Jephte - Draghi, Carissimi Jephte by Various, Od (2022/2022), Dirigent Paul Agnew

Two versions of the biblical story of Jephthah: that of Carissimi, in the middle of the 17th century, and that of Draghi, a little later. Before attacking the Ammonites, Jephthah promised to offer to God, in case of victory, the first person who would come to him on his return. The ace ! it was his only daughter. The biblical story has greatly inspired artists – in music, let us mention in particular Handel, Charpentier, but also Montclair or Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. Les Arts Florissants, who have interpreted several of these scores, are turning for this concert to the oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi (whom Handel and Charpentier both knew) and to that of Antonio Draghi, a very little known work, representative of the Viennese oratorio.