Gesualdo: Responsoria et moteti, Vol. 1

Carlo Gesualdo di Venosa: In monte Oliveti
Responsoria et moteti, Vol. 1
Die Weimarer Hofsänger
MD+G "Scene" 621 0741

Contents:

    Responsoria ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia
    Feria quinta
  1. In monte Oliveti
  2. Tristis est anima mea
  3. Ecce vidimus eum
  4. Amicus meus
  5. Judas mercator
  6. Unus ex discipulis meis
  7. Eram quasi agnus innocens
  8. Una hora non potuistis
  9. Seniores populi

    10. Moteti
  10. Peccantem me quotidie
  11. Reminiscere miserationem tuarum
  12. Tribularer si nescirem
  13. Sancti Spiritus, Domine
  14. Domine, ne despicias
  15. Hei mihi, Domine
  16. O vos omnes

Performers: Yves-Michael Kiffner (countertenor), Martin Wölfel (countertenor), Mirko Heimerl (tenor), Thomas Frölich (tenor), Sören Jäckel (baritone), Tilo Krause (baritone), Axel Scheidig (bass)

Playing time: 51'14

Recording site & date: Schloßkapelle Saafeld (Germany), February, 1996

Comments: Die Weimarer Hofsänger (The Weimar Court Singers) is an all-male vocal ensemble from Germany, founded in 1987. The intonation of the ensemble is very pure; in the music itself, the parallels to the secular compositions of Gesualdo are evident.

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