(1561?-1613).This week Donald Macleod looks at the life and work of Carlo Gesualdo.
Merce Grido Piangendo (Madrigals, Book 5) Les Arts Rorrisants, director William Christie Baci Soavi e Carl; Madonna, lo Ben Vorrei; Tirsi Morir Volea (Madrigals, Book 1) Claritas, director James Grossmith
Precibus et Meritis; Ave, Regina Coelorum ; Maria, MaterGratiae
Tallis Scholars, director Peter Phillips Franz Hummel Gesualdo (excerpt)
Ruth Floeran (mezzo), Orchestra of the Pflaz Theatre, Kaiserslautern, conductor Lior Shambadal
Caro, Amoroso Neo ; Sento Che Nel Partire (Madrigals, Book 2)
Claritas, director James Grossmith Hei Mihi , Domine Monteverdi Choir , conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Peccantem Me Quotidie; Tribularer Si
Nescirem Ensemble Vocal Europeen de la Chapelle Royale, director Philippe Herreweghe Producer Geraldine Marshall