Fading

The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park

Van de twaalfde eeuw (Saint Hildegard) tot de eenentwintigste, weven de stemmen van The Gesualdo Six een meditatieve weerspiegeling rond het oude kantoor van Completen in een ontroerende opeenvolging van muziek van veertien componisten.

Hildegard:
 O Ecclesia

Blok-Wilson:
 O little rose, O dark rose

Byrd:
 Lullaby, my sweet little baby

Gesualdo:
 Illumina faciem tuam

Gombert:
 Media vita in morte sumus 6vv

Lobo, A:
 Versa est in luctum

Marenzio: 
 Potrò viver io più se senza luce

Marsh, Joanna:
 Arabesques

Park:
 Phos hilaron

Rimkus:
 My heart is like a singing bird

Seers:
 Look down, O Lord

Tallis:
 Te lucis ante terminum I

Tormis:
 4 Estonian lullabies

Tye:
 Ad Te clamamus

"Ingeniously programmed and impeccably delivered, with that undefinable excitement that comes from a group of musicians working absolutely as one, The Gesualdo Six’s ‘Fading’ is startlingly, urgently excellent...The Gesualdo Six are the real deal. Far from fading, they’re just coming into focus."
Gramophone Magazine - April 2020

"Combining Tallis and Gesualdo with modern/contemporary composers such as Sarah Rimkus, Gerda Blok-Wilson and the late Veljo Tormis can be tricky for an ensemble, but the Gesualdo Six and Owain Park are fearless and have shaped a programme that almost plays out as a composed sequence. The singing is impeccable, with plosive consonants perfectly placed in unison. A wonderful recording."
Choir & Organ - May 2020 *****