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Philippe Herreweghe

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The Pinnacle of Monteverdis Artistry: A Masterful Achievement by Herreweghe and His Elite Ensemble!In recent years, Philippe Herreweghe has earned widespread acclaim for his unrivaled interpretations of the extremely complex, harmonically intricate madrigals from Gesualdos late period. In an interview given at age 70, he stated, For the rest of my life, I will perform only works that I feel are truly worth engaging with. The work he takes on here is Monteverdis collection of madrigals. While he is widely known for his two recordings of *Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary*, this marks the first time he has systematically recorded the madrigalswhich represent the very essence of this composer who bridged the Renaissance and the Baroque. He presents Book IVpublished in 1603 and considered the culmination of the old styleby conducting a very small ensemble of soloists, much like in his Gesua