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CARLO GESUALDO Complete Madrigals, Books 5 & 6 Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew
2h18
2 CD
HAF8905311.12
Fully integrated with the musical line, the singers avoid melodrama through intimate, small gestures as if acting for screen, not stage.’ Gramophone Critics' Choice 2021
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 fashion on dissonances and chromaticisms. Love and death, joys and sorrows embrace and clash amid ever bolder harmonies.
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Artists
- Ensemble
- Conductor Tenor
- Hannah MorrisonSoprano
- Miriam AllanSoprano
- Melodie RuvioContralto
- Sean ClaytonTenor
- Edward GrintBass