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Gesualdo: Tenebræ Responsoria, Feria Quinta

Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew

The six members of the ensemble furnish lovely singing, warmly surrounded by the marvelous acoustics of Ambronay abbey. When Agnew completes the other two discs in this set, it will certainly...

Gesualdo: Tenebræ Responsoria, Feria Quinta

Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew

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The six members of the ensemble furnish lovely singing, warmly surrounded by the marvelous acoustics of Ambronay abbey. When Agnew completes the other two discs in this set, it will certainly...

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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.

Contents and tracklist

Nocturnus I. Zelus domus tuæ
Track length1:45
Lectio I. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiæ
Track length2:10
Responsorium I. In monte Oliveti
Track length4:58
Lectio II. Vau - Et egressus est a filia Sion
Track length2:20
Responsorium II. Tristis est anima mea
Track length4:53
Lectio III. Jod – Manum suam misit hostis
Track length1:59
Responsorium III. Ecce vidimus eum
Track length7:06
Nocturnus II. Liberavit Dominus pauperem
Track length1:44
Lectio IV. Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam
Track length1:27
Responsorium IV. Amicus meus
Track length4:19
Lectio V. Utinam ergo qui nos modo exercent
Track length1:23
Responsorium V. Judas mercator pessimus
Track length2:29
Lectio VI. Quoniam vidi iniquitatem
Track length1:41
Responsorium VI. Unus ex discipulis meis
Track length5:56
Nocturnus III. Dixi iniquis
Track length1:31
Lectio VII. Hoc autem præcipio
Track length1:55
Responsorium VII. Eram quasi agnus innocens
Track length4:43
Lectio VIII. Ego enim accepi a Domino
Track length1:59
Responsorium VIII. Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum
Track length3:30
Lectio IX. Itaque quicumque manducaverit panem
Track length2:11
Responsorium IX. Seniores populi consilium fecerunt
Track length5:42
Christus factus est
Track length0:37
Miserere mei, Deus
Track length9:42

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July/August 2023

The six members of the ensemble furnish lovely singing, warmly surrounded by the marvelous acoustics of Ambronay abbey. When Agnew completes the other two discs in this set, it will certainly be the choice presentation of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae music. Don’t forgo this masterly disc, worth adding to any previous acquisition.

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