Greg Beardsell - the Legacy of Gesualdo
Greg Beardsell reassesses the musical legacy of Carlo Gesualdo, obscured by his famously savage murder of his wife and her lover. Plus a tribute to choral conductor Eric Ericson.
The savage murder of his wife and her lover has sadly consigned Gesualdo's music to the footnotes in most appraisals of his life. But is it time to reassess his remarkable abilities to stir the passions in sound? Greg Beardsell meets conductor James Wood who has recently reconstructed partially lost music by Gesualdo, and discovers a composer more repentant than most accounts suggest. Plus there's a tribute to conductor Eric Ericson, whose influence was felt right across the choral world.
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The Broken Heart
Performers: Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, London Vocal Project, Pete Churchill
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Carlo Gesualdo
O sacrum convivium
Performers: Berlin Vocal Consort Conductor: James Wood
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Carlo Gesualdo
Franciscus humilis et pauper
Performers: Berlin Vocal Consort Conductor: James Wood
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Carlo Gesualdo
Illumina nos
Performers: Berlin Vocal Consort Conductor: James Wood
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Scipioni Lacorcia
Miseria Damanti
Performers: Amsterdam Gesualdo Consort
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Carlo Gesualdo
Ave sanctissima Maria
Performers: Berlin Vocal Consort Conductor: James Wood
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Igor Stravinsky
Five Bridal Songs
Performers: The Voronezh Chamber Choir Conductor: Oleg Shepel
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Bobby McFerrin
Say Ladeo
Performers: Bobby Mcferrin, Roger Treece, Lisa Fisher, Alex Acuna
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Anonymous
Sanctus
Performers: Hilliard Ensemble, Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
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Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
Le Cantique des Cantiques - 3 Le Songe
Performers: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Conductor: Eric Ericson
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah-And the Glory of the Lord
Performers: Stockholm Chamber Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Max Reger
An das Meer
Performers: Orphei Dr盲nger Conductor: Eric Ericson
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Ingvar Lidholm
Canto LXXXI
Performers: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Conductor: Eric Ericson
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