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Owain Park is a rapidly rising figure on the British scene, with dual competence as an ensemble leader and a composer. In addition to appearances with collegiate and cathedral choirs, he leads his own small group, the Gesualdo Six, which here offers a holiday album as its sophomore release. It's both original in concept and beautifully executed. Whereas the usual programming divides a concert or album into sections of Renaissance and contemporary music, Park mixes them up. He then adds medieval carols rooted in chant, like the opening Veni Emmanuel. The subtext is that English music from medieval times to John Rutter, and for that matter Park (who gives himself just one piece here), is a single unbroken tradition, and the position has rarely been so forcefully and attractively argued. Park gets from his Gesualdo Six (he sings bass) a lyrical madrigalesque style that can, in a few of the modern pieces and in the delightful Jingle Bells at the end, shade off into scoopy King's Singers devices. The group is also crystal clear in the dissonances of the medieval settings and in the harmonic complexities of Bach's rendering of In dulci iubilo. The Gesualdo Six already command a wide range of repertory, and one breathlessly awaits what this young group will do next. As it is, this is among the strongest holiday releases of 2019.
© TiVo
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Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Philip Lawson, Arranger, Work Arranger - 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Michael Praetorius, Composer - Martin Luther, Translator - 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 - Ambrose Of Milan, Author, Original Text Author - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Jonathan Harvey, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Arranger, Tenor, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Edwin Muir, Author - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Composer - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Venerable Bede, Author - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Brian Kay, Arranger, Work Arranger - 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Anonymous, Author - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Michael Praetorius, 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Peter Phillips, Contributor, Work Editor - 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Gustav Holst, Composer - Anonymous, 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 - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
John Rutter, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Audelay, Author - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Jacob Handl, 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Peter Phillips, Contributor, Work Editor - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Hans Leo Hassler, 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Composer - Robert Croo, Author - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Francis Quarles, Author - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Christina Rossetti, Author - Eleanor Daley, 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Chance, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Thomas Hardy, Author - Jonathan Rathbone, 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - William J. Kirkpatrick, Composer - Philip Lawson, Arranger, Work Arranger - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
James Pierpont, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Langford, Arranger, Work Arranger - 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
℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
Owain Park is a rapidly rising figure on the British scene, with dual competence as an ensemble leader and a composer. In addition to appearances with collegiate and cathedral choirs, he leads his own small group, the Gesualdo Six, which here offers a holiday album as its sophomore release. It's both original in concept and beautifully executed. Whereas the usual programming divides a concert or album into sections of Renaissance and contemporary music, Park mixes them up. He then adds medieval carols rooted in chant, like the opening Veni Emmanuel. The subtext is that English music from medieval times to John Rutter, and for that matter Park (who gives himself just one piece here), is a single unbroken tradition, and the position has rarely been so forcefully and attractively argued. Park gets from his Gesualdo Six (he sings bass) a lyrical madrigalesque style that can, in a few of the modern pieces and in the delightful Jingle Bells at the end, shade off into scoopy King's Singers devices. The group is also crystal clear in the dissonances of the medieval settings and in the harmonic complexities of Bach's rendering of In dulci iubilo. The Gesualdo Six already command a wide range of repertory, and one breathlessly awaits what this young group will do next. As it is, this is among the strongest holiday releases of 2019.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:06
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Gesualdo Six Owain Park
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2019 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
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