Collegium Vocale Gent
That Carlo Gesualdo murdered his wife and her lover ‘in flagrante delicto’ is one of the juiciest facts in music history. Could there be a connection between this drama and the eccentric polyphony of the Prince of Venosa? Gesualdo's Fourth Book of Madrigals dates from shortly after the event, and testifies to his unrestrained experimentalism and emotional inflammability. Collegium Vocale Gent extracts the finest nuances from these songs of scorching desire and sweet heartache.
Programme
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Carlo Gesualdo
Quarto Libro di Madrigali (Ferrara, 1596)
Programme subject to change
1566-1613
Musicians
- Collegium Vocale Gent soloists
- Philippe Herreweghe musical direction
