LUX

Beautiful voices and several beautiful and ethereal motets and editions of plain chant. 8 people sound like a choir of 20 or more.

-A stunning recording by one of the world’s most accomplished a cappella ensembles, everything on this CD will take your breath away for its beauty.

I "discovered" Voces8 in a youtube recording of the Elgar Lux Aeterna Nimrod variation and had tears as I listened. Their talent, technique, ensemble, musical selection and arrangement are close to perfection in my mind. I had to know more about this group of performers and found LUX. I have had the CD for a month and can't stop playing it. In addition to the lovely Elgar selection are many beautiful pieces. They do a beautiful job on Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, another favorite, and have introduced me to the haunting work of Ola Gjeilo. This CD is a mix of old and new sacred music, plus a couple of other gems like The Luckiest by Ben Folds. This CD haunts, delights, and inspires.

Voces 8 sing beautifully.

Excellent CD but I also ordered their cd To Sing of Love just to have The Lark Ascending piece. I cancelled this second order because the choral part was missing which is what I had wanted most to hear.Beware.

Every arrangement on this cd is exquisite, and Voces 8 is impeccable in every performance. This is my favorite cd by them and listening to it is like a meditation that brings so much peace as I follow every intricate, perfectly expressed song. So lovely!!!

If you ever need to remind yourself that humans are capable of creating beauty and excellence, listen to this album. The phrasing and dynamics on Elgar's Lux Aeterna are exceptional, and the Gjeilo Ubi Caritas is both soothing and revelatory. Thank you Voces 8 for this gift of a recording.

Choral singing at its absolute best. Wonderful selections.

Come da titolo , gli otto esegutori di questo interessante disco ci deliziano con le loro bellisime voci con oratori abbastanza famosi come Tallis, Rachmaninov e Allegri e meno famosi, ma tutti eseguiti con molto garbo e professionalità. La novità di questo disco sta anche negli arrangiamenti di brani moderni dei Massive Attack, Elgar e Tavener. In alcuni brani intervengono con discrezione un cello e un sax alto, insomma un disco che raccomando per chi predilige gli oratori o cori in genere. Incisione Decca eccellente.

美しい歌声。心が癒されます。

I was introduced to Voces 8 by a friend who is also a huge choral lover, and I am delighted with this discovery. A quiet Sunday was the perfect time to put on Lux, and the professionalism and skill of the Voces 8 singers was immediate on hearing the first few tracks. When we go to Allegri's Miserere (one of my favourite early choral pieces) I was struck by the skills of the group, the way they can blend the parts, and the soaring highs and solid bass voices. This is a great group, and I've ordered their complete discography to add to my choral collection. The other piece I particularly love is the Elgar Enigma Nimrod choral version (Lux Eternae), which starts beautifully and never fails to give me goosebumps, but the tempo is too fast for my liking and for some reason the latter part of the work doesn't thrill me as much as I had hoped. The tracks on this CD are a wide variety, ranging from traditional choral fare (such as the Miserere) to more recent choral compositions, as well as several lesser-known pieces. Most are wonderful, but there are a few tracks that will stand out for you, depending on your choral preferences. Never heard saxophone with your choral music? You will here! While this CD would be a solid background music disc, I prefer it up from and central, focusing on the music and the emotions conveyed on some of my favorite tracks. Very well done, and while not a traditional choral mix, perhaps that's all to the better. Most choral discs don't include Massive Attack!

Ich hatte vor einigen Wochen das Glück, Voces8 erstmals zu hören und gleich live in einer Lübecker Kirche. Viele Jahre schon bin ich selbst Sänger im Hauptberuf und halte den a-capella-Gesang als Training für jeden Sänger für unverzichtbar. Er schult in hohen Maße das miteinander musizieren als Gegenteil von "Wettbewerb". Seit kurzem bin ich selbst wieder der Bassist eines 4-stimmigen gemischten Ensembles ( jetzt in anderer Besetzung als 10 Jahren zuvor einige Jahre lang ), weiß also, worum es geht. Die CD kann mit der Qualität des Live-erlebnisses durchaus mithalten, gibt durch die zusätzlichen Instrumente sogar noch ein paar wunderbare Farben hinzu. Solch wunderbare Musik wünschte ich mir häufiger im Mehrkanalton, also auf SA-CD! Ich empfehle diese Scheibe ohne Einschränkung weiter, habe sie auch schon mehrfach verschenkt. Matthias Noack

Excellent soloists and beautiful harmony