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...
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,...
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...
With their bold harmonies, their counterpoint of unequalled refinement and their raw emotion, the Tenebrae Responsories are the sacred counterpart to Gesualdo's last two books of madrigals, published...