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Carlo Gesualdo
1566-1613 IT, Venosa
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a musician he is best known for writing intensely expressive madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. He is also known for his cruelty and lewdness: the best known fact of his life is his gruesome killing of his first wife and her lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto. The fascination for his extraordinary music and for his shocking acts have gone hand in hand.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacrae Cantiones | Carlo Gesualdo, The Marian Consort, Rory McCleery | 2016 | Album |
| O Dolce Mio Tesoro - Madrigali A Cinque Voci, Libro Sesto (1611) | Carlo Gesualdo, Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe | 2016 | Album |
| Il Primo Libro de Madrigali (2016 Edition) | Carlo Gesualdo, Noël Akchoté | 2016 | Album |
| Terzo Libro di Madrigali (1595) | Carlo Gesualdo, La Compagnia Del Madrigale | 2016 | Album |
| L'Arte Del Madrigali | Claudio Monteverdi, Giaches De Wert, Lodovico Agostini, Carlo Gesualdo, Voces Suaves | 2016 | Album |
| Sacrae Cantiones | La Main Harmonique, Carlo Gesualdo | 2015 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsoria | Carlo Gesualdo, Ensemble Arte-Musica, Francesco Cera | 2014 | Album |
| Responsoria 1611 | Carlo Gesualdo, La Compagnia Del Madrigale | 2014 | Album |
| Responsories And Lamentations For Holy Saturday | Carlo Gesualdo, Tomás Luis De Victoria | 2013 | Album |
| Sacrae Cantiones Liber Secundus | Carlo Gesualdo - Vocalconsort Berlin - James Wood | 2013 | Album |
| Responsoria 1611 | Carlo Gesualdo - Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe | 2013 | Album |
| The Complete Madrigals | Carlo Gesualdo | 2013 | Album |
| Madrigals, Books 5 and 6 | Carlo Gesualdo, Delitiæ Musicae, Marco Longhini | 2013 | Album |
| Responsoria / Sacrae Cantiones | Carlo Gesualdo, Coro Del Centro Di Musica Antica Di Padova, Livio Picotti | 2013 | Album |
| Sesto Libro Di Madrigali 1611 | Carlo Gesualdo, La Compagnia Del Madrigale | 2013 | Album |
| Tenebrae | Carlo Gesualdo - Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott | 2013 | Album |
| Gesualdo: Complete Responsorien And Cantiones | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2013 | Album |
| Sacrae Cantiones, Book One (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsorien (Gesualdo's Complete Tenebrae Responsories, For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsories For Good Friday | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Sacrae Cantiones, Book Two (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Gesualdo's Integral Madrigals For Five Voices (Libro 1-6, For Guitar) – Second Edition. | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Madrigals, Book 4 | Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Amore Contraffatto | Christophe Desjardins, Les Jeunes Solistes, Rachid Safir, Gianvincenzo Cresta, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Madrigali-Responsorii | Carlo Gesualdo / NCRV Vocaal Ensemble / Marinus Voorberg | 2012 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Gesualdo's Integral Madrigals For Five Voices - Libro 1-6 (First Edition). | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsories For Holy Saturday | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2012 | Album |
| Quinto Libro Di Madrigali | Carlo Gesualdo - The Hilliard Ensemble | 2012 | Album |
| Madrigals For Five Voices - Libro 3 (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2011 | Album |
| Années De Pèlerinage | Franz Liszt, Carlo Gesualdo, Luca Marenzio - Ragna Schirmer, Amarcord | 2011 | Album |
| Madrigals Book 3 | Carlo Gesualdo | 2011 | Album |
| Madrigals For Five Voices - Libro 2 (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2011 | Album |
| Madrigals For Five Voices - Libro 1 (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2011 | Album |
| Madrigals For Five Voices - Libro 6 (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2011 | Album |
