The Hilliard Ensemble - Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae (1991)

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Artist: The Hilliard Ensemble
Title: Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae
Year Of Release: 1991
Label: ECM New Series
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:03:31
Total Size: 522 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 1
2. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2
3. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3
4. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4
5. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5
6. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In II Nocturne: Responsorium 6
7. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7
8. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8
9. Feria V - In Coena Domini: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9
10. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 1
11. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2
12. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3
13. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4
14. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5
15. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 6
16. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7
17. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8
18. Feria VI - In Parasceve: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9

CD 2
1. Sabato Sancto: In Nocturno: Responsorium 1
2. Sabato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2
3. Sabato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3
4. Sabato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4
5. Sabato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5
6. Sabato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 6
7. Sabato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7
8. Sabato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8
9. Sabato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9
10. Benedictus
11. Miserere

Performers:
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James Countertenor
Ashley Stafford Countertenor
John Potter Tenor
Rogers Covey-Crump Tenor
Mark Padmore Tenor
David Beavan Bass
Paul Hillier Baritone

Carlo Gesualdo's name will always conjure up a special image: When he discovered that his wife had been unfaithful, he had her and her lover murdered and left on his palace steps, impaled on the same sword. Ghastly, but gripping--and, oddly enough, his harmonies, dissonances, upsetting chromatic passages, and general complexity can also be seen as "ghastly but gripping." Gesualdo was wealthy enough that he never had to depend on a patron; he could therefore write whatever he pleased, in whatever, far-out (to this day), experimental style he chose. His Tenebrae Responsoria are particularly thorny--they're a part of the religious service in which the church's candles are extinguished one at a time until the congregation is sitting in darkness--and Gesualdo's music is incredibly deep and troubling. And, I might add, magnificent. The Hilliards perform them ideally, with great technical accuracy, a sense of the weightiness of the text and music, and simply beautiful sound. This is an example of what makes the Hilliards so special. -- Robert Levine

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