Gesualdo/ Compagnia Del Madrigale - Secondo Libro Di Madrigali AEC Music and a closer study convinced

and a closer study convinced Bigger of the particular qualities of many of them

and with self-quotations and parodic elements

to the composition competition in Berkeley for the "Coolidge International Prize" and won second prize among a large number of competitors

One can hope that recordings such as the present one will help to raise consciousness among performers and their public of these highly individual and very beautiful songs of which can stand comparison with those of any of Weigl's contemporaries

Gesualdo/ Compagnia Del Madrigale - Secondo Libro Di Madrigali AEC Music and a closer study convincedThe Second Book of Madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo provides the focal point for the latest in La Compagnia del Madrigale's stunning reappraisals of the glories of the Italian madrigal on Glossa. Probably written by Gesualdo between the time of the double honour killing of his first wife and her lover and his subsequent remarriage, the second book presents a sophisticated compositional mastery quite in keeping with the later books, albeit offering a calmer