Nicol 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