Featuring Morten Lauridsen's stunningMadrigali: Six Firesongs on Italian Renaissance Poetry and pieces by Italian Renaissance composers Claudio Monteverdi and Carlo Gesualdo. The works of Monteverdi and Gesualdo inspired Lauridsen to write his Madrigali. Also includes Arvo Pärt's beautiful Magnificat and Karen P. Thomas' Medieval Lyrics, as well as works by Hildegard von Bingen, Frank Ferko, and Guillaume Dufay.

THE FIRE OF DIVINE LOVE
1 Ave regina caelorum, Guillaume Dufay (c. 1400-1474) 2 Gedeonis area, 13th cent. French conductus 3 O cruor sanguinis, Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) 4 O successores, von Bingen 5 Nunc guaudeant, von Bingen	1:18 2:47 1:43 2:40 3:03
The Hildegard Motets: Frank Ferko (b. 1950)
6 O verbum Patris 7 O splendidissima gemma 8 Laus Trinitati 9 Magnificat	4:43 2:45 2:48 5:48
THE FLAME OF EARTHLY PASSION
Medieval Lyrics: Karen P. Thomas (b. 1957)
10 To Mistress Margaret Hussey 11 Alnight by the rose 12 Dolcissima mia vita 13 Sí, ch'io vorrei morire   Madrigali: Six FireSongs on Italian Renaissance Poems: Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) 14 Ov'é, lass', il bel viso? 15 Quando son più lontan 16 Amor, io sento l'alma 17 Io piango 18 Luci serene e chiare 19 Se per havervi, oime	1:42 4:07 2:33 3:08 3:12 4:25 2:01 2:54 3:16 3:36