ARTEK performs the complete madrigals from Claudio Monteverdi’s Fifth Book, madrigals that caused a sensation in their own time as revolutionary, avant-garde compositions. “The ARTEK singers sang, in both solo and ensemble passages, with passionate intensity.” –  Anna Carol Dudley. With Laura Heimes, soprano; Jessica Tranzillo, soprano; Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano; Drew Minter, countertenor; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Philip Anderson, tenor; Michael Brown, tenor; Charles Weaver, baritone; Peter Becker, bass-baritone; Daniel Swenberg, theorbo; Grant Herreid, lute; Charles Weaver, guitar; Motomi Igarashi, lirone, string ensemble led by Robert Mealy; and Gwendolyn Toth, keyboards and director.