A Purcell Collection
VOCES8 & Les Inventions
every number here has something particularly arresting within it, all supported by persuasive and committed singing, and playing of intense charm.
A Purcell Collection
VOCES8 & Les Inventions
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every number here has something particularly arresting within it, all supported by persuasive and committed singing, and playing of intense charm.
About
The young, virtuoso a cappella ensemble VOCES8 return to disc on Signum with a sumptuous collection of early works by Henry Purcell, one of England’s greatest composers. Joined by the specialist early music ensemble ‘Les Inventions’, the group explores Purcell’s astoundingly diverse output. There is hardly a genre in which he did not express himself: anthems, odes, funeral music, semi--operas, masques, sonatas, consort--music, songs and catches populate his extraordinarily multifaceted oeuvre. It is this astonishing diversity that Signum and VOCES8 celebrate.
Contents and tracklist
- Barnaby Smith
- Voces8, Les Inventions
- Andrea Haines, Samuel Dressel, Dingle Yandell
- Voces8, Les Inventions
- Dingle Yandell
- Voces8, Les Inventions
- Voces8, Les Inventions
Purcell:
My Heart is Inditing of a Good Matter
Work length15:03
This work is only available as an album download.
- Voces8, Les Inventions
- Emily Dickens
- Voces8, Les Inventions
- Voces8, Les Inventions
- Barnaby Smith
- Voces8, Les Inventions
Henry Purcell, Thomas Morley:
Second Dirge Anthem (Morley) – Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts
Work length5:08
- Voces8, Les Inventions
- Andrea Haines
- Voces8, Les Inventions
Awards and reviews
June 2014
every number here has something particularly arresting within it, all supported by persuasive and committed singing, and playing of intense charm.
July 2014
Voces8 here make use of their intermediate size...to bring together what would normally be an unlikely Purcell vocal anthology...There are times when I feel that interpretative tricks are missed...but there is no doubting that this disc still offers a rich and enjoyable demonstration of Purcell's genius.
13th June 2014
Even if you have most of Purcell's music on disc in your collection you should not miss this 'sampler'. It includes some of the finest performances I have heard in recent years.
Early Music Today Autumn 2014
most agreeable, with many moments to savour along the way. The performances at times touch excellence…Voces 8 are at their best in more homophonic music, producing admirably balanced performances of considerable breadth and richness...an ideal introduction into at least part of his [Purcell’s] world.
