L’Arte del Madrigale – Madrigals by Wert, Marenzio, Luzzaschi, Gesualdo and D India (1586-1616)

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9 CD | Booklet 

Classical Music 

Glossa

21 December 2022

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Description

8424562209305

Artists

La Venexiana (Early Music Ensemble)
Claudio Cavina (Conductor)

Contents

CD 1 Giaches de WERT: La Gerusalemme liberata (1586) +pdfs of the booklets

CD 2 Luca MARENZIO: Sesto Libro de Madrigali (1594)

CD 3 Luzzasco LUZZASCHI: Quinto Libro de Madrigali (1595)

CD 4 Carlo GESUALDO: Quarto Libro de Madrigali (1596)

CD 5 Luca MARENZIO: Nono Libro de Madrigali (1599)

CD 6 Luzzasco LUZZASCHI: Concerto delle Dame (1601)

CD 7 Sigismondo d’INDIA: Primo Libro de Madrigali (1606)

CD 8 Carlo GESUALDO: Quinto Libro de Madrigali (1611)

CD 9 Sigismondo d’INDIA: Terzo Libro de Madrigali (1616)

Over the years Glossa has been at the forefront of releasing recordings of late Renaissance madrigals, and the label has had the pleasure of assisting superlative artists in doing so: none more so than La Venexiana and its director Claudio Cavina.

The recordings date from the dozen years after La Venexiana’s foundation in 1996, a time of great activity for the ensemble, demonstrating very effectively why La Venexiana has been so popular with audiences and consistently fêted by critics.

These are truly exceptional performances, of such interpretative consistency, to take one through the potent 30 years from 1586 onwards; a time when the madrigal reached its zenith. ”L’arte del madrigale’ is composed of complete books of madrigals from Luzzaschi, Wert and Marenzio – along with the Neapolitans Gesualdo and D’India. This new box set contains all the booklets for the original recordings (as PDF files) as well as a new essay written by Stefano Russomanno.