Gesualdo: Madrigali Libri I-III

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This must rank among the most important recent additions to the madrigal discography, and a landmark in that of Gesualdo. The composer's reputation rests largely on his last three books of madrigals,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 3rd Oct 2005
Catalogue No: 7771382
Label: CPO
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 1

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Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam
Harry van der Kamp

Madrigals, Book 1: No. 1a, Baci soavi e cari

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 1b, Quanto ha di dolce amore

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 2, Madonna, io ben vorrei

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 3, Come esser può ch'io viva

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 4, Gehlo ha Madonna il seno

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 5a, Mentre Madonna il lasso fianco posa

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 5b, Ahi, troppo saggia nell'errar felice

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 6a, Se da sì nobil mano

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 6b, Amor, pace no chero

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 7, Sì gioioso mi fanno i dolor miei

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 8, O dolce mio martire

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 9a, Tirsi morir volea

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 9b, Frenò Tirsi il desio

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 10, Mentre, mia stella miri

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 11, Non mirar, non mirare

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 12, Questi leggiadri odorosetti fiori

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 13a, Felice primavera

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 13b, Danzan le ninfe honeste e i pastorelli

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 14, Son sì belle le rose

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Madrigals, Book 1: No. 15, Bella Angioletta

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Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 2

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Nele Gramss (soprano), Lee Santana (lute)
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam
Harry van der Kamp

Madrigals, Book 2: No. 1a, Caro amoroso neo

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 1b, Ma se tale ha costei

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 2, Hai rotto e sciolto e spento

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 3a, Se per lieve ferita

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 3b, Che sentir deve il petto

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 4, In piu leggiadro velo

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 5a, Se cosi dolce e il duolo

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 5b, Ma se avverra ch'io moia

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 6, Se taccio, il duol s'avanza

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 7a, O com'e gran martire

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 7b, O mio soave ardore

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 8, Sento che nel partire (Arr. for Solo Voice & Lute)

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 8, Sento che nel partire

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 9a, Non e questa la mano

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 9b, Ne tien face o saetta

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 10, Candida man qual neve

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 11a, Dalle odorate spoglie

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 11b, E quell'arpa felice

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 12, Non mai non cangero

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 13, All'apparir di quelle luci ardenti

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Madrigals, Book 2: No. 14, Non mi toglia il ben mio

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Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 3

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Alexander Weimann (harpsichord)
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam
Harry van der Kamp

Madrigals, Book 3: No. 1a, Voi volete ch'io mora

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 1b, Moro o non moro

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 2, Ahi, disperata vita

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 3, Languisco e moro

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 4, Del bel de' bei vostri occhi

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 5, Ahi, dispietata e cruda

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 6, Dolce spirto d'amore (Arr. for Harpsichord)

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 6, Dolce spirto d'amore

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 7a, Sospirava il mio core

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 7b, O mal nati messagi

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 8, Veggio, sì, dal mio sole

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 9, Non t'amo, o voce ingrata

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 10a, Meraviglia d'amore

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 10b, Ed ardo e vivo

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 11, Crudelissima doglia

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 12, Se piange, ohimè, la donna del mio core

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 14, Se vi miro pietosa (Arr. for Harpsichord)

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 13, Ancidetemi pur, grievi martiri

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 13, Ancidetemi pur, grievi martiri (Arr. for Harpsichord)

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 14, Se vi miro pietosa

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 15, Deh, se già fu crudele

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 16, Dolcissimo sospiro

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Madrigals, Book 3: No. 17, Donna se m'ancidete

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2010

This must rank among the most important recent additions to the madrigal discography, and a landmark in that of Gesualdo. The composer's reputation rests largely on his last three books of madrigals, which have been admirably served; but the first three had so far been less lucky. Their musical language is less strikingly 'original' than in the later books, and for that reason the interpretative challenge they represent is quite different.
This anthology succeeds brilliantly in dispelling the notion that Gesualdo was 'still finding his voice' in his earlier work. One's almost tempted to turn the traditional view on its head and regard the later music as a self-indulgently hyperbolised departure from the style of, say, the Third Book. Not quite believable, perhaps needless to say, but Harry van der Kamp and his singers have achieved something rather special here.
The Gesualdo Consort is a multinational ensemble, and though it includes no Italians, for sonic seduction they certainly rival their Italian counterparts while never losing sight of the music's rhetorical sense. The pleasure here consists in following Gesualdo's gradual widening of his technical and expressive resources: by the Third Book, the pieces are longer, the argument correspondingly more ambitious, the chromaticism more assertive. His 'Ancidetemi pur' (a rereading of a set text in one of Arcadelt's most famous madrigals), for example, is very fine indeed. The singing is superb, with few slips to speak of, and none that detracts from the singers' expressive purpose. The continuo is unobtrusive but tastefully and sensitively deployed, and is given its head with a few keyboard intabulations that provide a welcome contrast.

February 2006

This must rank among the most important recent additions to the madrigal discography, and a landmark in that of Gesualdo. …Harry van der Kamp and his singers have achieved something rather special. The singing is superb, with few slips to speak of, and none that detracts from the singers' expressive purpose.

Gesualdo: Madrigali Libri I-III

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