CD, Josquin (composer)
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From the outset, performing with one voice to a part, the malevoice ensemble The Gesualdo Six brings the intimacy and detail of consort music to these accounts...Throughout the programme, the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Early Music
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The vocal agility, character and superb blend that has made the group such a success in those 11 years is on display throughout. —
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Throughout, The Gesualdo Six offer up introspective and expressive readings...There is, inevitably, a similarity of mood to these melancholy works and the cumulative effect is somewhat overwhelming,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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An important contribution to our understanding of the ‘gentle master musician’…Stephen Rice brings perceptive musical insights to these accounts, and also sheds light on Févin’s idiom in the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Moulu's idiom is pleasingly inventive and immediately engaging. As to the performances, they work very nicely...the music itself so clearly deserves to be heard. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
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On the page [Willaert's writing] looks almost suffocatingly opaque, but that's where Cinquecento comes in. Right from the off, they seize on this quality and make it work in their favour. It's... —
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Morales: Missa Mille regretz & Missa Desilde al cavallero
Martha McLorinan (alto), Lynda Sayce (lute, vihuela), Graham Kirk (baritone), Sam Barrett (baritone), De Profundis, Robert Hollingworth, Eamonn Dougan
The large male vocal ensemble produces a rich, well-blended tone. The ensemble is easily their equal, and Hyperion is giving us a valuable series of recordings. Go for this one, and you will... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Special offer. Josquin: Missa L’ami Baudichon - Motets milanais
Bradford Gleim, Cut Circle, Jesse Rodin
At its best, the solo voices and the whipsmart direction of Cut Circle are nothing short of marvellous. The Vultum tuum cycle has the finest singing in this repertory that I've heard in a while...It... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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Josquin: Masses
RecommendedHercules Dux Ferrarie, D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
Phillips’s reading of the Ferrarese work is fluid and supple, and there’s a gentle momentum even in the more contemplative sections...The Scholars’ sound is lean and clear: every strand of the... —
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Record Review, 7th November 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Early Music
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It’s good to be prepared for the vigorous singing with close microphones. A “full-blooded vocal technique” reveals the passion and emotion inherent in these songs, which Rodin characterizes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Early Music
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