Madrigali Libro 6
1. Se la mia morte brami
2. Beltà poi che t’assenti
3. Mille volte il di moro
4. ”Io parto” e più non dissi
Madrigali Libro 1
5. O dolce mio martire
Madrigali Libro 3
6. ”Non t’amo”, o voce ingrata
7. Meraviglia d’Amore
Madrigali Libro 4
8. Luci serene
9. Il sol qual or più splende
Madrigali Libro 5
10. Dolcissima mia vita
11. Mercè, grido piangendo
12. Se vi duol il mio duolo
13. Asciugate i begli occhi
Madrigali Libro 6
14. Mille volte il di moro
15. Se la mia morte brami
16. Beltà poi che t’assenti
17. “Io parto” e più non dissi
Gesualdo ©
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) is possibly the most extreme composer of madrigals ever. The madrigal as a
genre was born in the first half of the 16th cent as a fusion between frivolous and simple Italian popular songs
in three parts, and polyphonic writing coming to Italy through the great influx of learned Franco-Flemish composers.
This fusion of traits from Northern and Southern thinking exploded in the production of more than
10.000 compositions featuring a more and more refined and illustrative writing, on texts by the most reknowned
poets. Gesualdo’s madrigals appear near the end of the flowering of this tradition, and he expands the modes
of expression quite considerably.
Often people tend to think that his extreme music occurred as a result of his very eventful and dramatic life.
And that might indeed be part of the explanation.
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 2015
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 760
EAN: 5709499760000
