NEW from I FAGIOLINI
Album Description
In the late 16th century when vocal polyphony was developing into the excesses of the late Italian madrigal and the powerplay of multi-choir writing in Venice, Victoria, in Rome, chose to write his 18 Tenebrae settings with the simplest texture imaginable: four voices with internal sections for just two or three parts. These perfect miniatures force the question: how can so little mean so much?
Victoria’s austere yet profoundly moving setting of the Responsories for the services of Tenebrae (shadows) is one of the great classics of Renaissance music. In this new recording sung by solo voices it is restored to the low pitch and voicing intended by the composer.
On the CD version only of the album these perfect miniatures are interspersed with nine of Christopher Reid’s heart-rending poems from his 2009 collection and Costa Book of the Year winner, ‘A Scattering’, a moving collection on the dying and death of his wife.
Please note that the poetry is not included in the digital version of the album.
Artists
I FagioliniRobert Hollingworth
Track Listing - CD ONLY *poetry included*
TENEBRAE RESPONSORIES - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
Matins Responsories for Maundy Thursday - Nocturn II
- Amicus meus osculi me tradidit signo
- Judas mercator pessimus
- Unus ex discipulis meis tradet me hodie
- Reid: The Flowers of Crete (p.12)
- Reid: The Flowers of Crete (p.17)
Matins Responsories for Maundy Thursday - Nocturn III
- Eram quasi agnus innocens
- Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum
- Seniores populi consilium fecerunt
- Reid: The unfinished (No.5)
- Reid: The unfinished (No.1)
Matins Responsories for Good Friday - Nocturn II
- Tamquam ad latronem
- Tenebrae factae sunt
- Animam meam dilectam
- Reid: A Widower’s Dozen – Songbook
Matins Responsories for Good Friday - Nocturn III
- Tradiderunt me in manus impiorum
- Jesum tradidit impius summis
- Caligaverunt oculi mei a fletu meo
- Reid: A Widower’s Dozen – Late
- Reid: A Widower’s Dozen – Turns
Matins Responsories for Holy Saturday - Nocturn II
- Recessit pastor noster
- O vos omnes
- Ecce quomodo moritur iustus
- Reid: A Widower’s Dozen – An Italian Market
Matins Responsories for Holy Saturday - Nocturn III
- Astiterunt reges terrae
- Aestimatus sum
- Sepulto Domino
- Reid: A Widower’s Dozen – The documents
Total time: 71.50
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Track Listing - DOWNLOAD ONLY *poetry not included*
TENEBRAE RESPONSORIES - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
Matins Responsories for Maundy Thursday - Nocturn II
- Amicus meus osculi me tradidit signo
- Judas mercator pessimus
- Unus ex discipulis meis tradet me hodie
Matins Responsories for Maundy Thursday - Nocturn III
- Eram quasi agnus innocens
- Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum
- Seniores populi consilium fecerunt
Matins Responsories for Good Friday - Nocturn II
- Tamquam ad latronem
- Tenebrae factae sunt
- Animam meam dilectam
Matins Responsories for Good Friday - Nocturn III
- Tradiderunt me in manus impiorum
- Jesum tradidit impius summis
- Caligaverunt oculi mei a fletu meo
Matins Responsories for Holy Saturday - Nocturn II
- Recessit pastor noster
- O vos omnes
- Ecce quomodo moritur iustus
Matins Responsories for Holy Saturday - Nocturn III
- Astiterunt reges terrae
- Aestimatus sum
- Sepulto Domino
Total time: 60.10
