The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park - English Motets (2018)
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Artist: The Gesualdo Six & Owain Park Title Of Album: English Motets Year Of Release: 2018 Label: Hyperion Country: UK Genre: Classical Quality: FLAC (*image + .cue, log, artwork) Bitrate: Lossless Time: 72:57 min Full Size: 322 MB
Tracklist:
01. Suscipe Quaeso Domine 02. Vigilate 03. Loquebantur Variis Linguis 04. When David Heard 05. If Ye Love Me 06. Libera Nos, Salva Nos I 07. Miserere Mei, Deus 08. Christe, Qui Lux Es Et Dies I 09. Veni Sancte Spiritus 10. Haec Dies 11. Quemadmodum 12. Ave Maria, Mater Dei 13. O Lord, in Thy Wrath Rebuke Me Not 14. Deliver Me from Mine Enemies 15. Ne Irascaris, Domine 16. Civitas Sancti Tui 17. Libera Nos, Salva Nos II
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. -- Blair Sanderson
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