The northern and southern Italian madrigal traditions meet in the person of Sigismondo d'India. The date of publication of this, his FirstBook of Madrigals (1606) reveals him to be one of the last of the genre's most significant figures.
By this time the majority of Monteverdi's publications were already in existence, and Gesualdo's too. The influence of both is clearly audible, and not just in the music.
One of the most memorable tracks is Felice chiti miro, although much of the tripartite Interdettesperanze is equally impressive. Sometimes you feel that a phrase or sentiment might have been more dramatically and elastically projected, or lingered over and savoured. As to tuning, it's generally very accurate, and the slightest slip stands out. But that's the problem with tuning: standards are so high nowadays that critics risk expecting something inhuman, or at least superhuman. This will do just fine. A movingly dramatic account.