Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:21:39 minutes | 802 MB | Genre: Classical
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Much gossip has surrounded the double murder committed by Carlo Gesualdo, who killed his young wife and her lover when he caught them in flagrante delicto. The remorse he felt for this atrocious crime is said to have inspired the Neapolitan composer to write new harmonies, using and abusing scraping and characterful chromatisms. Paul Agnew takes aim at this widespread belief, contending that “this aristocratic double murder only indirectly influenced the musician’s life.” In a very interesting introductory text, the “Associate Musical Director” of the Arts Florissants sets the figure of Gesualdo back into his historical context, explaining just how his tormented psychological state would have fed into his own musical evolution, alongside the musical journeys of his peers. The same line of argument is also made by musicologist Denis Morrier in his analysis of the two first Books of Madrigals, which are presented here: “At once visionary and conservative, eccentric in language and conventional in form, these works have fascinated musicians and commentators across the ages”, he writes.

Following the recording of 17 madrigals from Book IV to Book VI, conducted by William Christie in 1988, this new album marks the first stage of a complete recording of Gesualdo’s Madrigals, which are to be performed across three seasons at the Philharmonie de Paris. Passionate, violent, dark and burning with meaning, Gesualdo’s music touches the heart and speaks to us of the doubts and contradictions of the human soul.

Tracklist:
1. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Baci soavi, e cari: I. Baci soavi, e cari (02:25)
2. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Baci soavi, e cari: II. Quant’ha di dolce Amore (02:31)
3. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Madonna, io ben vorrei (03:00)
4. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Com’esser può ch’io viva se m’uccidi (02:12)
5. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Gelo ha Madonna il seno (02:07)
6. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Mentre Madonna il lasso fianco posa: I. Mentre Madonna il lasso fianco posa (02:14)
7. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Mentre Madonna il lasso fianco posa: II. Ahi, troppo saggia nell’errar; felice (02:10)
8. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Se da sì nobil mano: I. Se da sì nobil mano (01:54)
9. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Se da sì nobil mano: II. Amor, pace non chero (01:27)
10. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Sì gioioso mi fanno i dolor miei (02:44)
11. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – O dolce mio martire (02:27)
12. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Tirsi morir volea: I. Tirsi morir volea (02:19)
13. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Tirsi morir volea: II. Frenò Tirsi ‘l desio (02:45)
14. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Mentre, mia stella, miri (02:16)
15. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Non mirar, non mirare (02:21)
16. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Questi leggiadri odorosetti fiori (02:50)
17. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Felice primavera: I. Felice primavera (01:32)
18. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Felice primavera: II. Danzan le ninfe honeste, e i pastorelli (01:26)
19. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Son sì belle le rose (02:15)
20. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Bella Angioletta da le vaghe piume (02:05)
21. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Caro amoroso neo: I. Caro amoroso neo (01:40)
22. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Caro amoroso neo: II. Ma se tale ha costei (01:42)
23. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Hai rotto, e sciolto, e spento a poco a poco (02:26)
24. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Se per lieve ferita: I. Se per lieve ferita (01:51)
25. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Se per lieve ferita: II. Che sentir deve il petto mio che langue (02:04)
26. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – In più leggiadro velo (02:09)
27. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Se così dolce è il duolo: I. Se così dolce è il duolo (00:51)
28. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Se così dolce è il duolo: II. Ma s’avverrà ch’io moia (01:59)
29. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Se taccio, il duol s’avanza (02:00)
30. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – O come è gran martire: I. O come è gran martire (01:08)
31. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – O come è gran martire: II. O mio soave ardore (01:18)
32. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Sento che nel partire (03:47)
33. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Non è questa la mano: I. Non è questa la mano (00:54)
34. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Non è questa la mano: II. Né tien face, o saetta (01:51)
35. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Candida man, qual neve, a gl’occhi offerse (02:53)
36. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Dalle odorate spoglie: I. Dalle odorate spoglie (00:52)
37. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Dalle odorate spoglie: II. E quell’arpa felice (01:36)
38. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Non mai, non cangerò (01:38)
39. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – All’apparir di quelle luci ardenti (02:11)
40. Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew – Non mi toglia il ben moi (01:30)

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