Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices

Album by Carlo Gesualdo & Ensemble Arte Musica & Francesco Cera

Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices is a collection of madrigals for five voices by Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo, published in 1603. The music exemplifies late-Renaissance madrigal writing with intensely chromatic harmonies, abrupt voice-leading and close five-part textures that heighten expressive text-setting, and it occupies a middle-period position in Gesualdo's progression toward increasingly experimental harmonic language.

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  1. 1.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: I. Luci seren e chiare
    3:31
  2. 2.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: II. Tal'hor sano desio
    3:24
  3. 3.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: III. Io tacerò, ma nel silenzio mio (first part)
    2:39
  4. 4.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: IV. Invan dunque, o crudele (second part)
    2:33
  5. 5.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: V. Che fai meco, mio cor
    2:09
  6. 6.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: VI. Questa crudele e pia
    3:04
  7. 7.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: VII. Or, che in gioia (first part)
    1:13
  8. 8.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: VIII. O sempre crudo Amore (second part)
    2:24
  9. 9.
    Canzon francese
    4:56
  10. 10.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: IX. Cor mio, deh, non piangete (first part)
    1:55
  11. 11.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: X. Dunque non m'offendete (second part)
    2:27
  12. 12.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XI. Sparge la morte al mio Signor
    4:40
  13. 13.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XII. Moro, e mentre sospiro (first part)
    1:52
  14. 14.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XIII. Quando di lui la sospirata vita (second part)
    2:03
  15. 15.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XIV. Mentre gira costei
    2:59
  16. 16.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XV. A voi, mentre il mio core
    2:50
  17. 17.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XVI. Ecco, morirò dunque! (first part)
    1:32
  18. 18.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XVII. Ahi, già mi discoloro (second part)
    2:25
  19. 19.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XVIII. Arde il mio cor
    2:27
  20. 20.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XIX. Se chiudete nel core
    1:59
  21. 21.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XX. Il sol, qualor più splende (6 voices) (first part)
    1:11
  22. 22.
    Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices: XXI. Volgi, mia luce (6 voices) (second part)
    2:06

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