Tenebrae

by Carlo Gesualdo & The Hilliard Ensemble

Tenebrae cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 13:57
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The renowned British vocal ensemble delivers a haunting, impeccably precise interpretation of the late Renaissance composer's notoriously complex and dissonant sacred music. The a cappella performance perfectly captures the dark, spiritual agony inherent in Gesualdo's idiosyncratic polyphony.

Genres

Descriptors: choral, christian, a-cappella, polyphonic

Tracklist

  1. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 1 (4:22)
  2. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 2 (4:23)
  3. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 3 (6:56)
  4. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 4 (3:31)
  5. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 5 (2:35)
  6. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 6 (4:36)
  7. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 7 (4:45)
  8. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 8 (2:51)
  9. Feria V ā€œIn Coena Dominiā€: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 9 (4:55)
  10. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 1 (3:30)
  11. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 2 (2:58)
  12. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In I Nocturno, Responsorium 3 (4:51)
  13. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 4 (3:09)
  14. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 5 (4:39)
  15. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In II Nocturno, Responsorium 6 (6:37)
  16. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 7 (2:14)
  17. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 8 (3:33)
  18. Feria VI ā€œIn Parasceveā€: In III Nocturno, Responsorium 9 (6:13)
  19. Sabbato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 1 (3:18)
  20. Sabbato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 2 (3:08)
  21. Sabbato Sancto: In I Nocturno: Responsorium 3 (4:23)
  22. Sabbato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 4 (3:04)
  23. Sabbato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 5 (3:41)
  24. Sabbato Sancto: In II Nocturno: Responsorium 6 (5:09)
  25. Sabbato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 7 (1:57)
  26. Sabbato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 8 (3:42)
  27. Sabbato Sancto: In III Nocturno: Responsorium 9 (4:37)
  28. Benedictus (4:56)
  29. Miserere (9:06)

Credits

  • Carlo Gesualdo - primary artist, composed by
  • The Hilliard Ensemble - primary artist, ensemble
  • Paul Hillier - baritone vocals
  • David Beavan - bass vocals
  • Ashley Stafford - countertenor vocals
  • David James - countertenor vocals
  • John Potter - tenor vocals
  • Mark Padmore - tenor vocals

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