WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: Mass for five voices & other works The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] In a selection of motets woven affectingly throughout the glorious five-part Mass, The Gesualdo Six perfectly captures all the power and tenderness of Byrd's compositional voice. |
TALLIS / GESUALDO / SEERS / PARK / BYRD etc
Fading The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "The Gesualdo Six are the real deal. Far from fading, they're just coming into focus" Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2020 |
OWAIN PARK / HENRY PURCELL / THOMAS TALLIS / WILLIAM BYRD & OTHERS
Lux aeterna The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, with Samuel Mitchell (narrator) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "As always with The Gesualdo Six, the thing that strikes one most forcibly on first listening is the ensemble's extraordinary vocal blend." Gramophone |
CARLO GESUALDO / THOMAS TALLIS / etc
Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "...The Gesualdo Six can build up intense and resonant climaxes, their voices are never forced...In sum, these are accounts of haunting beauty - warmly recommended." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2022 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The King of Instruments (the BBC series) Gillian Weir (six European organs) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] This new DVD (with a free bonus CD containing specially recorded performances of some of the works) is a release by Priory of the BBC programmes that were recorded on six famous European Organs by Dame Gillian Weir in the late 1980s |
Electric Six
Hearbeats and Brainwaves [ Too Many Robots / CD - released 7/Nov/2011 ] |
The James Hunter Six
Whatever It Takes [ Daptone Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] James Hunter had already established himself as a permanent fixture in the world of Rhythm and Soul with his five previous albums, each more poignant and well-executed than the last. However, Whatever It Takes has buried them all. His voice has never... |
Sonic Boom Six
Sonic Boom Six [ Xtra Mile / CD - released 14/Dec/2012 ] |
The James Hunter Six
Whatever It Takes (LP) [ Datpone / LP - released 2/Feb/2018 ] James Hunter has certainly paid his dues. Over the span of 30 years, he's worked on the railway, busked in the streets of London, provided backup vocals and guitar for Van Morrison, played clubs and theatres all over the world, written scores of... |
Six By Seven
The Closer You Get + Peel Sessions (2LP) [ Beggars Banquet / 2 LP - released 17/Feb/2017 ] Despite heaping praise on Six by Seven's breakthrough second album The Closer You Get, the press seemed confused as to how to categorise them. The band straddled a fine line between post-Brit Pop, British rock and a much edgier kind of punk. Inspired... |