The infallible Gesualdo Six trademarks of consummate musicianship and scholarly integrity are much in evidence here. Queen of Hearts addresses and reflects on queens spiritual (the Virgin Mary) and temporal (Mary Tudor and Anne Boleyn, among others) in a programme of music largely of the sixteenth century, but spiced with two short works from the twenty-first.
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‘All in all this is a treasure trove of works, some little known and rarely performed, in a wide variety of styles and vocal scorings spanning the first half of the 16th century. Beautifully sung and ...
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‘Mille regretz—a thousand regrets to leave you and to be far from your loving face—attributed to Josquin des Prez in the mid-sixteenth century, flourishing in print. So heartachingly lovely and ...
BBC Music Magazine‘Mille regretz—a thousand regrets to leave you and to be far from your loving face—attributed to Josquin des Prez in the mid-sixteenth century, flourishing in print. So heartachingly lovely and ...