Gesualdo - O Crux benedicta
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Those expecting the composer's trademark chromaticisms in his motets will be largely disappointed, but these more conservative pieces dispel the idea that Gesualdo's eccentricity was any mask... —
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The exotic harmonies in both expose the family resemblance between the styles of the two composers (though Gesualdo is even more experimental in his secular music) and the Monteverdi Choir is... —
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My Bleeding Valentine
Nigel North (lute), Christopher Wilson (lute), Idil Biret (piano), Ivan Peshkov (violin), Olga Solovieva (piano), Elizabeth Farr (lute-harpsichord), John Holloway (violin), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba), Bernd Glemser (piano), Klara Kormendi (piano), Laura Mikkola...
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Both Kaljuste's orchestra and his instinct are good ones; the insistent suspensions of Gesualdo's vocal writing - not so much sliding as grinding over one another - translate beautifully for... —
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Another considerable feather in the already well-bedecked caps of both Oxford Camerata and Naxos... deeply expressive performances. —
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Gesualdo: Prince of Madrigalists
Grace-Lynne Martin (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Cora Lauridsen (contralto), Richard Levitt (countertenor), Richard Robinson (tenor), Charles Scharbach (bass), Sol Babitz (violin), Ralph Schaeffer (violin), Milton Thomas (viola), Eugene Wilson (cello)
Robert Craft
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Highly-charged dissonances, strange harmonic progressions paint words that implore and plead and cry out for mercy. Though they are as dramatic as Gesualdo’s madrigals, these sacred works inhabit... —
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Gesualdo a Napoli - Sacrae Cantiones & Tenebrae Responsories
Julie Wintrebert (soloist), Noël Akchoté (soloist)
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