Carlo Gesualdo
Born: 8th March 1566, Venosa, Italy
Died: 8th September 1613, Gesualdo, Campania, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa was an Italian nobleman, composer, and murderer. Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, he is better known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto.
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Gesualdo - Sacred and Secular
4th Mar 2013
James Wood directs Vocalconsort berlin in the second book of Sacrae Cantiones, whilst La Compagnia del Madrigale are on flamboyant form in the Sixth Book of Madrigals – dark, disorientating works which could scarcely be more different from their English counterparts.
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- Tu m'uccidi, o crudele (6)
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