Gesualdo: Tenebrae -- The Hilliard Ensemble

Posted By : wdilbert | Date : 06 Mar 2011 16:52:30 | Comments : 9 |

Carlo Gesualdo: Tenebrae -- The Hilliard Ensemble
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Classical: Renaissance, Sacred, Vocal | ECM 1422/23 (843 867-2) | 1991

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On 16 October 1590, Don Carlo Gesualdo carried out an act which was to change his life forever and secure him a place in the annals of history: he murdered his adulterous wife and her lover. It would seem that Gesualdo then spent the rest of his life attempting to atone for his sin. He built chapels and paid for prayers to be said; Gesualdo the madrigalist overnight began composing religious music, copious amounts of which have survived. The passions and madness of his life became reflected in his music. His very dramatic style had neither precedent nor antecedent, and Gesualdo stands as an isolated genius of unaccompanied vocal writing. His music has continued to haunt people down through the ages. No-one can remain unmoved by his sad and sombre "Miserere Mei Deus", a setting of Psalm 51, a cry to God to forgive the sinner. Gesualdo also found himself drawn towards the "Tenebrae", the shadows, the texts and prayers used in Catholic mass from Maundy Thursday to Easter morning, texts which convey the betrayal, suffering and death of Christ. A subject which suited Gesualdo's suffering soul. He used his music to illustrate the emotion and anguish of the sacred texts: the mood created changes word by word, rhythm is highly irregular and violently interrupted. The whole tonal colour is quite startlingly different from what one finds in Gesualdo's contemporaries. The performance by the Hilliard Ensemble is exemplary - quite honestly the best recording of "Tenebrae" I've ever heard. Their performance sets the benchmark for other vocal groups to attempt to match. Two discs' worth of music might seem like too much of a good thing, but if you delve into this collection taking Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Miserere separately, you will find it a delight to explore - if you don't find the subject matter too depressing!

Reviewed by John Irvine (Cross Rhythms Mag)

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Responsoria
Disc 1
1 - 9. Feria V - In Coena Domini
10-18. Feria VI - In Paresceve

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1 - 9. Sabbato Sancto
10. Benedictus
11. Miserere

The Hilliard Ensemble

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Posted By: pstrg Date: 06 Mar 2011 17:18:05

Excellent music, and this is in my opinion the best recording.
However, I have once read a review which praised a recording by the Scolania de Montserrat even higher.
Never found a trace of that disc.
Does any Gesualdo lover know about it?

Posted By: Alozanfan Delapatri Date: 06 Mar 2011 20:51:55

Yes, the Escolania version was in the LP years of Archiv which never made it on CD - you can see the LP cover if you search in Amazon.
Also, you can find a full review from Gramophone here:
http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/January%201980/83/823895/

Posted By: kwork Date: 07 Mar 2011 01:04:58

You bet I'll be grabbing this. Thank you very much!

Posted By: kicsibéka Date: 07 Mar 2011 11:36:38

Greetings, wdilbert, and thank you very much.

Posted By: gms587 Date: 08 Mar 2011 02:40:21

Thanks! very nice

Posted By: will parker Date: 08 Mar 2011 08:28:41

Thanks for posting.

Posted By: mitzicat Date: 17 Apr 2011 12:44:13

really thanks!

Posted By: EDTOPIA Date: 30 Apr 2011 03:34:45

Thank you very much!

[Thanks for Rapidshare links]

Posted By: reichie Date: 24 Oct 2011 17:47:18

Thanks for the great music and the RS links

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