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English Motets

The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park

2018 · Classical

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English Motets by The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park

English Motets is a Classical album by The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park, originally released in 2018. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

About

England’s choral golden age rose out of the religious upheavals of the 15th and 16th centuries. Composers such as William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, and Orlando Gibbons weaved polyphonic musical textures of indescribable beauty. The balanced, blended voices of The Gesualdo Six explore the breadth and depth of this magnificent Tudor heritage in a series of gems that includes Dunstaple’s <i>Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus</i>, still clinging to its medieval roots, Morley’s madrigalian <i>Haec dies</i>, and Elizabethan composer Tomkins’ <i>When David Heard</i>—a breathtakingly simple portrait of anguish and despair.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Suscipe quaeso Domine10:13
  2. 2Vigilate a 5, T. 27 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1589)4:08
  3. 3Loquebantur variis linguis4:16
  4. 4When David Heard5:12
  5. 5If Ye Love Me2:44
  6. 6Libera nos, salva nos I3:59
  7. 7Miserere mei, Deus a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1591)3:26
  8. 8Christe, qui lux es et dies I4:40
  9. 9Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus5:29
  10. 10Haec dies1:59
  11. 11Quemadmodum5:53
  12. 12Ave Maria, mater Dei2:42
  13. 13O Lord, in Thy Wrath Rebuke Me Not3:47
  14. 14Deliver Me from Mine Enemies2:27
  15. 15Ne irascaris Domine a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1589): I. Ne irascaris Domine4:23
  16. 16Ne irascaris Domine a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1589): II. Civitas sancti tui5:14
  17. 17Libera nos, salva nos II2:25

Sound DNA

  • Classical

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Recorded March 27-29, 2017.

Credits

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Performers

  • Alexander ChanceCOUNTERTENOR VOCALS
  • Guy JamesCOUNTERTENOR VOCALS
  • Joseph WicksTENOR VOCALS
  • Joshua CooterTENOR VOCALS
  • Michael CraddockBARITONE VOCALS
  • Owain ParkBASS VOCALS CONDUCTOR, BASS VOCALS, LINER NOTES
  • Samuel MitchellBASS VOCALS
  • Samuel MitchellBASS VOCALS

2 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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