Couperin and Gesualdo
Some of the most atmospheric music from the numerous Liturgical settings in Holy Week is that composed for the Office of Tenebrae. Victoria’s are the most well-known, but equally beautiful and arguably more dramatic are the settings composed by Gesualdo and Couperin. The Gesualdo is intense with the Couperin atmospheric, yet both compliment each other perfectly on another world-class recording from Tenebrae.
- Release Date: 03 April 2020
- Record Label: Signum
- Catalogue Number: SIGCD622
- Location of Recording: All Hallow’s Church, Gospel Oak, London
- Total Running Time: 01:17:09
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| Buy | # | Title | Composer | Duration | Price | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trois Leçons de Ténèbres: Première Leçon | François Couperin | 16:40 | £ | Listen | |
| 2 | Trois Leçons de Ténèbres: Seconde Leçon | François Couperin | 12:05 | £ | Listen | |
| 3 | Trois Leçons de Ténèbres: Troisième Leçon | François Couperin | 12:08 | £ | Listen | |
| 4 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: In monte Oliveti | Carlo Gesualdo | 04:45 | £ | Listen | |
| 5 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: Tristis est anima mea | Carlo Gesualdo | 04:21 | £ | Listen | |
| 6 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: Ecce vidimus eum | Carlo Gesualdo | 04:14 | £ | Listen | |
| 7 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Amicus meus osculi | Carlo Gesualdo | 03:24 | £ | Listen | |
| 8 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Judas mercator pessimus | Carlo Gesualdo | 02:30 | £ | Listen | |
| 9 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Unus ex discipulis meis | Carlo Gesualdo | 03:56 | £ | Listen | |
| 10 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Eram quasi agnus innocens | Carlo Gesualdo | 05:17 | £ | Listen | |
| 11 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Una hora non potuistis | Carlo Gesualdo | 03:14 | £ | Listen | |
| 12 | Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Seniores populi consilium | Carlo Gesualdo | 04:36 | £ | Listen |