VOCES8: Nesciens Mater (Jean Mouton)
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2021
- VOCES8 sings Jean Mouton’s masterpiece 'Nesciens Mater' at the VOCES8 Centre in London. The performance was part of the group's Live From London 'Christmas Cracker' concert.
Tickets available here: page.inplayer.com/livefromlon...
TEXT
Nesciens mater virgo virum
peperit sine dolore
salvatorem saeculorum.
Ipsum regem angelorum
sola virgo lactabat,
ubere de caelo pleno.
TRANSLATION
Knowing no man, the Virgin mother
bore, without pain,
the Saviour of the world.
Him, the king of angels,
only the Virgin suckled,
breasts filled by heaven. - Розваги
An absolutely spellbinding rendition of a particularly beautiful Renaissance Christmas motet. Just when you think Voces8 can’t get any more wonderful …
Jean Mouton's Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum was published five hundred years ago this year - in 1521. I am sure he would be touched by Voces8's skilled and sympathetic rendition, half a millennium on.
Voces 8 is on another planet. This recording is chill-inducing, absolute sublimity. Gold standard.
There are so many words to describe this performance - perfectly balanced harmony, pure bliss, aural poetry.
The alto voices are especially stunning here ❤️
This motet is a quadruple canon, fashioned to represent the earthy and heavenly choirs (8 parts total).
How music can be so academic yet wondrously beautiful is quite the conundrum!
How is it that this amazing group has less than 200k subs? Should be in the millions.
yes it should, but...most people don't like classical music, most classical music fans don't love early music, most early music fans focus on the Baroque, most early music fans don't like sacred music, half of the sacred music fans don't like Renaissance Catholic music, some of the purists that do don't like VOCES8, because they try to 'mix and match' so, the field narrows surprisingly quickly, it seems to me :(
What Laurie said. But thank God they do what they do!
amazing how just eight voices sound like so many more-just spellbinding:)
I have to admit I'd only ever heard this being performed by a full choir and orchestra and thought that performance was the best, but this rendition has blown my mind! As an ex-chorister of many, many moons ago, this performance has to rank as one of the most superb pieces of Choral Music I've heard. I cannot add to the comments already made, except to add, how can just 8 voices produce such a crystal clear and balanced sound that produced tears of joy and utter calmness! Beautiful!!!
This is the most beautiful I've ever heard (and I did several times this evening!). Brilliant. Heavenly. Perfect. Touching me deep inside. You are angels. Masters. Make me happy. God bless you all!
This shows the delicate craft of VOCES8. I play this regularly as it is incredibly beautiful and soothing. I can now pick out each part and ride the different streams within the whole.
All performers are excellent in this. However, Katie’s beautiful voice, assurance, and intermingling lead brings this work to a subtle, though magnificent focus.
Congratulations. Beautiful interpretation.
I really admire your ensemble, beautiful flexible voices .... I adore the voice and timbre of the mezzo-soprano Katie Jeffries!
Merry Christmas and long live the music !!!!!
Thank all of you for lifting our spirits, as well as lifting & brightening any environment that 'hears' your lovely voices. ♥️
Merry Christmas. 🎄
Superb. Is there a better vocal group on the planet, I say no.
NO!
They are hands down the best. 🙏🏼
Well, not by a big margin, but I think Huelgas Ensemble is in a league of its own. Not in every kind of repertoire but in franco-flemish polyphony - hell yes. Even Paul McCreesh said once that this is how the Renaissance polyphony should sound. Check, for example, Gradual from Richafort's Requiem: ua-cam.com/video/byoZq1cjbfc/v-deo.html
This should be Voces8's signature piece! The emotion emanates forth from each singer. On most Voces8 selections I attempt to sing along, yet on this one I am too emotionally overcome to partake. A true 'Masterpiece' performance, and one I treasure!
A favourite piece of Christmas music: for years, I've listened to the Monteverdi choir and JEG but you folks top it definitely. This needs to be sung in a larger, empty church with resonance :)
Simply beautiful, Such a gorgeous song. Merry Christmas and joy be with you!
Sublime. My favorite vocal group.
moi aussi
Inexpressibly beautiful. As Aldous Huxley wrote:
From pure sensation to the intuition of beauty, from pleasure and pain to love and the mystical ecstasy and death - all the things that are fundamental, all the things that, to the human spirit, are most profoundly significant, can only be experienced, not expressed. The rest is always and everywhere silence.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley “Music at Night”
WOW!
wait to go , Al
Jean Mouton is my favourite polyphony composer. His Salva Nos is also fantastic, especially when you're familiar with its Cantus Firmus.
I second that emotion
Your music helps me through some very difficult times, thank you.
Repertuar godny Mistrzów. Dziękuję serdecznie. PL
I'm always mindblowing by the clarity of your voices together ! That's when we hear this that we know you have a very deep relationship ! Many bravo !
A glimpse of heaven. Thank you. ❤️
So wondrous and beautiful-brings me to tears every time I listen to this-thank you Voces8 you're amazing!
This thought has come to mind many times - VOCES8 has magnificent sound engineers.
I used to think the magic was significantly on the sound engineers until I saw some videos where they are singing with another choir live and quite informally without any apparent preparation and still it was quite perfect, including the massive presence of the basses. They are just impossibly good, we have to live with that
VOCES8. just has magnificent sound, full stop.
Absolutely beautiful piece of music and incredible singing!
