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Gesualdo – Tenebrae Responsoria

Carlo GESUALDO

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Gesualdo – Tenebrae Responsoria
Carlo GESUALDO

Direction musicale

Paul Agnew

Ensemble

Les Arts Florissants

Cast

Miriam ALLAN, soprano
Maud GNIDZAZ, soprano
Mélodie RUVIO, contralto
Paul AGNEW
Sean CLAYTON, tenor
Edward GRINT, bass

With their daring harmonies, unequalled refinement of counterpoint, and raw emotion, the Tenebrae Responsoria offer the sacred counterpart to Gesualdo’s last books of madrigals, published in 1611. Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants extend the critically acclaimed exploration of these six increasingly poisonous books. Their interpreta- tion of the Responsories for the Office of Holy Thursday slips subtly into the assumed dolorism of the late scores of the Prince of Venosa..