Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto, 1611
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (direction)
For sensitivity to Gesualdo's recherché methods, few can beat Alan Curtis. He shapes the composer's most awkward moves into sensual gestures. The precocious technique of his musicians astonishes.
Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto, 1611
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (direction)
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For sensitivity to Gesualdo's recherché methods, few can beat Alan Curtis. He shapes the composer's most awkward moves into sensual gestures. The precocious technique of his musicians astonishes.
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Recording date 1994
Founded in Amsterdam in 1979 by Alan Curtis, one of the most acclaimed specialists in the interpretation of pre-romantic music, Il Complesso Barocco, has become a renowned international baroque orchestra with a focus on Italian Baroque opera and oratorio. Their rich discography was for a time devoted to the late madrigal repertory, and the film director Werner Herzog chose the ensemble as protagonists for his film Morte a cinque voci (Prix Italia 1996 and Premio Rembrandt, Amsterdam 1996) dedicated to the composer Carlo Gesualdo.
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April 2011
For sensitivity to Gesualdo's recherché methods, few can beat Alan Curtis. He shapes the composer's most awkward moves into sensual gestures. The precocious technique of his musicians astonishes.
