With this recording Profeti della Quinta wants to trace two different directions of development of the Italian madrigal, whose roots lie in the musical approach of Cipriano de Rore and were then pursued in different ways by Carlo Gesualdo and his circle or Claudio Monteverdi. A small selection of the inexhaustible treasure of Italian madrigals with numerous discoveries.
Works:
• Gesualdo: Se la mia morte brami
• Kapsberger: Libro D'Intavolatura di Lauto
• Luzzaschi: Ahi cruda sorte mia
• Luzzaschi: Madrigals, Book 4
• Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali, 1614
• Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Book 8), SV 163
• Rore: Alcun non può saper
• Rore: Madrigali à 4 voci, Libro 2
• Rore: Madrigali, Libro 1