Gesualdo: Fourth Book of Madrigals for 5 voices

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Performer: Marcello Vargetto
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Conductor: Francesco Cera
Performer: Francesco Cera
Performer: Matteo Messori
Performer: Paolo Cherici
Performer: Manuela Custer
Performer: Ester Castriota
Performer: Patrizia Vaccari
Performer: Alessandro Carmignani
Performer: Mirko Guadagnini
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Music Label: Brilliant Classics
Soundtracks:

Madrigals, Book 4: Luci serene e chiare
Madrigals, Book 4: Talor sano desio
Madrigals, Book 4: Io tacer?
Madrigals, Book 4: Io tacer?
Madrigals, Book 4: Che fai meco, mio cor
Madrigals, Book 4: Questa crudele e pia
Madrigals, Book 4: Or, che in gioia credea
Madrigals, Book 4: Or, che in gioia credea
Canzon francese ? 4
Madrigals, Book 4: Cor mio, deh, non piangete
Madrigals, Book 4: Cor mio, deh, non piangete
Madrigals, Book 4: Sparge la morte al mio Signor
Madrigals, Book 4: Moro, e mentre sospiro
Madrigals, Book 4: Moro, e mentre sospiro
Madrigals, Book 4: Mentre gira costei
Madrigals, Book 4: A voi, mentre il mio core
Madrigals, Book 4: Ecco morir? dunque
Madrigals, Book 4: Ecco morir? dunque
Madrigals, Book 4: Arde il mio cor
Madrigals, Book 4: Se chiudete nel core
Madrigals, Book 4: Il sol, qualor pi? splende
Madrigals, Book 4: Il sol, qualor pi? splende

Music reviews of Gesualdo: Fourth Book of Madrigals for 5 voices

Music Review: Another Almost...
Rating: 3 Stars

...excellent performance. The music is extraordinary. The singers understand it stylistically. The tuning is within acceptable parameters. Nonetheless, I don't relish it. The bare voices are too harsh, and the vocal blend just doesn't swoon with erotic longing as these madrigals by the mad genius Gesualdo should. I might like the recording better, I admit, if I hadn't just listened to an incomparable CD of similar madrigals by the ensemble La Venexiana. As it is, Ensemble Arte Musica doesn't match up and this CD will find a place on a back shelf.