Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto, 1611

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These extremely accomplished singers makes sense of these notoriously wayward and enigmatic works… they are able to capture the kaleidoscopic thoughts of the poetry, producing clarity of utterance... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013 More…

Release Date: 14th Jan 2013
Catalogue No: GCD922801
Label: Glossa
Length: 77 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

4th March 2013
Diapason d’Or de l’Année

2013

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Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto

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Compagnia del Madrigale, La
Recorded: June - July 2012
Recording Venue: Chiesa dell BV Maria del Monte Carmelo al Colletto, Rigolleto, Italy

Se la mia morte brami

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Belta, poi che t'assenti

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Tu piangi, o Filli mia

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Resta di darmi noia

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Chiaro risplender suole

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Io parto, e non piu dissi

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Mille volte il di moro

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O dolce mio tesoro

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Deh, come invan sospiro

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Io pur respiro in cosi gran dolore

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Alme d'Amor rubelle

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Candido e verde fiore

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Ardita Zanzaretta

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Ardo per te, mio bene

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Ancide sol la morte

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Quel 'no' crudel che la mia speme ancise

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Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

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Volan quasi farfalle

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Al mio gioir il ciel si fa sereno

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Tu segui, o bella Clori

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Ancor che per amarti

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Gia piansi nel dolore

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Quando ridente e bella

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Recording of the Week, Gesualdo - Sacred and Secular

4th March 2013

James Wood directs Vocalconsort berlin in the second book of Sacrae Cantiones, whilst La Compagnia del Madrigale are on flamboyant form in the Sixth Book of Madrigals – dark, disorientating works which could scarcely be more different from their English counterparts.

To sense the emotional charge coursing through Carlo Gesualdo at the time when he was composing his Sixth Book of Madrigals, there is no better starting point than a thrilling new recording being issued on GLOSSA from La Compagnia del Madrigale. Some of the finest singers in the madrigal repertoire today – including Giuseppe Maletto, Daniele Carnovich and Rossana Bertini, and they have been refining their a cappella artistry over more than twenty years with groups such as La Venexiana and Concerto Italiano – now restore humanness, warmth, pictorial beauty and richness to one of the most complex cycles in all music. This marks the group’s triumphant entry onto a label which has always made the exploration of the Italian madrigal repertory one of its cornerstones. Allied to the ensemble’s musical reading is a reevaluation of the essence of the madrigalism of Gesualdo (the Prince of Venosa) by Marco Bizzarini in an absorbing accompanying essay, which draws upon many reactions to the music made during the composer’s own lifetime. Bizzarini highlights the extraordinary beauty, the intense expression of the sentiments and the mastery of counterpoint in Gesualdo’s “23 canapés of caviar” (as Stravinsky termed them). This new interpretation – and its wealth of nuances – offered by La Compagnia del Madrigale majestically surmounts all the dissonances and difficulties in these madrigals to lay bare the expressive intensity of the music. Graced by an attractive cover design, wholly in keeping with standards of the house, this new recording of Gesualdo’s Sixth Book is a joy to behold and read, as well as to listen to.

Reviews

August 2013

These extremely accomplished singers makes sense of these notoriously wayward and enigmatic works… they are able to capture the kaleidoscopic thoughts of the poetry, producing clarity of utterance in spite of the intricate counterpoint.

October 2013

a masterclass in quicksilver dynamic shading, meticulous cadential shaping, crystal-clear poetic declamation and flawlessy judged harmonic shifts

29th May 2013

this is an example of superb madrigal singing. The individual voices produce a beautiful sound, and their qualities can be admired in the many short episodes for reduced forces. Their voices also perfectly blend and intonation is impeccable. These are absolute prerequisites in madrigals in which harmony is such a crucial element.

4th March 2013

in the Sixth Book of Madrigals, flamboyantly performed by the Compagnia del Madrigale, we really get the full force of his imagination. These works sound alien even to modern ears, so the effect over four hundred years ago must have been incredible. The parts continually twist and contort themselves in strange and unfamiliar ways – disorientating, yes, but absolutely gripping at the same time!

13th January 2013

The small vocal ensemble La Compagnia del Madrigale captures the refinement of these gems with technical ease but avoids ever being too smooth. An essential spontaneity and urgency ignite these intense performances.

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