| Madrigals For Five Voices - Libro 5 (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2011 | Album |
| Madrigals For Five Voices - Libro 4 (For Guitar) | Noël Akchoté, Carlo Gesualdo | 2011 | Album |
| Madrigals Book 2 | Carlo Gesualdo, Delitiæ Musicae, Marco Longhini | 2010 | Album |
| Madrigals Book 1 | Carlo Gesualdo, Marco Longhini, Delitiæ Musicae | 2010 | Album |
| Responsoria ad officium hebdomadae: Sabbato Sancto; Antiphonae; Responsoria ad officium defunctorum | Carlo Gesualdo, De Labyrintho, Vittorio Ghielmi, Walter Testolin | 2009 | Album |
| Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices | Carlo Gesualdo - Ensemble Arte-Musica, Francesco Cera | 2008 | Album |
| Madrigali Libro VI | Carlo Gesualdo | 2008 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsories | Carlo Gesualdo - A Sei Voci | 2007 | Album |
| Madrigale | Carlo Gesualdo, Collegium Vocale Köln | 2006 | Album |
| Quarto Libro Di Madrigali | Carlo Gesualdo, La Venexiana | 2005 | Album |
| Quinto Libro Di Madrigali 1611 | Carlo Gesualdo, La Venexiana | 2005 | Album |
| Madrigali, Libero 1 | Carlo Gesualdo - Concerto Delle Dame Di Ferrara - Sergio Vartolo | 2004 | Album |
| Sacred Music For Easter | Carlo Gesualdo - BBC Singers, Bo Holten | 2004 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsories For Maundy Thursday | Carlo Gesualdo - The King's Singers | 2004 | Album |
| Fuoco E Ghiaccio | Salvatore Sciarrino, Carlo Gesualdo, Ivan Fedele, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart | 2002 | Album |
| Il Quarto Libro Di Madrigali 1596 | Carlo Gesualdo, La Venexiana | 2000 | Album |
| O Dolorosa Gioia | Carlo Gesualdo, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini | 2000 | Album |
| Tenebræ | Carlo Gesualdo - Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort | 2000 | Album |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci - Premier Livre | Carlo Gesualdo, Quintetto Vocale Italiano | 1998 | Album |
| Madrigaux, Livre VI | Carlo Gesualdo, Métamorphoses, Maurice Bourbon | 1998 | Album |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci, Dell Illustrissimo,& Eccellentissimo Precipe Di Venosa, D.Carlo Gesualdo - Le Quatrième Livre | Carlo Gesualdo | 1998 | Album |
| Prince Of Madrigalists: Madrigals, Galliards, Canzonettas & Psalms | Carlo Gesualdo | 1998 | Album |
| Gesualdo: In Monte Oliveti - Responsoria Et Moteti, Vol. 1 | Carlo Gesualdo, Die Weimarer Hofsänger | 1997 | Album |
| Répons Du Jeudi Et Du Samedi Saints | Carlo Gesualdo, A Sei Voci | 1997 | Album |
| Messe Venitienne De 1640 / A 1640 Venetian Mass | Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, Massimiliano Neri, Giovanni Picchi, Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi, Dario Castello, Lodovico Viadana | 1997 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responses | Carlo Gesualdo, A Sei Voci | 1997 | Album |
| Sacred Choral Music | Guillaume Dufay, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Roland de Lassus, Carlo Gesualdo, Heinrich Schütz | 1996 | Compil. |
| Madrigaux, Livre V | Carlo Gesualdo - Métamorphoses, Maurice Bourbon | 1996 | Album |
| Libro Sesto Delli Madrigali, 1613 | Carlo Gesualdo - I Febi Armonici, Alan Curtis | 1995 | Album |
| Complete Sacred Music For Five Voices | Carlo Gesualdo - Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly | 1993 | Album |
| Fanfare For The Common Man | Aaron Copland, Richard Harvey, Jean-Baptiste Lully, John Adson, Carlo Gesualdo, Giovanni Gabrieli, Lodovico Viadana, Henry Purcell, The Brass Of Aquitaine & London | 1993 | Album |
| Tenebrae | Carlo Gesualdo - The Hilliard Ensemble | 1991 | Album |
| The Mannerist Revolution Vocal Works | Carlo Gesualdo • Claudio Monteverdi • Giaches De Wert • Luca Marenzio - Pomerium, Alexander Blachly | 1991 | Album |
| Barca Di Venezia Per Padova | Adriano Banchieri • Carlo Gesualdo • Claudio Monteverdi • Collegium Vocale Köln | 1991 | Album |
| Sabbato Sancto - Responsoria | Carlo Gesualdo - Ensemble Vocal Européen De La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe | 1990 | Album |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci | Carlo Gesualdo, Quintetto Vocale Italiano | 1990 | Album |
