More By Artist: You Me at Six
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ANONYMOUS / BYRD / HANDL / PART / PEACOCK / etc
Morning star The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] From Lassus and Byrd to Howells, Judith Bingham and Owain Park-The Gesualdo Six's exploration of Epiphany down the ages is a multifaceted compendium of musical delights. |
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. |
Daisy Jones & The Six
Aurora [ Atlantic / Warner / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Daisy Jones & The Six are the fictional band at the centre of Taylor Jenkin Reid's 2019 blockbuster novel of the same name. In the book, the band create a 70s masterpiece titled 'Aurora', then they split up and never recorded again. It charts the... |
Daisy Jones & The Six
Aurora (Limited Edition LP) [ Atlantic / Warner / LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Daisy Jones & The Six are the fictional band at the centre of Taylor Jenkin Reid's 2019 blockbuster novel of the same name. In the book, the band create a 70s masterpiece titled 'Aurora', then they split up and never recorded again. It charts the... |
Daisy Jones & The Six
Aurora (LP) [ Atlantic / Warner / LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Daisy Jones & The Six are the fictional band at the centre of Taylor Jenkin Reid's 2019 blockbuster novel of the same name. In the book, the band create a 70s masterpiece titled 'Aurora', then they split up and never recorded again. It charts the... |
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
From Windsor with Love The Queen's Six [ Signum Classics / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "Historically, The Queen's Six has always performed arrangements of pop songs. It was one of the main reasons for the group's inception in 2008, also the 450th anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom they take their name. This... |
JOHANNES OCKEGHEM / JOSQUIN des PREZ / LOYSET COMPERE / ANTOINE BRUMEL / ADRIAN WILLAERT / etc
Josquin's legacy The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] 'The Gesualdo Six are well placed to record this music. They're very good at looking around the repertoire and working out what will fit with everything else … I love anthologies, and I love this particular one' (BBC Record Review) |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
Giosquino: Josquin Desprez in Italia Odhecaton / Paolo Da Col / The Gesualdo Six [ Arcana / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] 'Odhecaton steer a middle course and opt for a bigger sound than either [The Hilliard Ensemble or De Labyrintho], something of which Ercole himself would have approved.' Gramophone Awards 2022 Finalist - Early Music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Queen's Six Murder The Songs of Tom Lehrer The Queen's Six [ Signum Classics / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Following Tom Lehrer's decision in 2020 to release almost 100 of his songs into the public domain (for anyone to perform and adapt without permission) The Queen's Six take up the offer with relish in this album of a cappella renditions of his "catchy... |
MORALES / FRANCO / de VICTORIA / GUERRERO / LOBO / etc
Journeys to the New World: Hispanic Sacred Music from the 16th & 17th Centuries The Queen's Six [ Signum / CD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] This is a musical trip from the mid-sixteenth century to around 1700, involving music in Late Renaissance style, carrying Spanish Catholicism across the Atlantic to supplant an indigenous culture. |
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 |
Six Organs Of Admittance
Companion Rises (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 21/Feb/2020 ] The new Six Organs of Admittance song title says it all: "Two Forms Moving." Musically, a beatific bongo-driven acoustic form interlocks with a metallic guitar with intermittent synth radiation form, as two distinct vocal forms join together too.... |
TALLIS / RUTTER / PRAETORIUS / HOLST/ HANDEL etc
Christmas The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] From the timeless plainchant 'Veni Emmanuel' via Jonathan Harvey to a riotous 'Jingle bells': Owain Park presents a programme of Christmas treats which effortlessly spans the centuries. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Last Rose Of Summer: Folk Songs Of The British Isles The Queen's Six [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Based at Windsor Castle, the members of The Queen's Six make up half of the Lay Clerks of St George's Chapel, whose homes lie within the Castle walls. This rare privilege demands the highest musical standards, as they sing regularly for the Royal... |
BYRD / WHITE / MORLEY / CORNYSH / TAVERNER
The English Motets The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] The versatile Owain Park adds another two roles-those of singer and director-to his burgeoning Hyperion discography, while The Gesualdo Six make their label debut. Their programme of motets ranges widely across the religious musical landcsapes of... |
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... |
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 Organs Of Admittance
Burning The Threshold [ Drag City / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] In preparing for the first album of non-Hexadic Six Organs Of Admittance music since 2012's Ascent, Ben Chasny had to think about what he'd be saying in his own tongue for the first time in a half-decade. Burning The Threshold brings a wealth of Six... |
