Il quarto libro di madrigali, 1596
by Carlo Gesualdo / La Venexiana
- Type: Album
- Released: 2000
- Label: Glossa
- Country: Italy
- Length: 1:07:22
- Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The acclaimed Italian vocal ensemble La Venexiana delivers a masterful, highly emotive interpretation of Carlo Gesualdo's complex sixteenth-century vocal works. The recording meticulously highlights the infamous composer's pioneering use of extreme chromaticism and jarring harmonic shifts, designed to mirror intense emotional states. It is considered a definitive, highly polished rendering of late Renaissance polyphony.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, a-cappella, polyphonic, choral, spirituality, ancient
Tracklist
- Luci Serene E Chiare (3:53)
- Tal鈥檋or Sano Desio (3:05)
- Io Tacer貌 (5:05)
- Che Fai Meco Mio Cor (2:30)
- Sento Che Nel Partire (3:53)
- Questa Crudele E Pia (3:26)
- Or Che In Gioia (3:30)
- Cor Mio, Deh, Non Piangete (4:28)
- Canzon Francese Del Principe (4:31)
- Sparge la Morte (5:02)
- Moro, E Mentre Sospiro (3:26)
- Mentre Gira Costei (2:41)
- A Voi, Mentre Il Mio Core (2:39)
- Ecco, Morir貌 Dunque (3:54)
- Se Taccio Il Duol S鈥檃vanza (2:18)
- Arde Il Mio Cor (2:48)
- Se Chiudete Nel Core (2:17)
- Il Sol, Qual Or Pi霉 Splende (3:22)
- Merc猫 Grido Piangendo (4:34)
Credits
- Carlo Gesualdo - primary artist
- La Venexiana - primary artist