Tenebrae

Album by Carlo Gesualdo & The Hilliard Ensemble

Tenebrae is a collection of Tenebrae responsories by Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo, composed in 1611. The music exemplifies late-Renaissance sacred polyphony transformed by Gesualdo's striking chromaticism, abrupt harmonic shifts and intimate expressive textures, representing a late-career exploration that pushed the boundaries of contrapuntal language and foreshadowed later developments in expressive chromatic harmony.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 1
    4:22
  2. 2.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 2
    4:23
  3. 3.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 3
    6:56
  4. 4.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 4
    3:31
  5. 5.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 5
    2:34
  6. 6.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 6
    4:36
  7. 7.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 7
    4:45
  8. 8.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 8
    2:51
  9. 9.
    Feria V “In Coena Domini”: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 9
    4:55
  10. 10.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 1
    3:30
  11. 11.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 2
    2:58
  12. 12.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 3
    4:51
  13. 13.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 4
    3:09
  14. 14.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 5
    4:39
  15. 15.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 6
    6:36
  16. 16.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 7
    2:14
  17. 17.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 8
    3:32
  18. 18.
    Feria VI “In Parasceve”: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 9
    6:12

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sabbato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 1
    3:17
  2. 3.
    Sabbato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2
    3:08
  3. 4.
    Sabbato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3
    4:23
  4. 5.
    Sabbato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4
    3:04
  5. 6.
    Sabbato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5
    3:41
  6. 7.
    Sabbato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 6
    5:09
  7. 8.
    Sabbato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7
    1:57
  8. 9.
    Sabbato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8
    3:42
  9. 10.
    Sabbato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9
    4:37
  10. 11.
    Benedictus
    4:56
  11. 12.
    Miserere
    9:05

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