Even if he had not composed some of the most astonishing music of the Italian renaissance, Carlo Gesualdo, Count of Venosa (1561-1613), would have an assured place in musical history as the composer ...

“Let’s have another go at those Arcadelt madrigals, and see if we can get them right this time”. You can imagine words to this effect being spoken on a rainy day in some Renaissance court or other.

The second book of Carlo Gesualdo's madrigals was published in Ferrara in the same year, 1594, as its predecessor. It seems as if Gesualdo's existing settings were collected together and published in ...

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Quinto Libro di Madrigali, Movements: Mercè!, grido piangendo Carlo (Prince of Venosa,Count of Conza) Gesualdo, Composer James Weeks, Director Exaudi Sesto Libro di Madrigali, Movements: Io pur ...

Carlo Gesualdo, prince of Venosa, is classical music's favorite murderer and madman. In a famous scandal, he killed his wife and her lover in 1590 when he caught them in flagrante. Later, he suffered ...

In classical music the urge to observe the Golden Mean (ie to avoid exaggeration and strive for good taste) is in constant battle with another, equally domineering imperative: always go further. This ...

Composer, aristocrat, double murderer, Carlo Gesualdo has had a mixed press over the years to say the least. To get a feeling for the extremes of love and pain that buffeted his life, the place to ...