Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday

Album by Carlo Gesualdo & The King’s Singers

Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday is a set of liturgical responsories by Carlo Gesualdo, first published in 1611. Written in a late-Renaissance madrigalian idiom, the pieces employ advanced chromaticism, abrupt harmonic shifts and intense text-driven word-setting, constituting a clear example of expressive experimentation on the cusp of the early Baroque.
First released: 10th May 2004

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Lectio 1
    4:39
  2. 2.
    Responsories from 1st Nocturn: In Monte Oliveti
    4:39
  3. 3.
    Responsories from 1st Nocturn: Tristis est anima mea
    4:43
  4. 4.
    Responsories from 1st Nocturn: Ecce vidimus eum
    7:25
  5. 5.
    Lectio 2
    4:16
  6. 6.
    Responsories from 2nd Nocturn: Amicus meus osculi
    3:53
  7. 7.
    Responsories from 2nd Nocturn: Judas mercator pessimus
    2:36
  8. 8.
    Responsories from 2nd Nocturn: Unus ex discipulis meis
    6:08
  9. 9.
    Lectio 3
    3:56
  10. 10.
    Responsories from 3rd Nocturn: Eram quasi agnus innocens
    5:11
  11. 11.
    Responsories from 3rd Nocturn: Una hora non potuistis
    3:28
  12. 12.
    Responsories from 3rd Nocturn: Seniores populi consilium
    6:23
  13. 13.
    Benedictus
    7:46
  14. 14.
    Christus factus est
    0:55

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