Nicolà Vicentino: Madonna, il poco dolce - Exaudi

Nicolà Vicentino (1511-1575/6): Madonna, il poco dolce

Fragment of a madrigal in the enharmonic genus
using a division of the octave into 31 tones

Madonna, il poco dolce e il molto amaro
Il breve riso, il troppo lungo pianto
M’hanno ridotto a tanto
Che’l pianger sempr’ e sospirar mi è caro

My lady, the small sweetness and great bitterness,
The brief smile, the too-long grief
Have reduced me so much
That to weep always and sigh are dear to me.

EXAUDI
Lucy Goddard mezzo
Tom Williams countertenor
Stephen Jeffes tenor
Jimmy Holliday bass

James Weeks director

Recorded in Orford Church, Suffolk, 9 June 2017
Sound and vision: Patrick Allen for operaomnia.co.uk

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