In these exquisite performances Tenebrae reaffirms its reputation as one of the leading exponents of Renaissance music.
– The Financial Times
Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories / Victoria Lamentations for Holy Saturday
2013 marked Gesualdo’s 400th anniversary. With this, its debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon, Tenebrae takes the opportunity to celebrate this visionary composer and his contemporary, Victoria.
In these exquisite performances Tenebrae reaffirms its reputation as one of the leading exponents of Renaissance music.
– The Financial Times
- Release Date: 01 March 2013
- Record Label: Archiv: Deutsche Grammophon
- Catalogue Number: 0289 479 0841 8 CD DDD AH
- Location of Recording: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London
- Total Running Time: 01:09:35
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| # | Title | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Responsorium I: Sicut ovis ad occasionem | Carlo Gesualdo | 03:54 |
| 2 | Responsorium II: Jerusalem, surge | Carlo Gesualdo | 03:43 |
| 3 | Responsorium III: Plange quasi virgo | Carlo Gesualdo | 05:02 |
| 4 | Responsorium IV: Recessit Pastor noster | Carlo Gesualdo | 03:56 |
| 5 | Responsorium V: O vos omnes | Carlo Gesualdo | 04:14 |
| 6 | Responsorium VI: Ecce quomodo moritur justus | Carlo Gesualdo | 06:03 |
| 7 | Responsorium VII: Astiterunt reges terrae | Carlo Gesualdo | 02:29 |
| 8 | Responsorium VIII: Aestimatus sum | Carlo Gesualdo | 03:55 |
| 9 | Responsorium IX: Sepulto Domino | Carlo Gesualdo | 06:46 |
| 10 | Miserere | Carlo Gesualdo | 08:47 |
| 11 | Lectio I: Heth. Misericordiae Domini | Tomás Luis de Victoria | 05:52 |
| 12 | Lectio II: Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum | Tomás Luis de Victoria | 04:59 |
| 13 | Lectio III: Incipit oratorio Jeremiae Prophetae | Tomás Luis de Victoria | 07:53 |
| 14 | Jesu dulcis memoria | Tomás Luis de Victoria | 02:02 |
Nigel Short’s superb musical sensitivity to phrasing and texture illuminates everything . . . the endless dovetailing of the musical lines, all within an overall architectural vision, is exquisitely sustained . . . all in reverberant yet clear acoustics.
– BBC Music Magazine
If perfection is attainable… we get very close to it here
– International Record Review
Here Tenebrae (the choir) sings Tenebrae (the pre-Easter office) with a thorough understanding of the music’s expressive potential, subtly inflected with its touches of drama. The performance is of a rapt concentration and intensity that underline the music’s contemplative emotional power
– The Daily Telegraph
…performed with typical grace and poise by Nigel Short’s Tenebrae
– The Independent
Tenebrae’s faultless control and balance bring the sacred texts to life… The 16 singers of Tenebrae under Nigel Short’s direction shine in the darkness.
– The Observer
…[the Gesualdo anniversary] will not be better marked than by this beautifully sung CD
– The Times
The performances and recording ambience here are irreproachable.
– MusicWeb International
BBC Music Magazine: Choral & Song Choice (2013)
International Classical Music Awards Nomination 2014: Early Music