Robert Craft - Gesualdo Renaissance (CD)

While Robert Craft is primarily remembered as a champion of Igor Stravinsky. Edgard Varèse, and the Second Viennese School, he was also profoundly interested in renaissance- baroque-era polyphony, particularly the music of Carlo Gesualdo. Craft's first pioneering recording of the Italian master's madrigals, made before his long-term partnership with Columbia Masterworks, was made with a handful of Hollywood's most gifted singers - including the young Marilyn Horne. The result of these independent studio sessions was an important catalyst in the revival of interest in Gesualdo's unique and revolutionary oeuvre, and a landmark recording at the dawn of "historically informed" early music performance practice. Unavailable for over six decades, this recording has been restored and remastered by urlicht AudioVisual.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Ardita Zanzaretta (Madrigali Libro Sesto, No. 5)
2. Resta Di Darmi Noia (Madrigali Libro Sesto, No. 19)
3. Ecco, Morirò Dunque - Ahi, Già Mi Discoloro (Madrigali Libro Quarto, No. 5)
4. Sparge la Morte Al Mio Signor Nel Viso (Madrigali Libro Quarto, No. 14)
5. Arde Il Mio Cor, Ed È Si Dolce Il Foco (Madrigali Libro Quarto, No. 1)
6. Già Piansi Nel Dolore (Madrigali Libro Sesto, No. 11)
7. O Crux Benedicta (Sacrae Cantiones I, No. 14)
8. Non T'amo, O Voce Ingrata (Madrigali Libro Terzo, No. 12)
9. Ardo Per Te, Mio Bene (Madrigali Libro Sesto, No. 6)
10. Io Tacerò, Ma Nel Silenzio Mio (Madrigali Libro Quarto, No. 3)
11. In Van Dunque, O Crudele (Madrigali Libro Quarto, No. 7)
12. Moro, Lasso, Al Mio Duolo (Madrigali Libro Sesto, No. 15)
13. Ancide Sol la Morte (Madrigali Libro Sesto, No. 3)
14. O Dolorosa Gioia (Madrigali Libro Quinto, No. 11)
15. Dolcissima Mia Vita (Madrigali Libro Quinto, No. 4)