Lux is a luminous selection of pieces spanning over 400 years: from Thomas Tallis and Gregorio Allegri to Massive Attack (Teardrop) and Ben Folds (The Luckiest - which appeared on the soundtrack for Richard Curtis's film About Time) sung. The album includes popular classics such as Allegri's Miserere and Elgar's Nimrod along with Paul Mealor's Ubi Caritas, commissioned by Prince William, which was sung at the Prince's wedding to Catherine Middleton in 2011.
Ubi caritas / Ola Gjeilo (3:49) -- O nata lux / Thomas Tallis (2:59) -- Lux aeterna (Nimrod) / Edward Elgar (3:53) -- Teardrop / Massive Attack (4:32) -- Mother of God, here I stand / John Tavener (2:52) -- Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (7:07) -- Stars / Ēriks Ešenvalds (4:04) -- Ave Maria I / Rihards Dubra (3:45) -- Prayer to a guardian angel / Patrick Hawes (2:58) -- Bogoroditse devo / Sergey Rachmaninov (3:07) -- O nata lux / Morten Lauridsen (4:28) -- The luckiest / Ben Folds (5:05) -- Corde natus ex parentis / anon. (3:57) -- My Lord has come / Will Todd (3:38) -- Ubi caritas / Paul Mealor (3:48) -- In paradisum / Christian Forshaw (4:00) -- Prayer to a guardian angel / Patrick Hawes (3:06) -- Libera nos, salva nos, Magnus Dominus / John Sheppard (4:35).
Language (note)
Sung in Latin, English, or Russian.
Title
Lux / Voces8.
Publisher
London : Decca Music Group Limited, [2015]
Copyright date
℗2015
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Voces8 (Andrea Haines, Emily Dickens, soprano ; Christopher Wardle, Barnaby Smith, coutertenor ; Oliver Vincert, Samuel Dressel, tenor ; Paul Smith, baritone ; Dingle Yandell, bass) ; with Christian Forshaw, saxophone (in the 2nd, 13th works) ; Matthew Sharp, cello (in the 9th work).
Event
Recorded Dore Abbey, Herefordshire 2014 May 15-16 2014 July 7-8.
Recorded St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London 2014 May 27.