Paul McCreesh has again assembled a vast internationl ensemble of over 400 artists including leading British soloists – Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray and Simon Keenlyside to recreate the specacular original performacnes of this great 19th century oratorio.
Jeszcze raz Paul McCreesh udowadnia swojąreputację badacza i wykonawcy. Oszałamiający wybór solistów i bardzo precezyjnie oddany duch Hendlowskiej myśli. Prowadzący Gabrieli Consort McCreesh jest w końcu nie tylko znakomitym muzykiem i dyrygentem, ale też – a może nawet – przede wszystkim – badaczem, naukowcem.
CRISTOBAL DE MORALES Mass for the Feast of St. Isidore of Seville Requiem for Philip II Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh
Paul McCreesh i jego Gabrieli Consort prezentują wybór dawnej i współczesnej muzyki Bożonarodzeniowej. Od utworów średniowiecznych przez wirtuozerskie A Boy Was Born Brittena po muzykę współczesną.
This is the first in a new series of releases from the world-renowned conductor Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort. Recorded in Poland as part of the Wratislava Cantans Festival (of which McCreesh is artistic director) this staggering performance of Berlioz's 'Grand Mass for the Dead' is produced by a force of over 400 performers - drawn from the Gabrieli Consort and Players, the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir and students from Chetham's School of Music. Future releases with McCreesh will include Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydnas The Seasons, Brittenas War Requiem and a re-recording of their famed disc 'A Venetian Coronation'. Founded in 1982 by Artistic Director Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players are worldrenowned interpreters of great choral and instrumental repertoire, spanning from the renaissance to the present day. Their performances encompass virtuosic a cappella programmes, mould-breaking reconstructions of music for historical events, and major works from the oratorio tradition. They are regular visitors to the world's most prestigious concert halls and festivals and have built a large and distinguished discography.