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Gesualdo Six

Description:

The young male voice ensemble Gesualdo Six presents the beautiful and mysterious music of the final movement of the third installment of Gesualdo Six, a young British male voice a capella ensemble founded in 2014 and specializing in Renaissance polyphony. Its director, Owain Park, was born in 1993 and is a gifted musician who has expanded his activities as a composer, conductor, singer, and organist at a young age. He is Senior Organ Scholar at Trinity College Cambridge and Wells Cathedral, and his work has been recorded by Tenebrae, the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, and the Wells Cathedral Choir, and as a singer he is an Associate Artist with Tenebrae, As a singer, she has been an associate artist with Tenebrae and has performed with Polyphony and the Dunedin Consort. Besides Owain Park, the other members include Alexander Chance (son of renowned countertenor Michael Chance), who is a member of the Tallis Scholars and the Marian Consort, as well as a group of promising young singers. The third album, "Fading," is based on the theme of the end-of-day prayer, "the final lesson," and includes a wide range of works from Hildegard von Bingen in the 12th century to 21st century composers (including Owain Park himself).It includes Bird's "Good Night, Sweet Child," which is sung as a lullaby because it is music for the end of the day, four Estonian lullabies by 20th century Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, and a piece about light and darkness, mysterious and meditative music, sung by a breathtakingly beautiful ensemble. The music is mystical and meditative, sung by a breathtakingly beautiful ensemble. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Te lucis ante terminum I
2.Illumina faciem tuam
3.Look down, O Lord
4.Phos hilaron short version
5.Arabesques~No. 3 Fading
6.Lullaby 'My sweet little baby'
7.Four Estonian lullabies~No 2 Marjal aega magada
8.Media vita
9.Four Estonian lullabies~No 1 Laulan lapsele
10.Ad te clamamus 'Salve regina'
11.Four Estonian lullabies~No 3 Lase kiik kaia!
12.Versa est in luctum
13.Potro viver io piu se senza luce
14.Arabesques~No. 4 Seeds in flight
15.O Ecclesia
16.My heart is like a singing bird
17.O little rose, O dark rose
18.Four Estonian lullabies~No 4 Aiutus