Gesualdo Responsoria 1611 Collegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe

• 1 I. In monte Oliveti 04:19
• 2 II. Tristis est anima mea 04:35
• 3 III. Ecce vidimus eum 06:56
• 4 IV. Amicus meus 03:22
• 5 V. Judas mercator pessimus 02:10
• 6 VI. Unus ex discipulis meis 05:08
• 7 VII. Eram quasi agnus innocens 05:15
• 8 VIII. Una hora 03:15
• 9 IX. Seniores populi 05:38
• 10 I. Omnes amici mei 03:51
• 11 II. Velum templi 03:37
• 12 III. Vinea mea electa 03:19
• 13 IV. Tamquam ad latronem 03:00
• 14 V. Tenebrae factae sunt 04:32
• 15 VI. Animam meam dilectam 07:20
• 16 VII. Tradiderunt me 02:24
• 17 VIII. Jesum tradidit impius 03:35
• 18 IX. Caligaverunt oculi mei 07:00
• 19 I. Sicut ovis 03:27
• 20 II. Jerusalem, surge 03:08
• 21 III. Plange quasi virgo 05:08
• 22 IV. Recessit pastor noster 03:39
• 23 V. O vos omnes 03:37
• 24 VI. Ecce quomodo moritur justus 05:11
• 25 VII. Astiterunt reges terrae 01:53
• 26 VIII. Aestimatus sum 03:11
• 27 IX. Sepulto Domino 04:36
• 28 Benedictus, Canticle (Luke I, 68-79) 04:50
• 29 Miserere, Psalm 50 08:29
• Total Runtime 02:06:25

Info for Gesualdo Responsoria 1611

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.

Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, Dirigent

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