The King’s Singers’ Madrigals – Volume 2

Description

• Composers: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Thomas Morley (1557-1602), Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1554-1609), Arnold von Bruck (1500-1554), Giaches de Wert (1535-1596), Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), Juan Vásquez (1500-1560), Nicolas Gombert (1495-1560), Orlande de Lassus (1530-1594), Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
• Instrumentation: SATB Choir
• Binding:
• Work Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
• ISBN: 9780571100521
• Size: 5.7 x 8.3 inches
• Pages: 102

Description

This collection assembles some of the finest examples of the different styles that developed in Europe during the Golden Age of the madrigal some 400 years ago. Volume 2 contains 15 madrigals in five parts, presented in practical editions for mixed voices. Includes performance notes, translations and pronunciation guide. Available: 5-Part a cappella.

Works:

• Vásquez: Gentil señora mía
• Bruck: So trinken wir alle
• Hassler: Ach, weh des Leiden
• Hassler: Tanzen and Springen
• Wert: Or si rallegri il cielo
• Wert: Valle, che de’ lamenti miei se’ piena
• Gastoldi: Amor vittorioso
• Monteverdi: Zefiro torna e’l bei tempo rimena
• Gombert: Triste départ
• Lassus: Bon jour: et puis, quelles nouvelles?
• Morley: Now is the month of Maying
• Morley: O Grieg e’vn on the Bud
• Gibbons: The silver swan
• Morley: Too much I once lamented