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Summary:

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.

Table of Contents:

• 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).

Contributors:

Forshaw, Christian , instrumentalist

Sharp, Matthew (Cellist) , instrumentalist

Voces8 (Musical group) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

English
Latin
Russian

Language Notes:

Sung in Latin, English, or Russian.

Subjects:

Vocal octets, Unaccompanied

Popular music — 2001-2010

2001-2010

Popular music

Genres:

Chamber music

Popular music

Performers:

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).

Performance Medium:

8 performers: soprano voice (2); countertenor voice (2); tenor voice; baritone voice; bass voice
9 performers: soprano voice (2); countertenor voice (2); tenor voice; baritone voice; bass voice; saxopone
9 performers: soprano voice (2); countertenor voice (2); tenor voice; baritone voice; bass voice; cello

General Notes:

Recorded Dore Abbey, Herefordshire 2014 May 15-16 2014 July 7-8.
Recorded St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London 2014 May 27.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403840
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403850
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403860
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403870
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403880
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403890
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403900
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403910
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403920
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403930
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403940
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403950
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403960
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403970
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403980
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071403990
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071404200
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071404210
International Standard Recording Code: GBF071404220
Publisher Number, Decca: 00028947880554

OCLC Numbers:

974037739