Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Quinto & Sesto

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Here, the singers zone in on Gesualdo’s final two anthologies (perhaps the rawest of all) with their usual crystalline clarity. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Mar 2023
Catalogue No: HAF890531112
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Gramophone Awards

Finalist - Early Music
Gramophone Magazine

May 2023

Recording of the Month
International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Early Music

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Gesualdo: Madrigali libro quinto, 1611

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Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew

Gioite voi col canto

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S'io non miro, non moro

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Itene, o miei sospiri

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Dolcissima mia vita

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O dolorosa gioia

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Qual fora, donna, un dolce "oimè" d'Amore

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Felicissimo sonno

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Se vi duol il mio duolo

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Occhi del mio cor vita

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Languisce al fin chi dalla vita parte

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Mercè, grido piangendo

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O voi, troppo felici

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Correte amanti a prova

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Asciugate i begli occhi

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Tu m'uccidi, o crudele

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Deh, coprite il bel seno

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Poiché l'avida sete (Pt. 1)

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Poiché l'avida sete (Pt. 2)

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O tenebroso giorno

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Se tu fuggi, io non resto

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T'amo mia vita, la mia cara vita

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Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto, 1611

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Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew

Se la mia morte brami

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Beltà, poiché t'assenti

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Tu piangi, o Fille mia

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Resta di darmi noia

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Chiaro risplender suole

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Io parto, e non più dissi ché 'l dolore

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Mille volte il dì moro

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O dolce mio tesoro

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Deh, com' invan sospiro

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Io pur respiro in così 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, ma l'ardore

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Ancide sol la morte

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Quel "nò" 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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Anchor che per amarti io mi consumi

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Già piansi nel dolore

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Quando ridente, e bella

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Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants conclude their exploration of this fascinating corpus.

Even more than in his first books, Gesualdo here displays incredible modernity, playing in inimitable fashion on dissonances and chromaticisms.

Love and death, joys and sorrows embrace and clash amid ever bolder harmonies.

“Fully integrated with the musical line, the singers avoid melodrama through intimate, small gestures as if acting for screen, not stage.” - Gramophone Critics’ Choice 2021

Reviews

May 2023

Here, the singers zone in on Gesualdo’s final two anthologies (perhaps the rawest of all) with their usual crystalline clarity.

July/August 2023

The present group offers beautiful singing, acute interpretations, and warm recorded sound.

May 2023

Agnew is surely right to insist on the music’s ability to stand on its own terms. It bears repeating: those who have thought of Gesualdo as a one-trick pony (‘Moro lasso’ and all that …) now have more than six hours’ evidence to the contrary.

Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Quinto & Sesto

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