Lux aeterna - The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park

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Keep me as the apple of an eye[3'17]Neil Cox (b1955)
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In ieiunio et fletu[4'32]Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)
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Lumen Nunc dimittis servum tuum[3'03]Donna McKevitt (b1970)
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Funeral Ikos Why these bitter words of the dying?[8'27]Sir John Tavener (1944-2013)
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And there was war in heaven[4'34]Howard Skempton (b1947)
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Parce mihi, Domine[5'20]Cristóbal de Morales (c1500-1553)FREE DOWNLOAD TRACK
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Peccantem me quotidie[5'56]William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
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Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Z58c[2'20]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
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Sequence: In Parenthesis Men marching[13'29]Owain Park (b1993)
Samuel Mitchell (narrator)
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For the fallen They shall grow not old[1'28]Douglas Guest (1916-1996)
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In remembrance Do not stand at my grave (Movement 4 of Requiem)[2'56]Eleanor Daley (b1955)
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Present yourselves as a living sacrifice[2'14]James O'Donnell (b1961)
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I take thee[3'55]Joanna Marsh (b1970)
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Communio Lux aeterna (Movement 8 of Missa pro defunctis a 5 'Requiem')[2'56]Cristóbal de Morales (c1500-1553)
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A Good-Night Close now thine eyes[3'03]Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)

‘A sequence for the souls of the departed, to be heard by those who remember them’ is how Owain Park characterizes this latest release from The Gesualdo Six. As always with this remarkable group, performances are equally outstanding whether of Tallis or Tavener.