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The Gesualdo Six (actually there are seven of them including director Owain Park, who sings bass as well as directing) are among the UK's hot vocal groups. Fading, their third album, is inspired by the day's-end Compline service, and it may make a good place to begin with the group's remarkable work. Their atmospheric, sensuous sound fits the strongly spiritual quality of many of the lyrics, and they have a consistency of approach strong enough to tie together some rather diverse material. For the most part, Park alternates Renaissance works with contemporary pieces. There are subdivisions within each category, though, and this is what gives the program its peculiarly powerful variety. On the Renaissance side, there are English pieces and Continental works of the 16th century that venture into more chromatic territory. The one by the group's namesake is the least chromatic of these (Gesualdo's sacred music, for the most part, was a good deal less experimental than his madrigals), but pieces like Gombert's Media vita dovetail nicely with the little-known chromatic folk song settings of composer Veljo Tormis. In all, a highly original program, beautifully executed, and well recorded at St. George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge.
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Anonymous, Author - Thomas Tallis, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carlo Gesualdo, Composer - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jonathan Seers, Composer - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author, Original Text Author - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Keble, Translator - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist - Saint Symeon the New Theologian, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joanna Marsh, Composer - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist - Abboud Al Jabiri, Author, Original Text Author - Worod Musawi, Translator
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - William BYRD, Composer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Veljo Tormis, Composer - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Nicolas Gombert, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Veljo Tormis, Composer - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Christopher Tye, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Author - Veljo Tormis, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Alonso Lobo, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Luca Marenzio, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joanna Marsh, Composer - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Khaled Abdallah, Author, Original Text Author - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist - Sara Vaghefian, Translator
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Hildegard Von Bingen, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Christina Rossetti, Author - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Rimkus, Composer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gerda Blok-Wilson, Composer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist - Charles G D Roberts, Author
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Veljo Tormis, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
The Gesualdo Six (actually there are seven of them including director Owain Park, who sings bass as well as directing) are among the UK's hot vocal groups. Fading, their third album, is inspired by the day's-end Compline service, and it may make a good place to begin with the group's remarkable work. Their atmospheric, sensuous sound fits the strongly spiritual quality of many of the lyrics, and they have a consistency of approach strong enough to tie together some rather diverse material. For the most part, Park alternates Renaissance works with contemporary pieces. There are subdivisions within each category, though, and this is what gives the program its peculiarly powerful variety. On the Renaissance side, there are English pieces and Continental works of the 16th century that venture into more chromatic territory. The one by the group's namesake is the least chromatic of these (Gesualdo's sacred music, for the most part, was a good deal less experimental than his madrigals), but pieces like Gombert's Media vita dovetail nicely with the little-known chromatic folk song settings of composer Veljo Tormis. In all, a highly original program, beautifully executed, and well recorded at St. George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Gesualdo Six Owain Park
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2020 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2020 Hyperion Records Limited
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