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Madrigali Libro 4
Don Carlo Gesualdo

The Kassiopeia Quintet

Madrigali Libro 4

Format: CD
Label: Globe
UPC: 8711525522404
Catnr: GLO 5224
Release date: 08 March 2007
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Label
Globe
UPC
8711525522404
Catalogue number
GLO 5224
Release date
08 March 2007
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Don Carlo Gesualdo

If only Gesualdo would have known how his image today is still much decided by his infamous murder of his cheating wife and the bed-partner he found with her in october 1590. After all, the story fits effortlessly within the extreme music Gesualdo composed - and he must have known that for sure as he actively sought out provocation. His body of works is quite straightforward and it has been fully published during his own lifetime: six books of madrigals, two collections Sacrarum cantionum and a collection of responsories for the Holy Week.  In his madrigals, Gesualdo follows the text closely and uses every opportunity to express the lyrics musically. This led to fragmented, capricious, complex and above all chromatic madrigals. Gesualdo's...
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If only Gesualdo would have known how his image today is still much decided by his infamous murder of his cheating wife and the bed-partner he found with her in october 1590. After all, the story fits effortlessly within the extreme music Gesualdo composed - and he must have known that for sure as he actively sought out provocation. His body of works is quite straightforward and it has been fully published during his own lifetime: six books of madrigals, two collections Sacrarum cantionum and a collection of responsories for the Holy Week.

In his madrigals, Gesualdo follows the text closely and uses every opportunity to express the lyrics musically. This led to fragmented, capricious, complex and above all chromatic madrigals. Gesualdo's religious music is comparable to his madrigals, but the chromaticism is less extreme and his lines are more fluent.


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01.
Madrigali, Libro IV: I. Luci serene e chiare
03:19
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
02.
Madrigali, Libro IV: II. Tal'hor sano desio
02:38
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
03.
Madrigali, Libro IV: III. Io tacerò (prima parte)
02:16
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
04.
Madrigali, Libro IV: IV. In van dunque, o crudele (seconda parte)
02:01
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
05.
Madrigali, Libro IV: V. Che fai meco mio cor
02:18
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
06.
Madrigali, Libro IV: VI. Questa crudele e pia
02:44
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
07.
Madrigali, Libro IV: VII. Or che in gioia (prima parte)
01:13
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
08.
Madrigali, Libro IV: VIII. O sempre crudo Amore (seconda parte)
02:01
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
09.
Madrigali, Libro IV: IX. Cor mio, deh, non piangete (prima parte)
01:29
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
10.
Madrigali, Libro IV: X. Dunque non m'offendete (seconda parte)
02:03
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
11.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XI. Sparge la morte
04:17
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
12.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XII. Moro, e mentre sospiro (prima parte)
01:24
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
13.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XIII. Quando di lui la sospirata vita (seconda parte)
01:44
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
14.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XIV. Mentre gira costei
02:20
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
15.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XV. A voi, mentre il mio core
02:21
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
16.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XVI. Ecco, morirò dunque (prima parte)
01:19
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
17.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XVII. Ahi, già mi discoloro (seconda parte)
01:49
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
18.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XVIII. Arde il mio cor
02:30
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
19.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XIX. Se chiudete nel core
02:02
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
20.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XX. Il sol, qual or più splende (prima parte)
01:05
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
21.
Madrigali, Libro IV: XXI. Volgi, mia luce (seconda parte)
01:59
(Don Carlo Gesualdo ) The Kassiopeia Quintet
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