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Gesualdo: Sacrae CantionesSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, has become notorious for the eccentricities of both his life and his music. The gruesome murder of his first wife and her lover in flagrante, his mistreatment of his second wife, his isolation at his family seat and his penchant for masochism and flagellation have all fuelled the myth of Gesualdo as madman, deviant and tortured pariah, qualities seen to be

Delphian’s Paul Baxter thinks so

The resulting work

There’s a great sense of place in the recording as well"

The Choir of King’s College London explore a selection of vivid settings of Romantic poetry from Britain and America

the upper strings chasing each other over more sustained cellos

"Radiant soprano Mary Bevan is in glorious form in "What passion cannot music raise and quell

stating strongly the case for Hubert Parry

a gorgeous lockdown partner-piece to the title track"

"an intriguing series

from the jaded loucheness of Rome to the existential terror of War

this disc presents nine world premiere recordings

and the sound of those voices shimmering in the Cathedral acoustic in such a fine recording