Name: Lux by Voces8
Brand: Voces8
SKU: 028947880554
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3.5 (133 reviews)

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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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1. Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Composer: Ola Gjeilo; Composer
Author: Anonymous; Production
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

2. Tallis: O Nata Lux

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Samuel Dressel
Oliver Vincent; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Arranger: Christian Forshaw; Composer
Composer: Thomas Tallis; Composer
Author: Anonymous; Production

3. Elgar: Nimrod (Lux Aeterna)

by Voces8

Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Arranger: John Cameron; Composer
Author: Anonymous; Production
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Composer: Sir Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar; Composer
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

4. Teardrop

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Composer: Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles
Robert Del Naja
Elizabeth Fraser
Grantley Marshall; Composer
Lyricist: Grantley Marshall
Elizabeth Fraser
Robert Del Naja
Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles; Composer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production
Composer Lyricist: Grantley Marshall
Elizabeth Fraser
Robert Del Naja
Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles; Other

5. Tavener: Mother Of God, Here I Stand

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Composer: Sir John Tavener
John Tavener; Composer
Lyricist: Sir John Tavener; Composer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Author: Mikhail Jurjewitsch Lermontov; Production
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Soprano: Andrea Haines
Emily Dickens; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production
Composer Lyricist: Sir John Tavener; Other

6. Allegri: Miserere Mei

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Composer: Gregorio Allegri; Composer
Author: Anonymous; Production
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

7. Esenvalds: Stars

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Composer: Sara Teasdale
Eriks Esenvalds; Composer
Lyricist: Eriks Esenvalds
Sara Teasdale; Composer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Paul Smith
Oliver Vincent
Andrea Haines
Barnaby Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production
Composer Lyricist: Eriks Esenvalds
Sara Teasdale; Other

8. Dubra: Ave Maria 1

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Composer: Rihards Dubra; Composer
Author: Anonymous; Production
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

9. Hawes: Prayer To A Guardian Angel

by Voces8, Matthew Sharp

Author: Andrew Hawes; Production
Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Matthew Sharp
Voces8; Main Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Composer: Patrick Hawes; Composer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Cello: Matthew Sharp; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Matthew Sharp
Barnaby Smith
Paul Smith
Oliver Vincent; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

10. Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op.37 - VI. Bogoroditse Devo

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Composer: Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Composer
Author: Anonymous; Production
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

11. Lauridsen: O Nata Lux

by Voces8, Christian Forshaw

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Lyricist: Morten Lauridsen; Composer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Emily Dickens
Christian Forshaw
Paul Smith
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines; Performer
Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Primary Artist: Voces8
Christian Forshaw; Main Performer
Saxophone: Christian Forshaw; Performer
Soprano: Andrea Haines
Emily Dickens; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Composer: Morten Lauridsen; Composer
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production
Composer Lyricist: Morten Lauridsen; Other

12. Ben Folds: The Luckiest

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Arranger: Jim Clements; Composer
Composer: Benjamin Scott Folds
Ben Folds; Composer
Lyricist: Benjamin Scott Folds; Composer
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production
Composer Lyricist: Benjamin Scott Folds; Other

13. Anonymous: Corde Natus Ex Parentis

by Voces8, Christian Forshaw

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Arranger: Christian Forshaw; Composer
Composer: Anonymous; Composer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Christian Forshaw
Barnaby Smith
Paul Smith
Oliver Vincent
Emily Dickens; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Author: Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius; Production
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Saxophone: Christian Forshaw; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8
Christian Forshaw; Main Performer
Soprano: Andrea Haines
Emily Dickens; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

14. Todd: My Lord Has Come

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Composer: Will Todd; Composer
Lyricist: Will Todd; Composer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production
Composer Lyricist: Will Todd; Other

15. Mealor: Ubi Caritas

by Voces8

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Composer: Paul Mealor; Composer
Author: Anonymous; Production
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

16. Forshaw: In Paradisum

by Voces8, Christian Forshaw

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Lyricist: Christian Forshaw; Composer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Emily Dickens
Christian Forshaw
Paul Smith
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines; Performer
Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Primary Artist: Voces8
Christian Forshaw; Main Performer
Saxophone: Christian Forshaw; Performer
Soprano: Andrea Haines
Emily Dickens; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Composer: Christian Forshaw; Composer
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Adrian Peacock; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production
Composer Lyricist: Christian Forshaw; Other

17. Hawes: Prayer To A Guardian Angel

by Voces8

Primary Artist: Voces8; Main Performer
Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Barnaby Smith
Oliver Vincent
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Paul Smith
Emily Dickens
Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Soprano: Emily Dickens
Andrea Haines; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Composer: Patrick Hawes; Composer
Author: Andrew Hawes; Production
Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Recording: David Hinitt; Production
Recording Producer: Alexander Van Ingen; Production
Studio Personnel: David Hinitt; Production

18. Sheppard: Libera Nos 1

by Voces8, Christian Forshaw

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Arranger: Alexander L'estrange; Composer
Composer: John Sheppard; Composer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Christian Forshaw
Barnaby Smith
Paul Smith
Oliver Vincent
Emily Dickens; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Author: Anonymous; Production
Producer: Nicholas Parker; Production
Recording: Andrew Mellor; Production
Saxophone: Christian Forshaw; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8
Christian Forshaw; Main Performer
Soprano: Andrea Haines
Emily Dickens; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Nicholas Parker; Production
Studio Personnel: Andrew Mellor; Production

19. Sheppard: Libera Nos 2

by Voces8, Christian Forshaw

Baritone: Paul Smith; Performer
Arranger: Alexander L'estrange; Composer
Composer: John Sheppard; Composer
Bass ( Vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Bass (vocal): Dingle Yandell; Performer
Countertenor: Christopher Wardle
Barnaby Smith; Performer
Performer: Christopher Wardle
Samuel Dressel
Dingle Yandell
Andrea Haines
Christian Forshaw
Barnaby Smith
Paul Smith
Oliver Vincent
Emily Dickens; Performer
Ensemble: Voces8; Ensemble
Author: Anonymous; Production
Producer: Nicholas Parker; Production
Recording: Andrew Mellor; Production
Saxophone: Christian Forshaw; Performer
Primary Artist: Voces8
Christian Forshaw; Main Performer
Soprano: Andrea Haines
Emily Dickens; Performer
Tenor: Oliver Vincent
Samuel Dressel; Performer
Recording Producer: Nicholas Parker; Production
Studio Personnel: Andrew Mellor; Production