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Paul McCreesh & Gabrieli – The Dream of Gerontius (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:35:09 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Classics
The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar is a two-part work for voices and orchestra composed in 1900 to text by John Henry Newman. Widely regarded as Elgar’s finest choral work, and by some his masterpiece, Gabrieli’s first-class performance, and McCreesh’s superb interpretation demonstrate why their recordings are seen as some of the best in classical music today.
“Nicky Spence is outstanding as Gerontius… [he] gives one of the finest performances of Gerontius on disc. The performance has been recorded very well indeed by producer Nicholas Parker and engineer Neil Hutchinson. The sound has presence and impact. This recording of The Dream of Gerontius is a considerable achievement per se and it includes one of the finest interpretations of the title role that I’ve heard on disc.” – MusicWeb International
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Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort – A Rose Magnificat (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:17:50 minutes | 1,70 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Signum Records
Paul McCreesh leads the Gabrieli Consort in a collection of works that explores the diverse and extensive body of works dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary over the centuries. Music by Tallis, MacMillan, Howells and Leighton frames the world premiere of a new work by the young British composer, Matthew Martin: a setting of the Magnificat, interpolated with verses from the atmospheric medieval poem ‘There is no rose’.
The Gabrieli Consort are world-renowned interpreters of great vocal and instrumental repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. Formed as an early music ensemble by Paul McCreesh in 1982, Gabrieli has both outgrown and remained true to its original identity through its live performances and award-winning recordings.
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Simon Russell Beale, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh – An English Coronation, 1902-1953 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:39:16 minutes | 2,63 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Fans of the British crown’s splendour will certainly marvel at this double album that reproduces the coronation anthems of the four monarchs of the 20th century: Edward VII in 1902, George V in 1911, George VI in 1937, and current Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Very few of today’s ceremonies can reach such levels of grandeur.
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Gabrieli Consort & Paul McCreesh – Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:19:04 minutes | 4,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded (“the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life” – Samuel Pepys’ diary, 1662). Despite this, the play would go on to work well within an opera, as the characters of Pyramus and Thisbe could conjure up singing and dancing accomplices. Purcell’s masterful composition, Gabrieli’s first-class performance, and McCreesh’s superb interpretation demonstrate why their recordings are seen as some of the best in classical music today.
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