Artist: Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Title: Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsaria, Feria Quinta

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2023

Label: Harmonia Mundi

UPC: 3149020946671

Genre: Classical Artists

Album Tracks

1. Gesualdo: Tenebræ Responsoria, Feria Quinta
2. Nocturnus I. Zelus Domus Tuæ
3. Lectio I. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiæ
4. Responsorium I. in Monte Oliveti
5. Lectio II. Vau - Et Egressus Est a Filia Sion
6. Responsorium II. Tristis Est Anima Mea
7. Lectio III. Jod - Manum Suam Misit Hostis
8. Responsorium III. Ecce Vidimus Eum
9. Nocturnus II. Liberavit Dominus Pauperem
10. Lectio IV. Exaudi, Deus, Orationem Meam
11. Responsorium IV. Amicus Meus
12. Lectio V. Utinam Ergo Qui Nos Modo Exercent
13. Responsorium V. Judas Mercator Pessimus
14. Lectio VI. Quoniam Vidi Iniquitatem
15. Responsorium VI. Unus Ex Discipulis Meis
16. Nocturnus III. Dixi Iniquis
17. Lectio VII. Hoc Autem Præcipio
18. Responsorium VII. Eram Quasi Agnus Innocens
19. Lectio VIII. Ego Enim Accepi a Domino
20. Responsorium VIII. Una Hora Non Potuistis Vigilare Mecum
21. Lectio IX. Itaque Quicumque Manducaverit Panem
22. Responsorium IX. Seniores Populi Consilium Fecerunt
23. Christus Factus Est
24. 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.