The Gesualdo Six and director Owain Park (also the group's bass) have expanded their mission quite a bit beyond performances of music by their namesake, recording Renaissance polyphony from various countries. Their precise, close-up sound is instantly appealing and arguably more emotionally involving than the classic cathedral choir recordings of repertory like that on this 2021 release. A specific aspect of Josquin's legacy is explored here: music of the composers who worked after Josquin at the court of the Este family in ...
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The Gesualdo Six and director Owain Park (also the group's bass) have expanded their mission quite a bit beyond performances of music by their namesake, recording Renaissance polyphony from various countries. Their precise, close-up sound is instantly appealing and arguably more emotionally involving than the classic cathedral choir recordings of repertory like that on this 2021 release. A specific aspect of Josquin's legacy is explored here: music of the composers who worked after Josquin at the court of the Este family in Ferrara. The program begins with a motet by Ockeghem, possibly Josquin's teacher, and the inspiration for Josquin's magnificent ode Nymphes des bois, memorializing Ockeghem. The text for that piece mentions several other composers whom Ockeghem influenced that are included here, and they're both unfamiliar and of high quality. Consider the serene setting of Infelix ego of Adrian Willaert. There are also some big motets by Josquin himself. Listeners have to accept the idea of...
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Adrian Willaert; Antoine Brumel; Antoine de Févin; Heinrich Isaac; Jean Lhéritier; Jean Mouton; Johannes Ockeghem;... Very Good. In very good packaging. Josquins Legacy [The Gesualdo Six; Owain Park] [Hyperion Records: CDA68379] by The Gesualdo Six.
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