The Gesualdo Six

Owain Park, The Gesualdo Six – Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:09:30 minutes | 2,51 GB | Genre: Classical
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Owain Park was born in Bristol, UK in 1993. His compositions are published by Novello, and have been performed internationally by ensembles including the Tallis Scholars and the Aurora Orchestra.

As a conductor, he maintains a busy schedule of projects with ensembles including the BBC Singers, the Academy of Ancient Music, London Mozart Players, Cappella Cracoviensis, and Cambridge Chorale. His own vocal consort, The Gesualdo Six, tour extensively around the world and have been lauded for their interpretation of renaissance and contemporary music.

Owain is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO), and was awarded the Dixon Prize for improvisation, having been Senior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral and Trinity College Cambridge. He holds a Masters degree in composition and regularly appears as a singer with ensembles including Tenebrae, Gabrieli Consort, The Sixteen and Polyphony

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The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park – Byrd: Mass for five voices & other works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:28 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the less than ten years since their founding, The Gesualdo Six and their director Owain Park have earned an outstanding reputation for consistently smartly assembled and impeccably executed programs. This recording of William Byrd’s five-part Mass and other works once again meets both criteria. The Mass here is interspersed with a series of complementary Latin motets of extraordinary and intense beauty. The Gesualdo Six perfectly capture all the power and delicacy of Byrd’s musical language.

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