The Gesualdo Six Owain Park - Byrd: Mass for Five Voices; Ave verum corpus; Lamentations & Other Works [CD]

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.

"Throughout, the ensemble sings flawlessly, the lower voices providing sonorous foundations over which the upper voices float and soar. Park coaxes deeply expressive accounts, in which the pervasive themes of grief and penitence are ultimately transcended by the unwavering optimism of faith." – BBC Music Magazine (5 STARS)

"It is a special strength of this recording that The Gesualdo Six sound pellucid and grand and yet intimate, as though combining two approaches." - Gramophone

"this beautifully sung and recorded disc captures supremely well the stillness at the heart of the Mass, which was written for secret Catholic worship during the reign of Elizabeth I" – The Sunday Times

"the homogeneity of the group is impeccable and the contrast between those passages in the mass where Byrd reduces or changes the number of voices involved and when the full consort of six sings together in full voice is very apparent." – MusicWeb International

Lux aeterna - CDA68388 works by Bennett, Byrd, Cox, Daley, Guest, Marsh, McKevitt, Morales, O'Donnell, Park, Purcell, Skempton, Tallis & Tavener:

"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 (c1561-1613) - Tenebrae Responsaries for Maundy Thursday:

"In sum, these are account of haunting beauty - warmly recommended" BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Ave verum corpus

Afflicti pro peccatis nostris I. Afflicti pro peccatis nostris

II. Ut eruas nos a malis

Mass for five voices I. Kyrie

IIa. Gloria in excelsis Deo

IIb. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei

Tristitia et anxietas I. Tristitia et anxietas

II. Sed tu Domine

Mass for five voices IIIa. Credo in unum Deum

IIIb. Qui propter nos homines

IIIc. Et in Spiritum Sanctum

Ave Maria I. Ave Maria, gratia plena

II. Alleluia

Mass for five voices IVa. Sanctus

IVb. Pleni sunt caeli

IVc. Benedictus

Circumdederunt me

Mass for five voices Va. Agnus Dei I & II

Vb. Agnus Dei III

Emendemus in melius I. Emendemus in melius

II. Adiuva nos Deus

De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae 'Lamentations'

II. Heth

III. Cogitavit Dominus

IV. Teth

V. Defixae sunt in terra portae eius

VI. Jod

VII. Sederunt in terra

VIII. Jerusalem, Jerusalem

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 34571284163
• Release Date: May 31, 2025

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