Les Cris De Paris Melancholia CD

Melancholia Geoffroy Jourdain Melancholic poetry provided endless nourishment for musical creativity in the late Renaissance. In his first recording for harmonia mundi, Geoffroy Jourdain leads Les Cris de Paris in music from the cusp of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. From Bryd to Gesualdo, Italian and English madrigals rub shoulders with motets and Tenebrae responsories, finding pleasure even in meditating on what causes one's pain.

1. 'Melancholia' Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain 2. John Wilbye (1574-1638) Draw on, Sweet Night 3. The Second Set of Madrigales, 1609 4. William Byrd (1543-1623) Tristitia Et Anxietas (Prima Pars) 5. Cantiones Sacrae, 1589 6. Cesare Tudino (C. 1530-After 1591) Altro Che Lagrimar [Instr.] 7. LI Madrigali a Note Bianche, Et Negre Cromaticho, Et Napolitane, 1554 8. Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) O Vos Omnes 9. Responsoria Et Alia Ad Officium Hebdomadae 10. Sanctae Spectantia, 1611 11. Pomponio Nenna (1556-1608)La Mia Doglia S'avanza Il Primo Libro de Madrigali a Quatro Voci, 1613 12. John Wilbye O Wretched Man 13. The Second Set of Madrigales, 1609 14. William Byrd Come to Me Grief Forever (Marking the Death of Sir Philip Sidney) [Instr., Ext.] 15. Psalmes, Sonets, ; Songs of Sadnes and Pietie, 1588 16. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) What Is Our Life? 17. The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, 1612 18. Luca Marenzio (1553/54-1599) Crudele Acerba Inesorabil' Morte 19. Il Nono Libro de Madrigali a Cinque Voci, 1599 20. William Byrd Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby [Instr., Ext.] 21. Psalmes, Sonets, ; Songs of Sadnes and Pietie, 1588 22. Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545-1607) Quivi Sospiri 23. Secondo Libro Dei Madrigali a Cinque Voci, 1576 24. Carlo Gesualdo Merc? Grido Piangendo 25. Madrigali Del Principe Di Venosa, a Cinque Voci, Libro Quinto, 1611 26. William Byrd Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby [Instr., Ext.] 27. Carlo Gesualdo O Vos Omnes Sacrarum Cantionum Quinque Vocibus Liber Primus, 1603 28. Luca Marenzio Solo E Pensoso 29. Il Nono Libro de Madrigali a Cinque Voci, 1599 30. Carlo Gesualdo Tristis Est Anima Mea 31. Responsoria Et Alia Ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae Spectantia, 1611 32. William Byrd Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby [Instr., Ext.] 33. Thomas Weelkes (C. 1576-1623) O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch Me 34. Madrigals of 5. And 6. Parts, 1600 35. William Byrd Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby [Instr., Ext.] 36. Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) 37. Too Much I Once Lamented 38. Songs of 3. 4. 5. ; 6. Parts, 1622 39. William Byrd Come to Me Grief Forever