Pure Joy.
Tres beau et inspirant!
As always a perfectly sung motet by Voces8.
Balance, intonation and timing are meticulously well done. I don’t know any better choir as this 8 voices group of singers.
So sublime. So perfect. Thank you all. Watching the beautiful faces singing as one. Does it get better? No, it does not.
Magnifique ! bravo, 8 Voces, vous êtes les voix des anges !
An absolutely stunning performance of this beautiful music. Also an excellent recording. Thank you all.
What can I add to the perfect eulogies of other listeners? Makes one forget what’s unpleasant in this world. Superb voices!!!
One of my early renaissance favourites, thank you!
Music full of beauty - wonderful singing!
Voces8, you're unique harmony of 'angel'voices, also in this song Nesciens Mater brings us Mother Mary in our heart (again), it opens our doors and gives us the pure love, peace, gratitude and equality in our brother- and sisterhood. Voces8, you have to sing this song in every country > peace on earth! 🙏
this is real ensemble singing in style.... thank you
DIVINAL.
I've always been very fond of the performance of this work by Henry's Eight. But this rendition tops it, easily. What a clarity, what a balance in the different voices. Thank you so much.
Voces 8 are my favourite vocal ensemble and the competition is stiff..there are so many wonderful ones Kings singers chanticleer . But what does it for me is the the combination of male and female and maybe just a bit of subjective partiality! I like their personalities and have enjoyed them online during the pandemic. They came out to Australia and performed at my local concert hall Ukaria.
Tout est merveille , dans l'âme , le cœur et la voix .....Les mots me manquent tat je suis comblé par ces beautés sublimement interprétées comme la pureté de ces visages si
Thank you for an absolutely wonderful performance🍃
Exquisite! Thank you 👏👏👏💖🌹
We of course miss Eleonore, but we warmly welcome Molly, who with her is shown that Voces8 is as excellent as ever.
It sounds beautiful even in August 🙂I´m melting... but not from the heat!
🕊🌟🕊
ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING
🙏💜🙏
💜🎵💜
♥ It sounds great as ever.
what a beautiful piece. perfect treat for this finals season :)
What a marvel! I wish I could listen to you somewhere one day, your performance is always moving for the effusive harmony. Thank you so much for the stream of emotions you give me.
Stunning!
Beautiful! Thank you for all of the incredible music you share with the world!
Please record Mouton's Hodie Christus Natus est soon! It's a real gem and in need of a great recording!
Beautiful interpretation! Thanks!
GORGEOUS !
Davvero un' interpretazione impeccabile! Trasmette tanta emozione! Grazie
Incredible - as ever. Thank you V8
Fantastycznie !!! 👏👏👏❤😍
Vous êtes vraiment incroyables. Merci de tout coeur.
Simply beautiful 👍
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful music.
Magnifique!!
🙏❤🧡💛💚💙💜🙏
I was blown away hearing this, it is beautiful x
Everything they do is top notch!!!! Bravo!
This is awesome. Old music is new music. - Many thanks.
Wonderful performance 👏❤️❤️❤️
Дуже дякую! Молодці!
This is absolutely sublime. Am I in Heaven or still on Earth?
Good piece. But there are better ones from Lassus, Gesualdo, Byrd, Palestrina or Dufay.
Danke für das Stück
Thanks again, soo good🤗💫
Breathtaking
Thank you!
Maravilloso arreglo coral y maravillosas voces , muchas gracias. Muy feliz navidad 2021
Bravissimo! Merry Christmas.
As always amazing and so very very helpful in this dark Pandemic...Thank you From the bottom of my heart
Beautiful.
extraordinary, as usual !
Possibly the best-looking vocal ensemble south of Rochdale.
Gorgeous!
Bravo !
Bravi ~ Thank you
excellent!
So schön ❣️ ❣️
We are intelligent matter.
Matter comes from background of universe.
Language comes from matter.
When words came out, Narrative took shape, and no collective intelligence might have existed without Narrative. Narrative is consubstancial to language.
Birth of Narrative remained Mother Earth virgin.
Word made (our) world, and Word still have to change the world.
Keep going!
Jean Mouton's Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum comes from background of universe 😉
This rendition is not only inspiring, it is elevating. Thank you
Fantastisk fint!
Frankly I doubt that I will ever hear finer or more moving singing.
caspita che bravi e che bel canto
Pure Heaven ❤
Could anything be more beautiful
Good evening здравствуйте очень хорошая песня прекрасное исполнение мне очень понравилось большое спасибо всего вам самого доброго с уважением и наступающим рождеством христовым вас thanks very much goodbye
Wonderful
Gli unici figli di Albione che adoro. 😍
Que decir? Esta dicho todo... Felicidades.
Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you VOCES8 for this performance. May God's blessings be upon you! 🙏🏼
Angel's Harmony! Amazing! I wipe tears from my eyes...
Beautiful, beautiful... as always!!
So very beautiful, what can i say, geweldig! (Dutch) and the girls look great
Worthy of Heaven its self.
Merry Christmas 🎄 everyone, and peace to all.
Clearly comes from Heaven. Stunning, stunning, stunning..................
And peace to you too:)
@@rodneyrigby7865 Very many thanks.
I like the sound this video makes.
So. Much. Resonance.
Very good
Just beautiful! Bravo. (I'm still not quite used to seeing a 6"3" soprano....)