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Well 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 Sacræ 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 and the figure of the Virgin Mary. The painfully voluptuous chromaticism and the expressive intensity and refinement of the lines make this work one of the most singular of that period. Gesualdo's interpretation of the liturgical text is intensely dramatic and highly personal. Il Pomo d'Oro renders perfectly the mysterious beauty of this music. Album Tracks 1. Gesualdo Ave Regina Cœlorum 2. Gesualdo Venit Lumen Tuum 3. Gesualdo Ave, Dulcissima Maria 4. Gesualdo Reminiscere Miserationum Tuarum 5. Gesualdo Dignare Me Laudare Te 6. Gesualdo Sancti Spiritus, Domine 7. Gesualdo Domine, Ne Despicias Deprecationem Meam 8. Gesualdo Hei Mihi Domine 9. Gesualdo Laboravi in Gemitu Meo 10. Gesualdo Peccantem Me Quotidie 11. Gesualdo O Vos Omnes 12. Gesualdo Exaudi, Deus, Deprecationem Meam 13. Gesualdo Precibus Et Meritis 14. Gesualdo O Crux Benedicta 15. Gesualdo Tribularer Si Nescirem 16. Gesualdo Deus, Refugium Et Virtus 17. Gesualdo Tribulationem Et Dolorem 18. Gesualdo Illumina Faciem Tuam 19. Gesualdo Maria, Mater Gratiæ
