In 1611, after two years of study with Gabrieli in Venice, Heinrich Sch?tz tried his hand at composing madrigals on Italian poems. This mere 'graduation exercise' turned out to be a masterpiece: the...
Following the acclaim which met their 2-CD set devoted to the first two books of Gesualdo's madrigals (2020 Gramophone Award), Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants now focus on the composer's Ferrara...
Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants conclude their exploration of this fascinating corpus. Even more than in his first books, Gesualdo here displays incredible modernity, playing in inimitable...
Monteverdi / Les Arts Florissants Madrigals 3: Venezia CD1. Tempro la Cetra, SWV 117 Sinfonia 2. Al Lume de Le Stelle, SV138 3. Con Che Soavit?, SV139 4. Chiome D'oro, SV143 5. Interrotte Speranze,...