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Gesualdo: Vocal Works

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Ad te levavi, motet, W. 9/77
Adoramus te, Christe, motet, W. 9/51
Ahi, disperata vita

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Ahi, dispietata e cruda

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Ahi, già mi discoloro
Ahi, troppo saggia
Al mio gioir il ciel si fa sereno

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All'apparir di quelle luci ardenti

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All'ombra degl'allori

Pomponio Nenna (baptized 13 June 1556 – 25 July 1608) was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance. He is mainly remembered for his madrigals, which were influenced by Gesualdo, and for his polychoral sacred motets, posthumously published as Sacrae Hebdomadae Responsoria in 1622.

All'ombra degl'allori, W10.32
Alme d'amor rubelle

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Amor, pace non chero
Ancide sol la morte

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Ancidetemi pur, grievi martiri

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Ancor che per amarti

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Arde il mio cor, W4.62
Ardens est cor meum, motet, W. 9/65

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Ardita zanzaretta, W6.57
Ardo per te, mio bene, W6.62
Asciugate i begli occhi, W5.57
Assumpta est Maria, motet, W. 9/58

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Ave Regina caelorum, W8.11
Ave, dulcissima Maria, W8.17
Ave, sanctissima Maria, motet, W. 9/26
Baci soavi e cari

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Bella angioletta

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Beltà, poi che t'assenti, W6.16
Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, motet, W. 7/93

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Caligaverunt oculi mei, motet

Tenebrae responsories are the responsories sung following the lessons of Tenebrae, the Matins services of the last three days of Holy Week: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Polyphonic settings to replace plainchant have been published under a various titles, including Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta (Responsories for Holy Week). In most places, Matins as well as Lauds of these days were normally anticipated on the evening of the preceding day and were celebrated on Wednesday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, respectively. The 1955 reform of the Holy Week ceremonies by Pope Pius XII, redefining Triduum Sacrum to include Easter Sunday and take in only the close of Maundy Thursday, moved them to Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Tenebrae as such was not included in the 1970 Liturgy of the Hours, vanishing altogether around 1977. Summorum Pontificum (2007) now permits clerics bound to recitation of the Divine Office to use the 1961 Roman Breviary. Composers who produced polyphonic settings include Carlo Gesualdo (Responsoria et alia ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia, 1611), Tomás Luis de Victoria, Jean L'Héritier, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, (19 settings: H.111 -119, H.126 - 134 and H.144), Jan Dismas Zelenka (ZWV 55), Max Reger and Francis Poulenc.
Candida man qual neve

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Candido e verde fiore

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Canzon francese
Caro amoroso neo

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Che fai meco, mio cor, W4.27
Che sentir deve il petto
Chiaro risplender suole, W6.25
Come esser può ch'io viva?

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Come vivi cor mio

Pomponio Nenna (baptized 13 June 1556 – 25 July 1608) was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance. He is mainly remembered for his madrigals, which were influenced by Gesualdo, and for his polychoral sacred motets, posthumously published as Sacrae Hebdomadae Responsoria in 1622.

Come vivi cor mio, W10.34
Cor mio deh non piangete, W4.37
Correte, amati, a prova, W5.54
Crudelissima doglia

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Da pacem, Domine, motet, W. 9/19

In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the English musicologist Margaret Bent, "a piece of music in several parts with words" is as precise a definition of the motet as will serve from the 13th to the late 16th century and beyond. The late 13th-century theorist Johannes de Grocheo believed that the motet was "not to be celebrated in the presence of common people, because they do not notice its subtlety, nor are they delighted in hearing it, but in the presence of the educated and of those who are seeking out subtleties in the arts".
Dalle odorate spoglie

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Danzan le ninfe
Deh come in van sospiro
Deh, coprite il bel seno, W5.64
Deh, se già fu crudele al mio

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Del bel de'bei vostri occhi

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Deus refugium, W8.54
Dignare me, laudare te, W8.24
Discedite a me omnes, motet, W. 9/35
Dolce spirto d'Amore

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Dolcissima mia vita, W5.23
Dolcissimo sospiro

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Domine, ne despicias, W8.28
Donna, se m'ancidete
Dunque non m'offendete
E quell'arpa felice
Ecco, morirò dunque

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Exaudi Deus, deprecationem meam, W8.42
Felice primavera!

