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Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam
12+ albums
baroqueClassicalvocalrenaissanceearly music
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The composer of experimental works and Neapolitan nobleman, Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa who constantly explored new expressive means provided both the name and the stimulus for the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, the madrigal ensemble founded by Harry van der Kamp in the 1980s. Gesualdo stands on the threshold between the old musical style (prima prattica) and the new style (seconda prattica) , a clear transition in music history that occurred around 1600. As a Janus-like figure, he commands a view of what happened in the past and at the same time looks ahead to the future, thereby inspiring many composers right up to the present. The Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam aims to achieve this special expressivity in its programmes and performances. The whole madrigal repertoire of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries belongs to the repertoire of the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, with much attention being also given to the other genres and, where possible, connections being made with the music of later centuries. In addition, several composers have dedicated works to the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam. The Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam has appeared at many European festivals such as those in Innsbruck, Bremen, Dollard, Utrecht and Leipzig. Previous recordings have endeavoured to match the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam’s capacity to enrich their audiences’ musical knowledge and consciousness with highly-rated discs devoted to composers such as Emilio de’ Cavalieri as well as by Gesualdo himself. The r
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Prelude in E Minor, BWV 548
282Deus, qui beatum Marcum a 10, C. 36
223Madonna, io ben vorrei
174Come esser puo ch'io viva
175Cantata Sehet, welche eine Liebe, BWV 64: I. Choir Sehet, welche eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget
176Quanto ha di dolce Amore
167Non Mirar, Non Mirare
168Cantate Domino a 6, C. 6
169Miserere mei Deus a 6, C. 9
1610Gelo ha Madonna il seno
15albums
Sweelinck: The Complete Psalms
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas, Motets & Organ Music
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Missa da Requiem
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Carlo Gesualdo - Madrigali - Libri I, II, III
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Gabrieli: Sacrae Sympnoniae
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Vocal MusicThe Secular Vocal Works - Chansons, Italian Rimes And Madrigals, French Rimes
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Gesualdo: Madrigali, Books 1-3
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Sweelinck: Cantiones sacrae
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Sweelinck, J.P.: Vocal Music (The Secular Vocal Works - Chansons, Italian Rimes and Madrigals, French Rimes)
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Carlo Gesualdo - Madrigali - Libri I, II, II
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Giovanni Gabrieli : Sacrae Symphoniae
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Lacorcia: Madrigals-Musica Vulcanica