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

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

Review by Blair Sanderson, Allmusic.com

It’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives of the polyphonic flow—witness the plight of Jerusalem, conveyed with such honeyed heart-breaking simplicity, in Byrd’s Ne irascaris, Domine. Haunting too is the hushed restraint of Robert White’s Compline hymn. Weavers of rich and plangent tapestries, The Gesualdo Six meld style and substance with beguiling sure-footedness. An auspicious debut.

Review by BBC Music Magazine



The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park (conductor)
Recording details: March 2017
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tracklist:

01. Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585): Suscipe quaeso Domine (10:13)
02. William Byrd (1539/40-1623): Vigilate (4:08)
03. Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis (4:16)
04. Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656): When David heard (5:12)
05. Thomas Tallis: If ye love me (2:45)
06. John Sheppard (c1515-1558): Libera nos, salva nos I (3:59)
07. William Byrd: Miserere mei, Deus (3:27)
08. Robert White (c1538-1574): Christe, qui lux es et dies I (4:41)
09. John Dunstaple (c1390-1453): Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus (5:29)
10. Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602): Haec dies (2:00)
11. John Taverner (c1490-1545): Quemadmodum (5:54)
12. William Cornysh (dc1502): Ave Maria, mater Dei (2:43)
13. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625): O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not (3:48)
14. Robert Parsons (c1535-1572): Deliver me from mine enemies (2:28)
15. William Byrd: Ne irascaris, Domine - 1. Ne irascaris, Domine (4:23)
16. William Byrd: Ne irascaris, Domine - 2. Civitas sancti tui (5:15)
17. John Sheppard: Libera nos, salva nos II (2:25)


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