccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Il Gardellino, Gaia Petrone, Peter Van Heyghen
Missa pro Defunctis in E-Flat Major, HocJ A1.3: VIII. Communio, 3. Cum sanctis tuis in aeternumNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Libera me in C Minor, HocJ E.2: I. Libera meNiccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Il Gardellino, Gaia Petrone, Peter Van Heyghen
Libera me in C Minor, HocJ E.2: II. Quando cœli movendi sunt et terraNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Libera me in C Minor, HocJ E.2: III. Dum veneris iudicareNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Helen Charlston, Daniel Johannsen, Sebastian Myrus, Peter Van Heyghen
Libera me in C Minor, HocJ E.2: IV. Tremens factus sum egoNiccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Libera me in C Minor, HocJ E.2: V. Quando cœli movendi sunt et terraNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Libera me in C Minor, HocJ E.2: VI. Dies illa, dies iraeNiccolò Jommelli, Gaia Petrone, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Libera me in C Minor, HocJ E.2: VII. Dum veneris iudicareNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Helen Charlston, Daniel Johannsen, Sebastian Myrus, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: I. Miserere, 1. Miserere mei DeusNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: I. Miserere, 2. Et secundum multitudinemNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: II. Amplius lava me ab iniquitate meaNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: III. Quoniam iniquitatem meamNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: IV. Tibi soli peccaviNiccolò Jommelli, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Niccolò Jomelli, Helen Charlston, Daniel Johannsen, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: V. Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sumNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: VI. Ecce enim veritatemNiccolò Jommelli, Miriam Feuersinger, Il Gardellino, Gaia Petrone, Valerio Contaldo, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: VII. Asparges me hysopo et mundaborNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: VIII. Auditui meo dabis gaudiumNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: IX. Averte faciem tuamNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: X. Cor mundum crea in me DeusNiccolò Jommelli, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Il Gardellino, Helen Charlston, Daniel Johannsen, Miriam Feuersinger, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XI. Ne proicias me a facie tuaNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XII. Redde mihi laetitiamNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XIII. Docebo iniquos vias tuasNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Daniel Johannsen, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XIV. Libera me de sanguinibus, DeusNiccolò Jommelli, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Il Gardellino, Helen Charlston, Miriam Feuersinger, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XV. Domine labia mea aperiesNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XVI. Quoniam si voluissesNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XVII. Sacrificium DeoNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Daniel Johannsen, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XVIII. Benigne fac DomineNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Miriam Feuersinger, Gaia Petrone, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XIX. Tunc acceptabis, 1. Tunc acceptabis sacrificiumNiccolò Jommelli, Daniel Johannsen, Il Gardellino, Valerio Contaldo, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Peter Van Heyghen
Miserere in G Minor, HocJ C1.23: XIX. Tunc acceptabis, 2. Tunc imponentNiccolò Jommelli, Il Gardellino, Peter Van Heyghen
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