Carlo Gesualdo
Napoletan noble, composer and murderer
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (between 8 March 1566 and 30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was an Italian nobleman and composer. Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, he is better known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto.
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Box sets & recent recordings
- Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday; Tallis: Lamentations — The Gesualdo Six, Thomas Tallis, Owain Park, Judith Bingham, Carlo Gesualdo, Joanna Ward (2022) box set · 58 tracks Spotify
- Carlo Gesualdo - Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday — The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (1987) box set · 52 tracks Spotify
- Gesualdo: Madrigals, Books 5 & 6 — Carlo Gesualdo, Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini (2013) box set · 44 tracks Spotify
- Gesualdo: Madrigals — Carlo Gesualdo, La Compagnia del Madrigale, La Chimera (2022) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.