Les Paladins & Correas, Jerome - Tenebris-Lecons de Tenebres - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Couperin / Paladins / Correas - Lecons de Tenebres [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/16/2018

In this new b•records , Jérôme Correas and Les Paladins invite you to travel to the court of Mantua, at the time when Vivaldi invented for the musicians he had at his service a new genre, the concerto da camera. Both extremely virtuosic and expressive, the pieces that compose the Tempesta di mare program testify to a privileged moment in the composer's career, exploring timbres and rhythms in an explosion of flavors. To be consumed without moderation! Album Tracks 1. Concerto en RÉ Majeur InchLa PastorelleInch RV 95 2. Concerto en RÉ Majeur InchIl GardellinoInch RV 90 3. Concerto en Sol Mineur RV 107 4. Trio Pour Luth, Violon Et Basse Continue en Do Majeur RV 92 5. Concerto en RÉ Majeur RV 94 6. Concerto en Fa Majeur InchLa Tempesta Di MareInch RV 98

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. They have an intensity unrivalled in most music of that time owing to the extraordinary and sudden harmonic shifts, which at times sound almost contemporary, and rhythmic outbursts led on occasion by a single word. It is sung by a small consort of Tenebrae members - Grace Davidson, Julia Doyle, Jeremy Budd, David de Winter, Gabriel Crouch & Jimmy Holliday. They are paired here with Couperin's beautiful and mesmerising Leçons de Ténèbres - performed by sopranos Grace Davidson and Julia Doyle, alongside continuo players Steven Devine and Jonathan Rees (viola da gamba).