Josephine Knight, Simon Crawford-Phillips, Timothy Jones and The Gesualdo Six – Schubert Reimagined (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:21 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
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“Schubert Reimagined,” is a unique new album revitalising the music of Franz Schubert, featuring renowned cellist Josephine Knight, alongside the highly sought-after vocal group The Gesualdo Six, pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips and Timothy Jones on horn. The carefully curated repertoire includes the slow movement from Schubert’s poignant String Quintet D.956, arranged for cello and The Gesualdo Six; the expressive Sonata for cello and piano in A minor ‘Arpeggione’ D. 821; and captivating Schubert songs delivered through innovative arrangements by Timothy Jones. The album showcases the unique blend of cello and horn, instruments with close proximity to the textures of the human voice, providing a natural musical partnership. With a special rendition of the iconic C major string quintet’s slow movement featuring The Gesualdo Six, along with other masterpieces, Josephine Knight weaves a narrative that transcends traditional boundaries, creating a seamless amalgamation of singers and instrumentalists.
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Owain Park, The Gesualdo Six – Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:09:30 minutes | 2,51 GB | Genre: Classical
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Owain Park was born in Bristol, UK in 1993. His compositions are published by Novello, and have been performed internationally by ensembles including the Tallis Scholars and the Aurora Orchestra.
As a conductor, he maintains a busy schedule of projects with ensembles including the BBC Singers, the Academy of Ancient Music, London Mozart Players, Cappella Cracoviensis, and Cambridge Chorale. His own vocal consort, The Gesualdo Six, tour extensively around the world and have been lauded for their interpretation of renaissance and contemporary music.
Owain is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO), and was awarded the Dixon Prize for improvisation, having been Senior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral and Trinity College Cambridge. He holds a Masters degree in composition and regularly appears as a singer with ensembles including Tenebrae, Gabrieli Consort, The Sixteen and Polyphony
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The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park – Byrd: Mass for five voices & other works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:28 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the less than ten years since their founding, The Gesualdo Six and their director Owain Park have earned an outstanding reputation for consistently smartly assembled and impeccably executed programs. This recording of William Byrd’s five-part Mass and other works once again meets both criteria. The Mass here is interspersed with a series of complementary Latin motets of extraordinary and intense beauty. The Gesualdo Six perfectly capture all the power and delicacy of Byrd’s musical language.
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Odhecaton, The Gesualdo Six & Paolo Da Col – Giosquino: Josquin Desprez in Italia (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:17:15 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Arcana
During the sixteenth century in Italy, the motto “i galli cantano” (the Gauls are singing) circulated, acknowledging the supremacy of the Franco-Flemish “transalpine” musicians who were summoned to the peninsula to serve princes and prelates in the techniques of composing and performing vocal polyphony. Josquin Desprez, “Giosquino” to the Italians, was the emblematic figure: in addition to France, he was in the service of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza in both Milan and Rome (1484, 1498) and of the papal (1489-95) and Este chapels (1503-4).
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