Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday

Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday
The King's Singers
Signum 048

Contents:

  1. Lectio 1 (Lamentatio Hieremiae. Aleph... He)

    2. In I Nocturno

  2. Resp.: In monte Oliveti oravit ad Patrem
  3. Resp.: Tristis est anima mea
  4. Resp.: Ecce vidimus eum
  5. Lectio 2 (Lamentatio Hieremiae. Vau Teth)

    6. In II Nocturno

  6. Resp.: Amicus meus osculi me tradidit signo
  7. Resp.: Judas mercator pessimus
  8. Resp.: Unus ex discipulis meis
  9. Lectio 3 (Lamentatio Hieremiae. Iod Nun)

    10. In III Nocturno

  10. Resp.: Eram quasi agnus innocens
  11. Resp.: Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum
  12. Resp.: Seniores populi
  13. Benedictus (Ant.: Traditor autem dedit)
  14. Christus factus est

Performers: The King's Singers
David Hurley, countertenor
Robin Tyson, countertenor
Paul Phoenix, tenor
Philip Lawson, baritone
Gabriel Crouch, baritone
Stephen Connolly, bass

Playing time: 66'

Recording date: January 2004 (Douai Abbey, GB)

Comment: Original title of the Gesualdo publication Responsoria et alia ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia (1611). Recitational tones, antiphon Traditor and even (monophonic) verses from Benedictus have been taken from Cantus Ecclesiasticus Officii Maioris Hebdomadae (Roma: A. Phaeus, 1619)

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