Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsoria

Composer: Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa
Artists: Ensemble Arte Musica, Francesco Cera (conductor)
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From a musical point of view, Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, was a lutenist and composer. His madrigals used an intense chromaticism that was a distinctive part of his style and which did not appear again until the late 19th century. However, he is perhaps best known for his murderous past; his discovery, in 1590, that his wife had been having a two-year affair had deadly consequences for both the woman and her lover. Being a nobleman, Gesualdo was, of course, immune from prosecution.
The Tenebrae Responsoria was written for Christian liturgical use in Holy Week. The text is derived from entire sections of the Passion (notably according to St Matthew) and psalm verses. Distinctive qualities of the work are the Gregorian chant, frequently used in Gesualdo’s time, which is prevalent in the work, acting as a uniting force for the roles of the Evangelist, Jesus and other characters. The work, intended to evoke the emotions of the events described, combines a rich spirituality with more secular, madrigalesque aspects, emitting an intense energy and combining contrasting styles and harmonies. There is remarkable use of word painting throughout, such as the sinister harmony used to depict the elders that wish to kill Jesus, and the slow modulations that represent the desolation of Jesus as he speaks his final words.
Francesco Cera is one of Italy’s foremost interpreters of early music. He has performed as an organist and harpsichordist throughout Europe, and regularly gives masterclasses on his specialist subject, Italian organ music. Here he directs Ensemble Arte Musica, a group dedicated to Italian cantata repertoire of the 18th century and the works of Gesualdo.
Tracklist:
00:00:00 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: I. Introduction
00:00:56 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: II. Seniores populi
00:04:50 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: III. Judas Agrees to betray Jesus
00:05:47 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: IV. Amicus meus
00:09:52 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: V. Jesus Asks to Prepare the Last Supper
00:11:24 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: VI. Unus ex discipulis
00:14:58 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: VII. The Last Supper
00:19:46 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: VIII. In monte Oliveti
00:24:58 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: IX. Jesus Arrested
00:28:50 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: X. Jesum tradidit impius
00:32:45 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XI. Jesus Before the Sanhedrin - Peter Disowns Jesus
00:38:13 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XII. Plange quasi virgo
00:42:01 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XIII. Judas Hangs Himself; Jesus Before Pilate
00:44:45 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XIV. Sicut ovis ad occisionem
00:48:25 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XV. Jesus Before Pilate
00:53:49 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XVI. Omnes amici mei
00:59:01 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XVII. The Crucifixion of Jesus
01:01:51 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XVIII. Tenebrae factae sunt
01:07:59 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XIX. Velum templi scissum est
01:12:20 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XX. The Centurion - Burial of Jesus
01:14:08 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: Tenebrae Responsoria: XXI. Sepulto Domino
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[@fnd111]

God bless Brilliant Classics for presenting this CD during Holy Week. Dominus Vobiscum. ✝️

[@fireemblem2770]

This is the Tenebrae Responsoria for Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Thanks for the upload!!

[@gilliansmith827]

Beautiful thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🕉♥️

[@samitobribiesca6320]

Il suo apporto è prezioso , la ringrazio di coure per contanta bellezza, Grazie Mille !!!

[@mnakaji800]

How innocent😌😭🙏💖 Thanks for all🌏💐

[@user-74652]

It's kind of funny that you say that, given that Gesualdo, among other things, caught his wife having an affair and murdered her and her lover, and got away with it because he was a nobleman.

[@francescocera653]

If we listen to Amicus meus or In Monte Oliveti probaby will agree to the impression of innocence. The greatness of Gesualdo as a composer goes far beyond his personal tragedies

[@simonbutelerdellepiane5564]

@@francescocera653 "personal tragedies" or double murder?

[@BrunoMartinsHarpsichord]

A beautiful playlist yet again!!

[@nckoes]

Beautiful! ❤

[@markvilla-lobos7255]

hermoso,sublime,unico,oscuro,brillante,pura genialidad.

[@taniaayala1225]

Hermosa música. 👍😻👏👏👏

[@charlesrae3793]

Beautifully appropriate

[@Tizohip]

very good music, thank you

[@BrilliantClassics]

Thank you too. Great to hear you enjoyed it!

[@pinosoprano]

Grazie per queste rare gemme.

[@oudandviolen9092]

Best channel!

[@BrilliantClassics]

Thank you very much!

[@onceuponatime2010]

Gesualdo is a killer:-) heavenly beautiful chromatic ambience

[@Archangina]

Oui, au propre comme au figuré!… Est-ce une musique de pénitence ou seulement sa substance à lui?!…

[@fallingcrane1986]

“Gesualdo is a killer” haha, I get that joke

[@jorgearturojaimesgarcia1344]

Responsoria et alia ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia is a collection of music for Holy Week by Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo, published in 1611. It consists of three sets of nine short pieces, one set for each of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, and a psalm and a hymn. The work was written for unaccompanied voices: two soprano parts, alto, two tenor parts, and bass. The texts of the Responsories for Holy Week are related to Jesus's Passion and are sung in between the lessons at Tenebrae. Gesualdo's settings are stylistically madrigali spirituali - madrigals on sacred texts. As in Gesualdo's later books of madrigals, he uses particularly sharp dissonance and shocking chromatic juxtapositions, especially in the parts highlighting text passages having to do with Christ's suffering, or the guilt of St. Peter in having betrayed Jesus.(Taken from Wikipedia)

[@litoboy5]

GREAT

[@LuthersBachEnsemble]

❤️

[@cool-kajal]

❤️❤️

[@Archangina]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@jeanclaudejulien2314]

Un musicien dont la conception de l'harmonie était très en avance sur son temps.

[@emilianoturazzi]

no it was well inside his time: he was simply a bit more extreme than other composers close to him.

[@Archangina]

Ça déchire!…

[@curiositycloset2359]

25:01 the best

[@shin-i-chikozima]

All is a dream of a sleep

[@benrubin8624]

So virtuous and uncorrupted

[@finosuilleabhain7781]

As others have pointed out, the music of a murderer.

[@nikareims85]

He murdered his wife and her lover.. rather violently. The act haunted him the rest of his life.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

I feel like I am in Heaven

[@ilksenteksoy4008]

🇹🇷😍🤗

[@odedfried-gaon2880]

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[@user-hi4yj1rw6e]

I have to say that it sounds as for my mind from the childfud

[@nikareims85]

Beautiful.. until you realize he murdered his wife and her lover and got away with it. It tormented him the rest of his life.

[@xtr3m385]

are you condoning *cheating?*

[@benrubin8624]

Composers these days would just get a divorce and move on like cowards. And people wonder why today’s music lacks the fervor of the good old days.

[@emilianoturazzi]

@@benrubin8624 you must be completely crazy to be kind. your comment is pure bullshit from the firts sentence to the last.

[@zvezdinki7998]

24 min my last time for hearing

[@mariaperez-ev6jh]

🇻🇪

[@zvezdinki7998]

But today after 7 days of death of my wife I’ll hear up to end!

[@mustafadurgut2613]

❤