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In a crowded field of British vocal groups and small choirs, the all-male Gesualdo Six and their director, Owain Park, have made a strong impact. The group signed with the Hyperion label and released a half dozen albums between 2018 and 2022, enjoying strong sales; this release made classical best-seller charts in the late summer of 2022. The group's vocal blend, with a bit of the lush King's Singers sound in close harmony, is instantly recognizable, which bodes well for the future. Lux Aeterna inflects the group's trademark mix of Renaissance polyphony and contemporary compositions in the direction of the latter, and there are some wonderful compositions here. One is by Park himself; Sequence: In Parenthesis sets a World War I text by poet David Jones in a haunting stream-of-consciousness style. Another highlight is Howard Skempton's And there was war in heaven, with its middle section describing the battle of Michael and the dragon emerging strikingly from its undulating surroundings. As if Park were not talented enough as conductor, composer, and bass (his voice anchors the sextet and has an impressive bottom end in Thomas Tallis' In ieiunio et fletu), he writes the annotations and has a real talent for describing the expressive repertory of choral music. Hyperion's engineers, working at the church of All Hallows, Gospel Oak, accept some ambient noise in exchange for close-ups of Park's singers, and their virtuosity is so detailed that this works. Those not yet on the Gesualdo Six bandwagon are encouraged to give this release a try.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Anonymous, Author - Neil Cox, 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 - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Thomas Tallis, 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
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Donna McKevitt, 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 - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
John Tavener, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Isabel Hapgood, Author - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Howard Skempton, Composer - 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 - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Cristóbal De Morales, Composer - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - William BYRD, 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 - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owain Park, Conductor, MainArtist - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
David Jones, Author - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, Narrator - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Douglas Guest, Composer - Laurence Binyon, Author - 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 - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, 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
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - James O'Donnell, Composer - Michael Craddock, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Guy James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joseph Wicks, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Owain Park, Conductor, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2022 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 - Josh Cooter, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Imtiaz Dharker, Author - The Gesualdo Six, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Cristóbal De Morales, 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
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer - Francis Quarles, Author - 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 - Andrew Leslie Cooper, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
In a crowded field of British vocal groups and small choirs, the all-male Gesualdo Six and their director, Owain Park, have made a strong impact. The group signed with the Hyperion label and released a half dozen albums between 2018 and 2022, enjoying strong sales; this release made classical best-seller charts in the late summer of 2022. The group's vocal blend, with a bit of the lush King's Singers sound in close harmony, is instantly recognizable, which bodes well for the future. Lux Aeterna inflects the group's trademark mix of Renaissance polyphony and contemporary compositions in the direction of the latter, and there are some wonderful compositions here. One is by Park himself; Sequence: In Parenthesis sets a World War I text by poet David Jones in a haunting stream-of-consciousness style. Another highlight is Howard Skempton's And there was war in heaven, with its middle section describing the battle of Michael and the dragon emerging strikingly from its undulating surroundings. As if Park were not talented enough as conductor, composer, and bass (his voice anchors the sextet and has an impressive bottom end in Thomas Tallis' In ieiunio et fletu), he writes the annotations and has a real talent for describing the expressive repertory of choral music. Hyperion's engineers, working at the church of All Hallows, Gospel Oak, accept some ambient noise in exchange for close-ups of Park's singers, and their virtuosity is so detailed that this works. Those not yet on the Gesualdo Six bandwagon are encouraged to give this release a try.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Gesualdo Six Owain Park
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
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