Il Pomo D'Oro - Gesualdo: Sacrae Canciones AEC Music This recording is Nicolas Altstaedt's

This recording is Nicolas Altstaedt's first for Alpha as a soloist

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Il Pomo D'Oro - Gesualdo: Sacrae Canciones AEC Music This recording is Nicolas Altstaedt'sWell established in the field of historically informed performance, the Italian ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro has recently expanded: it now includes a choir, and this is it's first solo recording. Conducted by Giuseppe Maletto, the ensemble presents here Gesualdo's fascinating first book of Sacr Cantiones. Less well known than his madrigals, the nineteen five part motets that make up this work explore the theme of repentance through the Liturgy of Penance