Sigismondo d'India (c.1582-1629), an Italian nobleman and a contemporary of Monteverdi, wrote exclusively vocal music. A highly respected composer who travelled to all of Italy's important musical centres, he is thought to have come from Naples and been amongst Carlo Gesualdo di Venosa's intimate circle of musicians. Even today D'India's musical languague seems astonishingly fresh and new. This CD contains pieces from all of D'India's printed collections and offers a cross section of his works for solo voice with continuo: arias, canzonettas, madrigals and laments.