Madrigal

The madrigal is a polyphonic vocal music form that flourished during the Renaissance and early Baroque periods, renowned for its sophisticated interplay of poetry and melody. This secular genre, often unaccompanied and composed for four to six voices, is characterized by its emotional range, from light-hearted pastoral themes to intense expressions of love and loss. Madrigal composers like Claudio Monteverdi and Carlo Gesualdo were inventive with harmony and dissonance, illustrating text vividly through music—known as word painting. The form was immensely popular in Italy and England, where composers such as Thomas Morley and Orlando Gibbons contributed significantly to its corpus. The Hilliard Ensemble, among contemporary performers, have maintained the genre's presence through historically informed performances, highlighting its rich, textural intricacies and its significant role in the evolution of Western classical music.

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Adrian Willaert
Adèle Charvet
Amarcord
Ana Vieira Leite
Biagio Marini
Carlo Gesualdo
Cipriano de Rore
Coral Sant Jordi
Cornelis Schuyt
Coro Claudio Monteverdi di Crema
Delitiæ Musicæ
Early Opera Company
Gherardello da Firenze
Giaches de Wert
Giovanni Battista Draghi
Jan Josef Ignac Brentner
John Bennet
John Sheppard
John Ward
John Wilbye
Kammerchor Josquin des Préz
Lorenzo Perosi
Luca Marenzio
Majel Connery
Marco Longhini
Martin Peerson
Michael East
Michel Corboz
Niccolò da Perugia
Orazio Vecchi
Orlando Gibbons
Pandolfis Consort
Philippe Verdelot
Philippe de Monte
Prague Madrigal Singers and Orchestra
Profeti Della Quinta
Qvinta Essençia
Robert Sund
Salomone Rossi
The Monteverdi Choir
Thomas Morley
Thomas Ravenscroft
Vittoria Aleotti
Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Zachary Wilder
The Monteverdi Choir
Michel Corboz
Orlando Gibbons
Coral Sant Jordi
Carlo Gesualdo
Thomas Morley
Robert Sund
Marco Longhini
John Sheppard
Delitiæ Musicæ
Amarcord
Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Salomone Rossi
Luca Marenzio
John Bennet
Zachary Wilder
Biagio Marini
Early Opera Company
Qvinta Essençia
Adrian Willaert
Cipriano de Rore
Lorenzo Perosi
Adèle Charvet
Thomas Ravenscroft
Philippe Verdelot
Profeti Della Quinta
Giaches de Wert
Orazio Vecchi
Ana Vieira Leite
John Wilbye
Kammerchor Josquin des Préz
Philippe de Monte
Vittoria Aleotti
John Ward
Majel Connery
Giovanni Battista Draghi
Michael East
Gherardello da Firenze
Martin Peerson
Pandolfis Consort
Jan Josef Ignac Brentner
Prague Madrigal Singers and Orchestra
Niccolò da Perugia
Cornelis Schuyt
Coro Claudio Monteverdi di Crema