Ensemble Arte Musica - Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsoria (2014)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 309 MB | Tracks: 21 | 78:05
Style: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 309 MB | Tracks: 21 | 78:05
Style: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics
From a musical point of view, Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, was a lutenist and composer. His madrigals used an intense chromaticism that was a distinctive part of his style and which did not appear again until the late 19th century. However, he is perhaps best known for his murderous past; his discovery, in 1590, that his wife had been having a twoyear affair had deadly consequences for both the woman and her lover. Being a nobleman, Gesualdo was, of course, immune from prosecution.