| Gesualdo: Madrigals - Books V-VI / Monteverdi: Madrigals From Book II | Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi - Collegium Vocale Köln | 1990 | Album |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci - Libro II | Carlo Gesualdo, Quintetto Vocale Italiano | 1989 | Album |
| Dialogues | Guillaume de Machaut, Luboš Fišer, Carlo Gesualdo, Miloš Štědroň | 1989 | Compil. |
| Madrigaux | Carlo Gesualdo - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | 1988 | Album |
| Madrigaly / The Madrigals | Prague Madrigal Singers, Miroslav Venhoda - Luca Marenzio / Carlo Gesualdo | 1988 | Album |
| Tenebrae Responsories For Holy Saturday | Carlo Gesualdo - The Tallis Scholars Directed By Peter Phillips | 1987 | Album |
| Stabat Mater / O Maria, Vernans Rosa / Ave Dulcissima Maria / Salve Regina | Domenico Scarlatti / Carlo Gesualdo / Francesco Cavalli - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1985 | Album |
| Tenebrae II | Carlo Gesualdo, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller | 1985 | Album |
| Quinto Libro Dei Madrigali | Carlo Gesualdo - The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley | 1984 | Album |
| Repons Du Vendredi Saint | Carlo Gesualdo, A Sei Voci | 1983 | Album |
| Madrigals From Book VI | Carlo Gesualdo - Collegium Vocale Köln | 1983 | Album |
| Brass At La Sauve-Majeure | Aaron Copland, Richard Harvey, Jean-Baptiste Lully, John Adson, Carlo Gesualdo, Giovanni Gabrieli, Lodovico Viadana, Henry Purcell | 1983 | Album |
| Masters Of The Motet | Claudio Monteverdi And Carlo Gesualdo | 1982 | Album |
| Madrigale | Luca Marenzio ❉ Carlo Gesualdo - Corul de cameră «Cappella Transylvanica», Cluj-Napoca | 1980 | Album |
| Carlo Gesualdo Principe De Venosa Madrigali A Cinque Voci Libro Secondo | Carlo Gesualdo, Quintetto Vocale Italiano | 1980 | Album |
| Carlo Gesualdo Principe De Venosa Madrigali A Cinque Voci Libro Sesto (Seconda Parte) | Carlo Gesualdo, Quintetto Vocale Italiano | 1980 | Album |
| Madrigals | Carlo Gesualdo / Fillippo Azzaiolo, Petite Ensemble Vocal, Montreal, George Little | 1979 | Album |
| Responsoria At Alia Ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae Spectantiae | Carlo Gesualdo | 1979 | Album |
| Stabat Mater | Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Gabrieli, Carlo Gesualdo | 1978 | Album |
| A Choral Festival | Henry Purcell, Samuel Wesley, Thomas Tallis, Thomas Weelkes, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis De Victoria, Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Anton Bruckner, Maurice Duruflé, Gabriel Fauré, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, John Ireland, St. John's College Choir, George Guest | 1978 | Compil. |
| Œuvres Sacrees Volume 1 | Carlo Gesualdo - Deller Consort | 1978 | Album |
| Sacred Works | Carlo Gesualdo | 1977 | Compil. |
| Madrigals And Sacred Music | Carlo Gesualdo / Robert Craft, The Gesualdo Madrigal Singers | 1974 | Album |
| Sämtliche Fünfstimmigen Madrigale = The Complete Five-Part Madrigales = Intégrale Des Madrigaux À Cinq Voix | Carlo Gesualdo - Quintetto Vocale Italiano | 1973 | Compil. |
| Madrigals & Motets - Instrumental Pieces By Gesualdo & Nenna | Pomponio Nenna, Carlo Gesualdo, Accademia Monteverdiana, Trinity Boys Choir, Denis Stevens, The Jaye Consort | 1973 | Album |
| Leçons De Ténèbres - Volume 2 - Feria Sexta I | Carlo Gesualdo / Deller Consort | 1972 | Album |
| Prince Of Madrigalists | Carlo Gesualdo | 1972 | Album |
| Feria Sexta (Responsoria Et Alia Ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae Spectantia) | Carlo Gesualdo | 1972 | Album |
| Kissing, Drinking And Insect Songs | Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Schütz, Josquin Des Prés, Roland de Lassus, Carlo Gesualdo, John Dowland, John Farmer, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morley, William Lawes, Juan Ponçe, The Sine Nomine Singers, Harry Saltzman | 1972 | Album |
| Leçons De Ténèbres - Volume 4 - Sabbato Sancto | Carlo Gesualdo, Deller Consort | 1972 | Album |