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Felicissimo sonno, W5.33
Franciscus humilis et pauper, motet, W. 9/81
Frenò Tirsi il desio
Gagliarda

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Gaudeamus omnes diem festum celebrantes, motet, W. 9/39
Gelo ha madonna in seno

This is a list of compositions by Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), the Prince of Venosa.
Già piansi nel dolore, W6.96
Gioite voi col canto, W5.13
Hai rotto e sciolto e spento

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Hei mihi, Domine, W8.30
Hor che in gioia
Il sol, qualor più splende, W4.69
Illumina faciem tuam, W8.60
Illumina nos misericordiarum, motet, W. 9/89
In monte oliveti, tenebrae lesson for 6 voices, W.7/9

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In piu leggiadro velo

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In te, Domine, speravi, W10.26
Invan, dunque, o crudele

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Io parto, e non più dissi, W6.29
Io pur respiro in cosí gran dolore, W6.44
Io tacerò, ma nel silenzio mio, W4.21
Itene, O miei sospiri, W5.19
Laboravi in gemitu meo, W8.33
Languisce al fin, W5.45
Languisco e moro

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Luci serene e chiare, W4.13
Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Toccata del 4 tono
Ma se avverra ch'io moia
Ma se tale ha costei

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Madonna, io ben vorrei

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Maria, Mater gratiae, W8.63
Mentre gira costei, W4.51
Mentre madonna

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Mentre, mia stella, miri

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Meraviglia d'amore

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Mercè grido piangendo, W5.49
Mille volte il di moro

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Miserere Mei, Deus, W7.92
Moro, e mentre sospiro, W4.46
Moro, lasso, al mio duolo, W6.74
Ne derelinquas me, motet, W. 9/69
Ne tien face o saetta
Non e questa la mano

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Non mai non cangero

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Non mi toglia il ben mio

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Non mirar, non mirare

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Non t'amo, o voce ingrata

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O anima sanctissima, motet, W. 9/85
O beata mater, motet, W. 9/73

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O com'e gran martire

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O crux benedicta, W8.48
O dolce mio martire

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O dolce mio tesoro

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O dolorosa gioia, W5.27
O mio soave ardore
O Oriens, motet, W. 9/31
O sacrum convivium, motet, W. 9/47

Thomas Tallis (; also Tallys or Talles; c. 1505 – 23 November 1585) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one of England's greatest composers, and is honoured for his original voice in English musicianship.
O sempre crudo amore
O tenebroso giorno, W5.72
O voi, troppo felici, W5.51
O vos omnes, W7.80
Occhi del mio cor vita, W5.42
Or che in gioia credea, W4.33
Peccantem me quotidie, W8.36
Poichè l'avida sete, W5.67a
Precibus et meritis beatae Mariae, W8.45
Qual fora, donna, W5.31
Quando di lui la sospirata vita
Quando ridente e bella, W6.100
Quanto ha di dolce amore

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Quel 'no' crudel che la mia speme ancise

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Questa crudele e pia, W4.30
Questi leggiadri odorosetti fiori

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Reminiscere miserationum tuarum, W8.21
Resta di darmi noia, W6.23
S'io non miro non moro, W5.17
Sana me, Domine, motet, W. 9/23
Sancti spiritus, Domine, corda nostra, W8.26
Se chiudete nel core, W4.65
Se cosi dolce e il duolo

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Se da si nobil mano

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Se la mia morte brami, W6.13
Se per lieve ferita

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Se piange, ohime

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Se taccio, il duol s'avanza

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Se tu fuggi, io non resto, W5.76
Se vi duol il mio duolo, W5.37
Se vi miro pietosa

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Sento che nel partire, W2.37
Sì gioioso mi fanno i dolor miei

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Son sì belle le rose

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Sospirava il mio core

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Sparge la morte al mio Signor

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Sparge la morte al mio Signor, W4.42
Suite from Book 6, for brass ensemble

The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance was awarded from 1959 to 2011. The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories; since 2012, recordings in this category have fallen under the Best Small Ensemble Performance category. The award has had several minor name changes: From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music (including chamber orchestra) In 1961 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Vocal or Instrumental - Chamber Music From 1962 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Chamber Music In 1965 it was awarded as two awards for Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal and Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental From 1966 to 1967 it was awarded as Best Classical Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal From 1968 to 1990 it was awarded as Best Chamber Music Performance In 1991 it was awarded as Best Chamber Music or Other Small Ensemble Performance From 1992 to 2011 it has been awarded as Best Chamber Music Performance Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
T'amo, mia vita!, W5.79
Talor sano desio, W4.18
Tenebrae factae sunt, W8.51
Tenebrae Responsories, W7: Good Friday
Tenebrae Responsories, W7: Holy Saturday
Tenebrae Responsories, W7: Maundy Thursday
Tenebrae Responsories, W7: Other Days
Tirsi morir volea

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Tribularer si nescirem, W8.51
Tribulationem et dolorem inveni, W8.57
Tristis est anima mea, W8.13
Tu m'uccidi, o crudele, W5.60
Tu piangi o fille mia
Tu segui o bella Clori

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Veggio, si, dal mio sole

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Veni Creator Spiritus, motet, W. 9/43

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Veni sponsa Christi, motet, W. 9/54
Venit lumen tuum, W8.14
Verba mea, motet, W. 9/61
Virgo benedicta, motet, W. 9/15
Voi volete ch'io mora

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Volan quasi farfalle

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Volgi mia luce