Paul McCreesh
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Biography
English conductor and choirmaster Paul McCreesh is the founder of the Gabrieli Consort & Players. Born in London on May 24, 1960, he studied cello and graduated from Manchester University in 1981, where, the following year, he founded the instrumental and vocal early music ensemble Gabrieli Consort & Players, specializing in sacred and choral music, particularly from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. First appearing at the London Proms Festival in 1992, he conducted a concert which featured âMusic for the Coronation of a Doge, 27 April 1595,â recorded two years earlier on a Gramophone Award-winning album. In 1993, he released the album Venetian Vespers featuring little-known works by Venetian composers including Monteverdi, Rigatti, Marini, Biancheri, Fasolo and Grandi. The album was the beginning of Paul McCreesh's partnership with the Archiv Produktion label - an offshoot of Deutsche Grammophon â which was dedicated to early music. The ensemble he led, Gabrieli Consort & Players - named after the 16th-century composer Andrea Gabrieli and his nephew Giovanni Gabrieli - played on period instruments and performed the original scores. Its extensive repertoire mainly comprised sacred works from various European regions, as demonstrated by recordings of Praetorius: Mass (1994), Victoria: Requiem (1995), Purcell: Harmonia Sacra (1995), Morales: Mass for the Feast of St. Isidore of Seville (1996), Gabrieli: Music for San Rocco (1996), Bach: Epiphany Mass (1998) and Schütz: Christmas Vespers (1999). Another important part of Paul McCreesh's discography includes Handel's oratorios, such as Messiah (1997), Solomon (1999), Theodora (2000) and Saul (2004). Heâs also performed many indispensable works such as Bach: Magnificat / Easter Oratorio (2001), Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2003), Biber: Requiem (2004), Monteverdi: Vespers (2006), and a foray into the classical period with Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor (2006). After the florilegium A Spotless Rose (2008), Paul McCreesh created his own Winged Lion label in 2011, where he recorded the albums Mendelssohn: Elijah (2012), A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 (2012), Britten: War Requiem (2013), Handel: l'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (2015), A Rose Magnificat (2018), and An English Coronation, 1902-1953 (2019), plus the semi-operas Purcell: King Arthur (2019) and The Fairy Queen (2020) and the oratorio Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (2024).
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- Gabrieli: First Vespers of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin (as it might have been celebrated in St. Mark's, Venice in 1643) - Arr. Timothy Roberts - Antiphon: Angelus Domini by Gabrieli
- Gabrieli: First Vespers of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin (as it might have been celebrated in St. Mark's, Venice in 1643) - Arr. Timothy Roberts - Versicle & Response: Deus in adiutorium / Domine ad adiuvandum by Gabrieli
- Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale: Deus qui mundum crimine iacentem, SV 278a featuring Charles Pott
- Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine: Magnificat (I), SV 206:13 by Gabrieli
- Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Nigra sum a 1 featuring Joseph Cornwell
- Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 1: 23. Aria: "Angels, ever bright and fair" featuring Susan Gritton
- Banchieri: L'organo suonarino - Antiphon: Beatam me dicent by Gabrieli
- Monteverdi: Messa, salmi concertati e parte da capella, et letanie della B. V.: Laetatus sum (I), SV 198 featuring Charles Daniels
- Finetti: Concerti ecclesiastici (1621) - Antiphon: Haec est quae nescavit by Gabrieli
- Finetti: Concerti ecclesiastici (1621) - Motet: "O Maria, quae rapis corda hominum" featuring Timothy Wilson
- Rigatti: Messa e salmi (1640) - Psalm 126: "Nisi Dominus" featuring Timothy Wilson
- Grandi: Motetti a voce sola (1621): O intemerata featuring Charles Daniels
- Rigatti: Messa e salmi (1640) - Psalm 109: "Dixit Dominus" featuring Charles Daniels
- Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - Laudate pueri dominum (II), SV 271 featuring Angus Smith
- Grandi: Antiphon: Beata es Maria by Gabrieli
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 4 / Scene 3 - Sì, spietata. s'accende featuring Paul McCreesh
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 4 / Scene 2 - Non lontana esser già parmi featuring Paul McCreesh
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 4 / Scene 2 - Ah, lo veggo featuring Paul McCreesh
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 4 / Scene 2 - Vengo, o Regina! featuring Paul McCreesh
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 4 / Scene 1 - Temerario! E non basta featuring Susan Gritton
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 3 - Chaconne by Gabrieli
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 3 - Maestoso by Gabrieli
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 3 - Fingere più non so featuring Paul McCreesh
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 5 / Scene 3 - T'inganni, il tuo destino featuring Gabrieli
