by Carlo Gesualdo, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie · Harmonia Mundi · CD · EAN 3149025010759
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«Madrigaux à 5 voix» is the album by Carlo Gesualdo performed by Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie, released in 1988 by Harmonia Mundi on CD.
The album brings together seventeen five-voice madrigals from books III, IV, V and VI by Carlo Gesualdo, performed by Les Arts Florissants with William Christie. It includes pieces such as «Ahi, disperata vita» and «Luci serene e chiare», as well as instrumental works for harp and theorbo. Its harmonic chromaticism anticipates the musical language of the nineteenth century.
Catalogue number HMC 901268; duration 54 minutes. Soloists: Nathalie Stutzmann, Gérard Lesne and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, with Andrew Lawrence-King on harp and Eric Bellocq on theorbo.
For fans of Renaissance madrigals and performances on period instruments.
