Il Pomo D'Oro Gesualdo: Sacrae Canciones CD

Well established in the field of historically informed performance, the Italian ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro has recently expanded: it now includes a choir, and this is it's first solo recording. Conducted by Giuseppe Maletto, the ensemble presents here Gesualdo's fascinating first book of Sacr? Cantiones. Less well known than his madrigals, the nineteen five-part motets that make up this work explore the theme of repentance through the Liturgy of Penance and the figure of the Virgin Mary. The painfully voluptuous chromaticism and the expressive intensity and refinement of the lines make this work one of the most singular of that period. Gesualdo's interpretation of the liturgical text is intensely dramatic and highly personal. Il Pomo d'Oro renders perfectly the mysterious beauty of this music.

1. Gesualdo: Ave Regina C£lorum 2. Gesualdo: Venit Lumen Tuum 3. Gesualdo: Ave, Dulcissima Maria 4. Gesualdo: Reminiscere Miserationum Tuarum 5. Gesualdo: Dignare Me Laudare Te 6. Gesualdo: Sancti Spiritus, Domine 7. Gesualdo: Domine, Ne Despicias Deprecationem Meam 8. Gesualdo: Hei Mihi Domine 9. Gesualdo: Laboravi in Gemitu Meo 10. Gesualdo: Peccantem Me Quotidie 11. Gesualdo: O Vos Omnes 12. Gesualdo: Exaudi, Deus, Deprecationem Meam 13. Gesualdo: Precibus Et Meritis 14. Gesualdo: O Crux Benedicta 15. Gesualdo: Tribularer Si Nescirem 16. Gesualdo: Deus, Refugium Et Virtus 17. Gesualdo: Tribulationem Et Dolorem 18. Gesualdo: Illumina Faciem Tuam 19. Gesualdo: Maria, Mater Gratiµ