CD, Josquin (composer)
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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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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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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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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Throughout this album Cinquecento are at the top of their game. Stylistically speaking, I would suggest similarities with The Hilliard Ensemble. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Early Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique Renaissance
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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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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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New. Ubi caritas. Italian Laude in Early Renaissance
Le Miroir de Musique, Jacob Lawrence, Sabine Lutzenberger, Dorothea Jakob, Marc Lewon, Baptiste Romain
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Josquin des Prés: Missa mater Patris & Noel Bauldeweyn: Missa Da pacem
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
The Scholars take [the Missa Mater Patris] at an aptly reverential tread, capturing its introspective – at times hypnotic – qualities…The Scholars realise [the Bauldeweyn] with all the precision,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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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, 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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