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Couperin & Gesualdo
François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo

Tenebrae

Couperin & Gesualdo

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212062227
Catnr: SIGCD 622
Release date: 03 April 2020
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212062227
Catalogue number
SIGCD 622
Release date
03 April 2020
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About the album

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 and Couperin. The Gesualdo is intense with the Couperin atmospheric, yet both compliment each other perfectly on another world-class recording from Tenebrae.

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Tenebrae

Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision.   Under the direction of Nigel Short, Tenebrae performs at major festivals and venues across the globe, including the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Rheingau Musik Festival and Sydney Festival. The choir has earned international acclaim for its interpretations of choral works from the Renaissance through to contemporary masterpieces, and it regularly commissions new music. It has enjoyed collaborations with some of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music and Britten Sinfonia.    Tenebrae has won two BBC Music Magazine Awards and an Edison Classical Music Award,...
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Described as “phenomenal” (The Times) and “devastatingly beautiful” (Gramophone Magazine), award-winning choir Tenebrae is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its passion and precision. Under the direction of Nigel Short, Tenebrae performs at major festivals and venues across the globe, including the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Rheingau Musik Festival and Sydney Festival. The choir has earned international acclaim for its interpretations of choral works from the Renaissance through to contemporary masterpieces, and it regularly commissions new music. It has enjoyed collaborations with some of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music and Britten Sinfonia. Tenebrae has won two BBC Music Magazine Awards and an Edison Classical Music Award, an Opus Klassik Award, and earned a Grammy nomination for its album ‘Music of the Spheres’. The ensemble also undertakes regular session work, most recently contributing the vocals for the soundtrack to blockbuster sci-fi movie Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). Alongside its performance and recording schedule, Tenebrae runs a thriving Learning & Connection programme, through which it works with hundreds of children, young people and amateur singers each year.


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Nigel Short (conductor)

Composer(s)

François Couperin

François Couperin was a French composer. He is the most imporant and best known member of the Couperin family, which consisted of a whole dynasty of composers. Couperin was nicknamed 'Le Grand' (the Great), and is considered to be one of the most seminal composers of the Baroque period, especially in regard to his music for harpsichord. His keyboard music is characterised by a strong idiomatic nature, both in its personal style and in its close relation to the instrument's features.  Next to his harpsichord music, Couperin composed music for organ, vocal music, both sacred and secular, and chamber music. Moreover, he published several theoretical treatises on the playing techniques on the harpsichord and its role in the accompaniment of music. 
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François Couperin was a French composer. He is the most imporant and best known member of the Couperin family, which consisted of a whole dynasty of composers. Couperin was nicknamed 'Le Grand' (the Great), and is considered to be one of the most seminal composers of the Baroque period, especially in regard to his music for harpsichord. His keyboard music is characterised by a strong idiomatic nature, both in its personal style and in its close relation to the instrument's features.

Next to his harpsichord music, Couperin composed music for organ, vocal music, both sacred and secular, and chamber music. Moreover, he published several theoretical treatises on the playing techniques on the harpsichord and its role in the accompaniment of music.


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01.
Trois Leçons de ténèbres: Première Leçon
16:40
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
02.
Trois Leçons de ténèbres: Seconde Leçon
12:05
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
03.
Trois Leçons de ténèbres: Troisième Leçon
12:08
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
04.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: In monte Oliveti
04:45
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
05.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: Tristis est anima mea
04:21
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
06.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: First Nocturn: Ecce vidimus eum
04:14
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
07.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Amicus meus osculi
03:24
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
08.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Judas mercator pessimus
02:30
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
09.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Second Nocturn: Unus ex discipulis meis
03:56
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
10.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Eram quasi agnus innocens
05:17
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
11.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Una hora non potuistis
03:14
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
12.
Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Third Nocturn: Seniores populi consilium
04:36
(François Couperin, Carlo Gesualdo) Tenebrae, Tenebrae
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