| Tenebrae I | Carlo Gesualdo - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller | 1970 | Album |
| Motets & Madrigals | The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner - Claudio Monteverdi & Carlo Gesualdo | 1970 | Album |
| From The Renaissance - Concert | Dieterich Buxtehude, William Byrd, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Andrea Gabrieli, Carlo Gesualdo, Roland de Lassus, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Heinrich Schütz, Thomas Tallis | 1969 | Compil. |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci Dell'Illustrissimo, & Eccellentissimo Prencipe Di Venosa, D. Carlo Gesualdo - Libro Sesto | Carlo Gesualdo | 1969 | Album |
| La Polifonia Profana Nel Rinascimento. Madrigali, Frottole, Canzonette (Antologia Sonora Della Musica Italiana - 5, Dal Canto Ambrosiano A Vivaldi, A Cura di Riccardo Allorto) | I Madrigalisti Di Venezia, Renato Fait, Josquin Des Prés, Michele Pesenti, Gioseffo Caimo, Roland de Lassus, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi | 1969 | Album |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci Dell'Illustrissimo, & Eccellentissimo Prencipe Di Venosa | Carlo Gesualdo | 1968 | Album |
| Prince Of Venosa | Carlo Gesualdo - Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens | 1968 | Album |
| Madrigals & Sacred Songs | Carlo Gesualdo | 1968 | Album |
| Responsoria Et Alia Ad Officium Sabbati Sancti | Carlo Gesualdo, Prague Madrigal Singers, Miroslav Venhoda | 1967 | Album |
| Eight Madrigals/Villote Del Fiore | Carlo Gesualdo, Fillippo Azzaiolo, Petite Ensemble Vocal, Montreal, George Little | 1963 | Album |
| Prince Of Madrigalists / Tributes To His Astonishing Life & Music | Carlo Gesualdo | 1962 | Album |
| Madrigals And Sacred Music | Carlo Gesualdo, Robert Craft | 1958 | Album |
| Italian Madrigals | Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi, The Randolph Singers | 1952 | Album |
| Tenebrae III | Carlo Gesualdo, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller | Album | |
| Canzonettas, Madrigals, Gailliards, Sacrae Cantiones, Psalms | Carlo Gesualdo, Robert Craft | Album | |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci Dell'Illustrissimo, & Eccellentissimo Prencipe Di Venosa, D. Carlo Gesualdo - Libro Primo | Carlo Gesualdo | Album | |
| Madrigali Amorosi | Luca Marenzio - Carlo Gesualdo - Claudio Monteverdi, Sestetto Luca Marenzio | Album | |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci, Dell Illustrissimo,& Eccellentissimo Precipe Di Venosa, D.Carlo Gesualdo - Le Cinquième Livre - Première Partie | Carlo Gesualdo | Album | |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci - Libri 1 & 2 | Carlo Gesualdo, Quintetto Vocale Italiano, Concerto Italiano | Compil. | |
| Tenebrae IV | Carlo Gesualdo, Deller Consort | Album | |
| 6 Madrigals / 6 Madrigals | Luca Marenzio / Carlo Gesualdo | Album | |
| Zwei Madrigale / Vier Canzonetten | Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi, NCRV Vocaal Ensemble, Marinus Voorberg | Single | |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci Dell'Illustrissimo, & Eccellentissimo Prencipe Di Venosa, D. Carlo Gesualdo - Libro Terzo | Carlo Gesualdo | Album | |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci Dell'Illustrissimo, & Eccellentissimo Prencipe Di Venosa, D. Carlo Gesualdo - Libro Secondo | Carlo Gesualdo | Album | |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci, Dell Illustrissimo,& Eccellentissimo Precipe Di Venosa, D.Carlo Gesualdo - Le Cinquième Livre - 2ème Partie - Le Sixième Livre - 1ère Partie | Carlo Gesualdo | Album | |
| Meisterwerke des Barock No 2 Monteverdi und seine Zeitgenossen | Claudio Monteverdi, Denis Stevens, Academia Monteverdiana, Giaches De Wert, Alessandro Striggio, Carlo Gesualdo, Giovanni Gastoldi | Album | |
| Madrigali A Cinque Voci Dell Illustrissimo,& Eccellentissimo Prencipe Di Venosa, D.Carlo Gesualdo - Sixième Livre - Seconde Partie | Carlo Gesualdo | Album | |
| Gesualdo | Deller Consort, Carlo Gesualdo | Album |
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