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There is something deeply troubling and inscrutable in Carlo Gesualdo’s music, something that any listener, even the most inexpert one, will unfailingly experience. This most particularly holds for Tenebrae Responsoria (1611), his definitive statement, his monument, his testament. It is as if this work, firmly embedded in the framework of liturgy for the Holy Week and reaching back to the practices of the Gregorian chant, would constantly extend over its boundaries and transgress its time and setting, immediately addressing modernity, disturbing all the rules in a severe tension, reaching into something that borders on chaos and madness, within the very order and religious devotion it fully espouses.
Graindelavoix, that groundbreaking ensemble based in Antwerp and directed by Björn Schmelzer, are the ideal performers for this disquieting repertoire which originally was sung at Gesualdo’s castle and with probably only one listener in the audience: Gesualdo himself... In a tour de force lasting over three hours, recorded over ten days in summer 2019, the singers fully display all the features which, after 16 albums (all on Glossa) and hundreds of concerts, have made their sound a truly trademark one. In words of Schmelzer, “this is our most important recording to date”. A fascinating essay especially commissioned to Lithuanian philosopher and cultural theorist Mladen Dolar puts the music of Gesualdo into perspective, avoiding the clichés that are so often found in texts about the composer. © Alpha Classics
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Aleph. Quomodo sedet sola civitas
Marius Peterson, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Maundy Thursday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Zain. Recordata est Hierusalem
Adrian Sîrbu, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Maundy Thursday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Lamed. O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam
Marius Peterson, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Maundy Thursday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Exaudi, Deus, orationem meam
Adrian Sîrbu, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Maundy Thursday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Christus factus est
Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae Responsoria (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
DISC 2
Heth. Cogitavit Dominus dissipare
Marius Peterson, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Holy Friday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt
Adrian Sîrbu, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Holy Friday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Aleph. Ego vir videns paupertatem
Marius Peterson, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Holy Friday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
DISC 3
Heth. Misericordiae Domini
Adrian Sîrbu, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Holy Saturday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum est aurum
Marius Peterson, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Holy Saturday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Incipit oratio Hieremiae Prophetae
Adrian Sîrbu, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae responsoria for Holy Saturday (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Mulieres sedentes (1)
Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Tenebrae Responsoria (Carlo Gesualdo)
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Mulieres sedentes (2)
Bjorn Schmelzer, Conductor - Graindelavoix, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
Albumbeschreibung
There is something deeply troubling and inscrutable in Carlo Gesualdo’s music, something that any listener, even the most inexpert one, will unfailingly experience. This most particularly holds for Tenebrae Responsoria (1611), his definitive statement, his monument, his testament. It is as if this work, firmly embedded in the framework of liturgy for the Holy Week and reaching back to the practices of the Gregorian chant, would constantly extend over its boundaries and transgress its time and setting, immediately addressing modernity, disturbing all the rules in a severe tension, reaching into something that borders on chaos and madness, within the very order and religious devotion it fully espouses.
Graindelavoix, that groundbreaking ensemble based in Antwerp and directed by Björn Schmelzer, are the ideal performers for this disquieting repertoire which originally was sung at Gesualdo’s castle and with probably only one listener in the audience: Gesualdo himself... In a tour de force lasting over three hours, recorded over ten days in summer 2019, the singers fully display all the features which, after 16 albums (all on Glossa) and hundreds of concerts, have made their sound a truly trademark one. In words of Schmelzer, “this is our most important recording to date”. A fascinating essay especially commissioned to Lithuanian philosopher and cultural theorist Mladen Dolar puts the music of Gesualdo into perspective, avoiding the clichés that are so often found in texts about the composer. © Alpha Classics
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 03:13:54
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Marius Peterson Graindelavoix - Björn Schmelzer Adrian Sîrbu Björn Schmelzer
- Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2020 Glossa (P) 2020 Glossa
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