Carlo Gesualdo Prince of Venosa

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Really no thread for this Latin ladykiller?

Here is a start, Werner Herzog's 1995 Documentary is on Vimeo:

https://vimeo.com/20697667

and then go buy this:

I strongly disagree Werner Herzog made a mockumentory this is not acceptable for Gesualdo Fanboys like me, I want a real film whit Christian Bale as Gesualdo,, Harvey Keitel as his Uncle,, Marisa Tomei as Donna Maria, think big   

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Perhaps I only speculate:

Erato release is very good

graindelavoix is exotic  and fabulous

Zig Zag awesome too

In vynil I would recommend, the folowing

The release on Vox Candide label from the sixties***

We are only talking about the responsoria?

There are zillion  copy of this works

[Karl Henning]

This must pale in comparison to the proper documentaries, this dude does have himself a bit of fun:

[Augustus]

Perhaps this would be a good place to mention John Pickard's darkly atmospheric 23-minute orchestral work of 2008 'Tenebrae' based on the crimes of Gesualdo. The inclusion of bass oboe, contrabass clarinet and contrabassoon gives a truly ominous grinding undertow to the piece. The second and last part is a sort of free passacaglia, partly based on a memorable theme from Gesualdo's 'Tristis est anima mea'.  It was recorded by Martin Brabbins and the Norrköping SO on BIS records.  Highly recommended.