Gesualdo - Madrigali libro quinto, 1611
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Choral » Madrigals & Partsongs
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Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Quinto & Sesto
Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Paul Agnew (tenor)
Here, the singers zone in on Gesualdo’s final two anthologies (perhaps the rawest of all) with their usual crystalline clarity. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, Finalist - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2012, First Choice
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Gesualdo: Madrigali libro quinto, 1611
The Hilliard Ensemble: Monika Mauch (soprano), David James (countertenor), David Gould (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
Few vocalists if any could match this group for their tuning. In works such as Dolcissima mia vita) with its chromatic ending and its flickering lines at the word 'fire'), the effect is superbly... —
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Gesualdo: Madrigali libro quinto, 1611
Luísa Tavares (mezzo soprano) & Marco van de Klundert (tenor)
The Kassiopeia Quintet
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[a][ hugely impressive collection, which steers a perfectly judged, immaculate course between the extremes of earthy expressionism and sterile detachment. The recording gives the voices in these... —
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