COMPOSERS: Gesualdo
LABELS: Pan Classics
WORKS: Sesto libro de madrigali (1613)
PERFORMER: Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
CATALOGUE NO: PC 10229
For sensitivity to Gesualdo’s recherché methods, few can beat Alan Curtis. He shapes the composer’s most awkward moves into sensual gestures. The precocious technique of his musicians astonishes. Berta Joncus