Les Arts Florissants Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsaria Feria Quinta CD

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.

1. Gesualdo: Tenebrµ Responsoria, Feria Quinta 2. Nocturnus I. Zelus Domus Tuµ 3. Lectio I. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiµ 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 Prµcipio 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