{"product_id":"gesualdo-tenebrae","title":"Gesualdo: Tenebrae","description":"Amazon.com\n\nCarlo Gesualdo's name will always conjure up a special image: When he discovered that his wife had been unfaithful, he had her and her lover murdered and left on his palace steps, impaled on the same sword. Ghastly, but gripping--and, oddly enough, his harmonies, dissonances, upsetting chromatic passages, and general complexity can also be seen as \"ghastly but gripping.\" Gesualdo was wealthy enough that he never had to depend on a patron; he could therefore write whatever he pleased, in whatever, far-out (to this day), experimental style he chose. His Tenebrae Responsoria are particularly thorny--they're a part of the religious service in which the church's candles are extinguished one at a time until the congregation is sitting in darkness--and Gesualdo's music is incredibly deep and troubling. And, I might add, magnificent. The Hilliards perform them ideally, with great technical accuracy, a sense of the weightiness of the text and music, and simply beautiful sound. This is an example of what makes the Hilliards so special. --Robert Levine\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000025YNV\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000025YNV.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:The Hilliard Ensemble|Carlo Gesualdo\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41769902211130,"sku":"DBV.B000025YNV.G","price":9.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000025YNV-0.jpg?v=1792297909","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/gesualdo-tenebrae","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}