COMPOSERS: Gesualdo
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
WORKS: Madrigals
PERFORMER: Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
CATALOGUE NO: HMG 501268; Reissue (1998)
Gesualdo’s unnerving music produces some tuning problems and Christie’s insertion of instruments is odd. But his telling interpretations make this a welcome, compelling reissue. Anthony Pryer