Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Performer: Les Arts Florissants
Conductor: Paul Agnew
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HAF8905363
Release: 2023
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tenebræ Responsoria, Feria Quinta
01. Nocturnus I. Zelus domus tuæ
02. Lectio I. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiæ
03. Responsorium I. In monte Oliveti
04. Lectio II. Vau – Et egressus est a filia Sion
05. Responsorium II. Tristis est anima mea
06. Lectio III. Jod – Manum suam misit hostis
07. Responsorium III. Ecce vidimus eum
08. Nocturnus II. Liberavit Dominus pauperem
09. Lectio IV. Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam
10. Responsorium IV. Amicus meus
11. Lectio V. Utinam ergo qui nos modo exercent
12. Responsorium V. Judas mercator pessimus
13. Lectio VI. Quoniam vidi iniquitatem
14. Responsorium VI. Unus ex discipulis meis
15. Nocturnus III. Dixi iniquis
16. Lectio VII. Hoc autem præcipio
17. Responsorium VII. Eram quasi agnus innocens
18. Lectio VIII. Ego enim accepi a Domino
19. Responsorium VIII. Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum
20. Lectio IX. Itaque quicumque manducaverit panem
21. Responsorium IX. Seniores populi consilium fecerunt
22. Christus factus est
23. Miserere mei, Deus
With their bold harmonies, their counterpoint of unequalled refinement and their raw emotion, the Tenebrae Responsories are the sacred counterpart to Gesualdo’s last two books of madrigals, published the same year (1611).
Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants here prolong their critically acclaimed exploration of those six increasingly venomous collections.
Their interpretation of the Responsories for Maundry Thursday subtly shifts towards the conscious dolorism of the late works of the Prince of Venosa.