English Motets
Released April 2018
“The vocal quality is very fine, not to say superb, and when the music calls for an extrovert approach (as do Byrd’s Vigilate or, very differently, Dunstable’s four-voice Veni Sancte Spiritus) the singers respond with an athleticism and a feel for pacing that isn’t perhaps so common. The close miking does justice to the contrapuntal details, maintaining clarity in all but the densest writing” (Gramophone)
This recording is the debut album of The Gesualdo Six, formed in March 2014 by director Owain Park (Trinity 2013-17) for a performance of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday in Trinity College Chapel.
> Album page and digital booklet at Hyperion Records
This album is available on Spotify: use the embedded player below to listen to track previews; click on the album title to listen to the album in full on Spotify.
