A programme of motets linking two hundred years of music from medieval and Tudor England, this 2017 release was The Gesualdo Six’s debut album, with the ever-versatile Owain Park directing.
This LP is part of Hyperion’s 2025 Vinyl Edition. For the CD or download version of this album—both of which additionally include a sublime performance of William Byrd’s Ne irascaris as well as complementary shorter works by Parsons, Morley and White—please
‘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 sin ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘This selection of English motets proves to be a fine showcase for their clear voices, immaculate intonation and a certain instinct for the drama and intensity of the repertoire, as they explore the e ...
BBC Music Magazine‘This selection of English motets proves to be a fine showcase for their clear voices, immaculate intonation and a certain instinct for the drama and intensity of the repertoire, as they explore the e ...