Hannah Ely: Gesualdo: Silenzio mio - Il quarto libro di madrigali - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Gesualdo: Silenzio mio - Il quarto libro di madrigali
Artist: Hannah Ely
Label: Phi
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5400439000438
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2024-09-20
Number of Discs: 1

Collegium Vocale Gent and it's founder Philippe Herreweghe continue their recordings of the works of Carlo Gesualdo with 'Silenzio Mio', which contains the Fourth Book of Madrigals, published in 1596. Regarded as one of the most eccentric composers of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, but also one of the most creative, he experiments here with new melodic and harmonic effects that enthralled listeners of the time. These innovations are applied to poems by Alessandro Guarini and several anonymous writers, all of which focus on the expression of personal feelings, particularly a 'pathos' new on the literary scene. A veritable historical testimony to the artistic turning point that occurred at the court of Ferrara in the early seventeenth century, this fourth book takes it's place in the long-term recording project of Collegium Vocale, hailed by critics for it's 'homogeneity, contrapuntal transparency and luminosity, strikingly evident even in the most tormented pieces' (Diapason).

Tracks:
1.6 Silenzio Mio, Madrigali a cinque voci, Libro quatro~Questa crudele e pia
1.10 Silenzio Mio, Madrigali a cinque voci, Libro quatro~Dunque non m'offendete (Seconda Parte)
1.18 Silenzio Mio, Madrigali a cinque voci, Libro quatro~Arde 'l mio cor, ed è sì dolce il foco