Alex Ross on Don Carlo Gesualdo

The New Yorker: Out Loud | May 14, 2015
This week in the magazine, Alex Ross writes about the Renaissance prince and composer Don Carlo Gesualdo. Here Ross talks to Blake Eskin about Gesualdo's visionary music and violent life, with excerpts from "Felice Primavera," performed by Marco Longhini and Delitiae Musicae, "Moro, lasso," performed by Concerto Italiano, and the Responsoria cycle, performed by the Hilliard Ensemble.This week in the magazine, Alex Ross writes about the Renaissance prince and composer Don Carlo Gesualdo. Here Ross talks to Blake Eskin about Gesualdo's visionary music and violent life, with excerpts from "Felice Primavera," performed by Marco Longhini and Delitiae Musicae, "Moro, lasso," performed by Concerto Italiano, and the Responsoria cycle, performed by the Hilliard Ensemble.

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