Re: music recommendation

Re Gesualdo Consort CDQS 6210 Gesualdo: it may still be available from
amazon but has just been deleted by ASV.

I have a small stock & can supply one for you if you like.

Gerald Place
Gesualdo Consort of London
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> "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.
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> > thanks for any help!
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Alan Jones
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