Re: music recommendation

"Moosebumps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I've always liked choral music, but despite having an extensive music
> collection, I've never owned any... can anyone recommend a good
compilation
> to introduce me to it?  Though I tend to like the kind with only voices,
not
> with big orchestra parts.  I also tend to like darker music, in general.
I
> like both "mundane" and unusual harmonies, so anything that spans the
gamut
> would be good.  I've searched a little on Amazon but there are so many
> choices.
>
> thanks for any help!

For 'dark' music with unusual harmonies, you could try the late madrigals
and motets of Carlo Gesualdo. A good recording: Gesualdo Consort/Place CD QS
6210 (ASV). Go to www.musiclink.co.uk/gesualdo/  for a sample.

Amazon  lists much else. An inexpensive choice would be Naxos 8.550742: the
complete 5-part sacred music (Oxford Camerata dir. Summerly). To discover
why Gesualdo's music is so strange and dark, read
www.btinternet.com/~rubberneck/gesualdo.html

Alan Jones