Fading
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 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...
Fading
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 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...
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From the twelfth century (Saint Hildegard) to the twenty-first, the voices of The Gesualdo Six weave a meditative reflection around the ancient Office of Compline in a moving sequence of music from fourteen composers.
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Spotlight on this release
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Owain Park on Fading
20th Feb 2022
The consort's director Owain Park talks about their contemplative album from 2020, inspired by ancient monastic services and meditating on themes of darkness and light.
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineApril 2020Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2020
May 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.
April 2020
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.
