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The cruel double murder of his first wife and her lover made Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa (1566-1613), one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of music, whose work is almost obscured by the bloody drama of jealousy. The Sixth Book of Madrigals, published two years before his death, is, so to speak, the grand finale of a unique madrigal oeuvre to which the striking label of "mannerism" seems, for once, to be attached justifiably: the dissonances are in places almost painful, the word settings so colourful and varied in their imagery that there is an almost startling Modernity. The technical demand is so high that that so far only a few ensembles have dared to make a complete recording.<br<
Among them was Il Complesso Barocco under Alan Curtis, whose recording from 1994 is made accessible again here. © Note1
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, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
, Contributor - Alan Curtis, Conductor
Album review
The cruel double murder of his first wife and her lover made Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa (1566-1613), one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of music, whose work is almost obscured by the bloody drama of jealousy. The Sixth Book of Madrigals, published two years before his death, is, so to speak, the grand finale of a unique madrigal oeuvre to which the striking label of "mannerism" seems, for once, to be attached justifiably: the dissonances are in places almost painful, the word settings so colourful and varied in their imagery that there is an almost startling Modernity. The technical demand is so high that that so far only a few ensembles have dared to make a complete recording.<br<
Among them was Il Complesso Barocco under Alan Curtis, whose recording from 1994 is made accessible again here. © Note1
Details of the original recording : 70:50 - DDD - Enregistré en septembre 1994 à Bologne en Italie - Notes en français, anglais et allemand avec les textes chantés en italien et traduction anglaise
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Alan Curtis
- Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
- Label: Pan Classics
- Area: Italie
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
- Period: Renaissance Music
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