Ossesso

Ratas del viejo Mundo, Floris De Rycker

Jealousy, tenderness, loneliness and longing, desire, unattainability, sensuality, frustration, love, lust and loss in all their configurations come together in OSSESSO. The old masters allow us no escape from the painfully vivid portrayals of their experiences. Tromboncino and Gesualdo exemplify the extremes of which obsessiveness is capable, in their music as in their lives; in this sense, they are precursors to Phil Spector, Sid Vicious, or Bertrand Cantat. – A selection of absolutely touching madrigals about love and affliction that represent the kaleidoscope of feelings and emotions of their composers, be it in the late Middle Ages or in the Renaissance, interspersed with some instrumental pieces.

Anonymus:
 Chiara fontana; Bassa danza; Su la rivera

Arcadelt:
 Ahime, dov' e' bel viso

Barry/Bakfark:
 Pace non trovo

Bologna:
 O cieco mondo

Dalza:
 Piva

Firenze:
 I' fu' gia bianch' ucciel

Gesualdo:
 Gia piansi nel dolore

Lasso:
 vivo sol di speranza

M. Galilei:
 Toccata

Milano:
 Ricercare

Monte:
 Di mie dogliose note

Mudarra:
 O gelosia

Pesaro:
 Amoroso

Traditional:
 Scjaracule maracule

Tromboncino:
 Se ben hor non scopro il foco

V. Galilei:
 Duo tutti di fantasia; Contrapunto

Waelrant:
 Vorria morire

Wert:
 Giunto alla tomba

Willaert:
 I vidi in terra angelici costumi