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The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park - English Motets (2018)

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The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park - English Motets (2018)

The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park - English Motets (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 322 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 169 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral, Renaissance | Label: Hyperion | # CDA68256 | 01:13:06

The Gesualdo Six literally made its name with performances of Carlo Gesualdo's Tenebrae Responsories, but that's not the British vocal consort's only specialty. Each of the singers was trained in the English choral tradition, and sacred works of the 16th and 17th century are close to their hearts. This 2018 Hyperion release is a brief survey of motets by Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, John Sheppard, Robert White, John Dunstaple, Thomas Morley, John Taverner, William Cornysh, Orlando Gibbons, and Robert Parsons, which represent the changing theological and liturgical aspects of English religion in the Renaissance. The ensemble, conducted by Owain Park, sings with evenly blended tones and an extraordinary harmonic richness, notwithstanding the assignment of one voice to a part and the exposed polyphony that sometimes creates an austere effect. Also quite noticeable are the cross-relations that add poignant dissonances to the counterpoint, as in Tallis' Loquebantur variis linguis, Taverner's Quemadmodum, Gibbons' O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not, and Parsons' Deliver me from mine enemies. This album was recorded in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, where The Gesualdo Six gave its first performances, and the sound is enhanced by vibrant acoustics that give the group a radiant aural halo.

The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages (2023)

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The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages (2023)

The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 298 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 164 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:09:30
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Hyperion Records

From Lassus and Byrd to Howells, Judith Bingham and Owain Park—The Gesualdo Six’s exploration of Epiphany down the ages is a multifaceted compendium of musical delights.

The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices (2023)

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The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices (2023)

The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - William Byrd: Mass for Five Voices (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 279 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 155 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:06:28
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Hyperion Records

In a selection of motets woven affectingly throughout the glorious five-part Mass, The Gesualdo Six perfectly captures all the power and tenderness of Byrd’s compositional voice.

The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - Christmas (2019)

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The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - Christmas (2019)

The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - Christmas (2019)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 317 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 172 Mb | Digital booklet| 01:14:17
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Hyperion Records

From the timeless plainchant Veni Emmanuel via Jonathan Harvey to a riotous Jingle bells: Owain Park presents a programme of Christmas treats which effortlessly spans the centuries.

Owain Park, The Gesualdo Six - Josquin's Legacy (2021)

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Owain Park, The Gesualdo Six - Josquin's Legacy (2021)

Owain Park, The Gesualdo Six - Josquin's Legacy: Ockeghem, Compère, Brumel, La Rue, Févin, Mouton, Willaert, Isaac (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 306 Mb | Total time: 68:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA68379 | Recorded: 2020

The Gesualdo Six and director Owain Park (also the group's bass) have expanded their mission quite a bit beyond performances of music by their namesake, recording Renaissance polyphony from various countries. Their precise, close-up sound is instantly appealing and arguably more emotionally involving than the classic cathedral choir recordings of repertory like that on this 2021 release. A specific aspect of Josquin's legacy is explored here: music of the composers who worked after Josquin at the court of the Este family in Ferrara. The program begins with a motet by Ockeghem, possibly Josquin's teacher, and the inspiration for Josquin's magnificent ode Nymphes des bois, memorializing Ockeghem.

Odhecaton, The Gesualdo Six & Paolo Da Col - Giosquino: Josquin Desprez in Italia (2021)

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Odhecaton, The Gesualdo Six & Paolo Da Col - Giosquino: Josquin Desprez in Italia (2021)

Odhecaton, The Gesualdo Six & Paolo Da Col - Giosquino: Josquin Desprez in Italia (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 324 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 184 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:17:15
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Arcana

During the sixteenth century in Italy, the motto ‘i galli cantano’ (the Gauls are singing) circulated, acknowledging the supremacy of the Franco-Flemish ‘transalpine’ musicians who were summoned to the peninsula to serve princes and prelates in the techniques of composing and performing vocal polyphony. Josquin Desprez, ‘Giosquino’ to the Italians, was the emblematic figure: in addition to France, he was in the service of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza in both Milan and Rome (1484, 1498) and of the papal (1489-95) and Este chapels (1503-4). On the fifth centenary of the composer’s death (1521), the Odhecaton ensemble proposes to retrace Josquin’s Italian itinerary with the Missa Hercules dux Ferrariæ, composed for the Duke of Ferrara Ercole I d’Este, and a selection of motets commissioned by Italian patrons. The contribution of The Gesualdo Six in the more solemn pieces brings the vocal ensemble to twentytwo singers, a number that is close to the forces of the Rome and Ferrara chapels and yields new sonic results in our quest to recreate how polyphony sounded in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

Oxford University Press Music & The Gesualdo Six - Choral Music from Oxford with The Gesualdo Six (2021)

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Oxford University Press Music & The Gesualdo Six - Choral Music from Oxford with The Gesualdo Six (2021)

Oxford University Press Music & The Gesualdo Six - Choral Music from Oxford with The Gesualdo Six (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 81 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 48 Mb | 00:20:43
Classical, Choral | Label: Oxford University Press Music

A selection of sacred and Christmas choral music published by Oxford University Press in Spring 2021, performed and recorded by renowned choral group, The Gesualdo Six. Includes music by Rutter, Quartel, and McGlade. “Ingeniously programmed and impeccably delivered, with that undefinable excitement that comes from a group of musicians working absolutely as one.” (Gramophone)

The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park - Fading (2020)

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The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park - Fading (2020)

The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park - Fading: Tallis, Gesualdo, Seers, Byrd, Tormis, Gombert, Tye, Lobo, Marsh, Marenzio, Blok-Wilson (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 243 Mb | Total time: 64:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion ‎| CDA68285 | Recorded: 2019

From the twelfth century (Saint Hildegard) to the twenty-first, the voices of The Gesualdo Six weave a meditative reflection around the ancient Office of Compline in a moving sequence of music from fourteen composers.