Erkki-Sven Tüür, Brett Dean, Carlo Gesualdo - Gesualdo (2015)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste
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Genre: Classical | Label: ECM | # ECM New Series 2452, 4811800 | Time: 00:58:31
This absorbing project finds Australian composer Brett Dean and Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür drawing inspiration in very different ways from the music, life and times of Carlo Gesualdo and juxtaposes these reflections with Gesualdo’s own music. The music of Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa (1566-1613) has exerted a powerful influence on composers down the ages. His highly-charged, mannerist, idiosyncratic vocal music constitutes “a gallery of dramatically-lit portraits of human emotions with a heavy emphasis on the extremes of joy and despair” (to quote former Hilliard Ensemble singer Gordon Jones).