EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble:
Juliet Fraser [soprano]
Lucy Goddard [mezzo soprano]
Tom Williams [countertenor]
Stephen Jeffes [tenor]
David de Winter [tenor]
Jimmy Holliday [bass]
2019 Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
A production of Winter & Winter
The Guardian, UK – August 2019
“EXAUDI’s new Gesualdo disc is a stunner…They sing with impeccable definition and accuracy, letting each dissonance burn and scorch until the ear longs for release.”
Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik Bestenliste 4. 2019 “Chorwerke” – Nov 2019
“… Grandios, wie das Exaudi Vocal Ensemble diese gespenstischen Klänge einfängt. Schon nach kurzem Hören darf man feststellen: Es ist perfekt. So bleibt es auch.”
musicweb int’l – Oct 2019
“…with their excellent recording of Gesualdo madrigals, ‘miniature melodramas that sum up the agonies of unrequited love with the power of Shakespearian sonnets.”
Gramophone Magazine,
Awards Issue 2019
“Exaudi’s one-to-a-part approach stands comparison with the finest continental specialists in this repertory…The unanimity of purpose and the sense of engagement with Gesualdo’s rigorous caprice sustains and richly rewards repeated listening. These are deeply intelligent and attractive performances.”
Compositions:
1. ‘Mercè!’, grido piangendo (V)
2. Io pur respiro in così gran dolore (VI)
3. Itene, o miei sospiri (V)
4. Gioite voi col canto (V)
5. ‘Io parto’ e non più dissi (VI)
6. S’io non miro non moro (V)
7. Deh, come invan sospiro (VI)
8. Mille volte il dì moro (VI)
9. Asciugate i begli occhi (V)
10. O dolorosa gioia (V)
11. Se la mia morte brami (VI)
12. Ardita zanzaretta (VI)
13. Volan quasi farfalle (VI)
14. Al mio gioir il ciel si fa sereno (VI)
15. Dolcissima mia vita (V)
16. Tu piangi, o Filli mia (VI)
17. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (VI)
18. Languisce al fin chi da la vita parte (V)
All compositions by Carlo Gesualdo