Couperin / Tenebrae / Short - Lecons de Tenebres [CD]
Couperin / Tenebrae / Short - Lecons de Tenebres [CD]
Release Date: /// Signum Classics
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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. They have an intensity unrivalled in most music of that time owing to the extraordinary and sudden harmonic shifts, which at times sound almost contemporary, and rhythmic outbursts led on occasion by a single word. It is sung by a small consort of Tenebrae members - Grace Davidson, Julia Doyle, Jeremy Budd, David de Winter, Gabriel Crouch & Jimmy Holliday. They are paired here with Couperin's beautiful and mesmerising Leçons de Ténèbres - performed by sopranos Grace Davidson and Julia Doyle, alongside continuo players Steven Devine and Jonathan Rees (viola da gamba).
Tracklist:
- Trois Leçons De Ténèbres: Première Leçon
- Trois Leçons De Ténèbres: Seconde Leçon
- Trois Leçons De Ténèbres: Troisième Leçon
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: In Monte Oliveti
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: Tristis Est Anima Mea
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: Ecce Vidimus Eum
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Amicus Meus Osculi
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Judas Mercator Pessimus
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Unus Ex Discipulis Meis
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Eram Quasi Agnus Innocens
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Una Hora Non Potuistis
- Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Seniores Populi Consilium
UPC: 635212062227
Label: SIGNUM CLASSICS
Release Date: 4.3.20
Format: CD
