Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Gesualdo: Responsoria 1611 (2013) [Hi-Res]

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CD1
01. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: I. In monte Oliveti
02. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: II. Tristis est anima mea
03. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: III. Ecce vidimus eum
04. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: IV. Amicus meus
05. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: V. Judas mercator pessimus
06. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: VI. Unus ex discipulis meis
07. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: VII. Eram quasi agnus innocens
08. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: VIII. Una Hora
09. Feria Quinta, Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: IX. Seniores populi
10. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: I. Omnes amici mei
11. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: II. Velum templi
12. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: III. Vinea mea electa
13. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: IV. Tamquam ad latronem
14. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: V. Tenebrae factae sunt
15. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: VI. Animam meam dilectam
16. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: VII. Tradiderunt me
17. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories For Good Friday: VIII. Jesum Tradidit Impius
18. Feria Sexta, Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday: IX. Caligaverunt oculi mei

CD2
01. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: I. Sicut ovis
02. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: II. Jerusalem, surge
03. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: III. Plange quasi virgo
04. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: IV. Recessit pastor noster
05. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: V. O vos omnes
06. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: VI. Ecce quomodo moritur justus
07. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: VII. Astiterunt reges terrae
08. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories For Holy Saturday: VIII. Aestimatus Sum
09. Sabbato Sancto, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: IX. Sepulto Domino
10. Benedictus, Canticle (Luke I, 68-79)
11. Miserere, Psalm 50

The second project of Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe for Phi to focus on Renaissance music is devoted to one of the most remarkable of all composers: Carlo Gesualdo. Both his life, characterised by extravagant and excessive behaviour, and his compositions left their mark on the history of music. Although best known for his secular music, he also wrote an almost equivalent number of sacred works that demonstrate his fervent faith. The Tenebrae Responsories comprise a set of pieces for Holy Week, in all twenty-seven motets for six voices, a psalm, and a hymn, published under his own supervision in 1611. As in his madrigals, the music is underpinned by many unexpected chromatic variations that create expressive images evoking tears, the earthquake, the despair of Christ on the cross, etc. The acoustics of the church of the village of Asciano in Tuscany, where the programme was recorded in 2011, create the perfect soundscape for this music.

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