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Moving from the Signum label to the major Decca, the British choir Voces8, indeed an octet, breaks into new territory with its debut release for the Lux label. The album, with its vaguely positive theme and its mix of Renaissance, contemporary British and American, and pop selections, is aimed squarely at Britain's substantial crossover market. But it departs from earlier easy-on-the-ears collections in several ways, and it's worth the time of anyone who likes virtuoso choral singing. Voces8 not only takes on the difficult octet vocal blend, they spice things up by using a pair of countertenors on the alto parts (this Lux shares with the group's earlier recordings). The shimmering effects that result are quite impressively controlled and even more significantly beautifully engineered in a pair of locations. Choirs have sung arrangements of the likes of Massive Attack and Ben Folds before, but it's not often that choral singing of this quality has been applied to them. The whole thing is so beautiful that the pieces of music do run the risk of seeming to run together, and an hour of pleasant aural surroundings may be what's on the mind of many buyers. But this release offers something a step above the basics.
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Anonymous, Author - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ola Gjeilo, Composer - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Thomas Tallis, Composer - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Forshaw, Arranger, Work Arranger - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Edward Elgar, Composer - Anonymous, Author - John Cameron, Arranger, Work Arranger - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Grantley Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Elizabeth Fraser, ComposerLyricist - Robert Del Naja, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles, ComposerLyricist - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
John Tavener, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Mikhail Jurjewitsch Lermontov, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Gregorio Allegri, Composer - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eriks Esenvalds, ComposerLyricist - Sara Teasdale, ComposerLyricist - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rihards Dubra, Composer - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Sharp, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Hawes, Composer - Andrew Hawes, Author - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Vespers, Op. 37 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Anonymous, Author - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Morten Lauridsen, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Christian Forshaw, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Clements, Arranger, Work Arranger - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Scott Folds, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Composer - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Forshaw, Arranger, Saxophone, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, Author
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Todd, ComposerLyricist - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Anonymous, Author - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Mealor, Composer - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Peacock, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Forshaw, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Hawes, Composer - Andrew Hawes, Author - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Nicholas Parker, Producer, Recording Producer - Anonymous, Author - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Sheppard, Composer - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Forshaw, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander L'Estrange, Arranger, Work Arranger - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Nicholas Parker, Producer, Recording Producer - Anonymous, Author - Paul Smith, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Sheppard, Composer - Barnaby Smith, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Voces8, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Forshaw, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander L'Estrange, Arranger, Work Arranger - Andrea Haines, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dressel, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Dingle Yandell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Dickens, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Wardle, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Vincent, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Moving from the Signum label to the major Decca, the British choir Voces8, indeed an octet, breaks into new territory with its debut release for the Lux label. The album, with its vaguely positive theme and its mix of Renaissance, contemporary British and American, and pop selections, is aimed squarely at Britain's substantial crossover market. But it departs from earlier easy-on-the-ears collections in several ways, and it's worth the time of anyone who likes virtuoso choral singing. Voces8 not only takes on the difficult octet vocal blend, they spice things up by using a pair of countertenors on the alto parts (this Lux shares with the group's earlier recordings). The shimmering effects that result are quite impressively controlled and even more significantly beautifully engineered in a pair of locations. Choirs have sung arrangements of the likes of Massive Attack and Ben Folds before, but it's not often that choral singing of this quality has been applied to them. The whole thing is so beautiful that the pieces of music do run the risk of seeming to run together, and an hour of pleasant aural surroundings may be what's on the mind of many buyers. But this release offers something a step above the basics.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:31
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Voces8
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2015 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
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