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Much gossip has surrounded the double murder committed by Carlo Gesualdo, who killed his young wife and her lover when he caught them in flagrante delicto. The remorse he felt for this atrocious crime is said to have inspired the Neapolitan composer to write new harmonies, using and abusing scraping and characterful chromatisms. Paul Agnew takes aim at this widespread belief, contending that "this aristocratic double murder only indirectly influenced the musician's life." In a very interesting introductory text, the "Associate Musical Director" of the Arts Florissants sets the figure of Gesualdo back into his historical context, explaining just how his tormented psychological state would have fed into his own musical evolution, alongside the musical journeys of his peers. The same line of argument is also made by musicologist Denis Morrier in his analysis of the two first Books of Madrigals, which are presented here: "At once visionary and conservative, eccentric in language and conventional in form, these works have fascinated musicians and commentators across the ages", he writes.
Following the recording of 17 madrigals from Book IV to Book VI, conducted by William Christie in 1988, this new album marks the first stage of a complete recording of Gesualdo's Madrigals, which are to be performed across three seasons at the Philharmonie de Paris. Passionate, violent, dark and burning with meaning, Gesualdo's music touches the heart and speaks to us of the doubts and contradictions of the human soul. © François Hudry/Qobuz
This album was named "Gramophone Recording of the year 2020" in the"Early Music" category.
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Libro I. Baci soavi, e cari (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Madonna, io ben vorrei (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Com'esser può ch'io viva se m'uccidi (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Gelo ha Madonna il seno (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Mentre Madonna il lasso fianco posa (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Se da sì nobil mano (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Sì gioioso mi fanno i dolor miei (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Luigi Cassola, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. O dolce mio martire (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Tirsi morir volea (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Mentre, mia stella, miri (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Non mirar, non mirare (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Filippo Alberti, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Questi leggiadri odorosetti fiori (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Livio Celiano (alias Angelo Grillo), Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Felice primavera (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Son sì belle le rose (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Livio Celiano (alias Angelo Grillo), Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro I. Bella Angioletta da le vaghe piume (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
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Libro II. Caro amoroso neo (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Hai rotto, e sciolto, e spento a poco a poco (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Se per lieve ferita (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. In più leggiadro velo (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Se così dolce è il duolo (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Se taccio, il duol s'avanza (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. O come è gran martire (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Sento che nel partire (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author (Parafrasi di Alfonso d'Avalos)
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Non è questa la mano (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Torquato Tasso, Poet
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Candida man, qual neve, a gl'occhi offerse (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Dalle odorate spoglie (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Non mai, non cangerò (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. All'apparir di quelle luci ardenti (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Libro II. Non mi toglia il ben moi (Carlo Gesualdo)
Les Arts Florissants - Paul Agnew, Conductor - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Unknown Author
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
Album review
Much gossip has surrounded the double murder committed by Carlo Gesualdo, who killed his young wife and her lover when he caught them in flagrante delicto. The remorse he felt for this atrocious crime is said to have inspired the Neapolitan composer to write new harmonies, using and abusing scraping and characterful chromatisms. Paul Agnew takes aim at this widespread belief, contending that "this aristocratic double murder only indirectly influenced the musician's life." In a very interesting introductory text, the "Associate Musical Director" of the Arts Florissants sets the figure of Gesualdo back into his historical context, explaining just how his tormented psychological state would have fed into his own musical evolution, alongside the musical journeys of his peers. The same line of argument is also made by musicologist Denis Morrier in his analysis of the two first Books of Madrigals, which are presented here: "At once visionary and conservative, eccentric in language and conventional in form, these works have fascinated musicians and commentators across the ages", he writes.
Following the recording of 17 madrigals from Book IV to Book VI, conducted by William Christie in 1988, this new album marks the first stage of a complete recording of Gesualdo's Madrigals, which are to be performed across three seasons at the Philharmonie de Paris. Passionate, violent, dark and burning with meaning, Gesualdo's music touches the heart and speaks to us of the doubts and contradictions of the human soul. © François Hudry/Qobuz
This album was named "Gramophone Recording of the year 2020" in the"Early Music" category.
Details of original recording : Recorded June 2019, Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris (France)
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 01:21:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew
- Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Area: Italie
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Baroque Music
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 Les Arts Florissants
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