Enchanted Isle

Voces8 (Artist) Format: Audio CD

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Product Dimensions : 14.5 x 13.69 x 0.61 cm; 98.09 Grams
Manufacturer : DECCA
Manufacturer reference : 0028948346707
Original Release Date : 2019
Label : DECCA
ASIN : B07KBT4ZRK
Number of discs : 1

Best Sellers Rank: 15,309 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Product description

Enchanted Isle casts a contemporary eye on the landscape of rolling hills and green valleys, rugged mountainsides and hidden villages. New arrangements of Scottish and Irish melodies sit alongside compositions set to texts by some of the greatest English poets. Music originally written for film or television is reimagined to create sonorities reminiscent of watercolour landscapes or carefully chiselled sculpture. "The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word 'ensemble' with meticulous timing and tuning." Gramophone

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Slim Piet

Aural Pleasure!

Reviewed in Australia on 19 October 2019

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Excellent soloists and beautiful harmony. Only quibble was the quavery rendition of Carrickfergus

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Ross J Exton

Beautiful

Reviewed in Australia on 9 June 2020

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Beautiful crisp clear voices

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An avid reader

Disappointing release

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 January 2019

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I have huge respect for the work which VOCES8 have done, and have very much enjoyed their previous releases. Unfortunately, I found this much-anticipated new disc to be disappointing. VOCES8 produce a sublime vocal sound, so it is a shame that this has been hidden behind some over-complex arrangements, additional instrumentation, and what comes across as 'new age' 'effects'. Don't get me wrong, this is a high quality performance, but it's not the VOCES8 we know and love. No choir should be afraid to hide behind the unique sound of its own voices. Let the voices speak for themselves.

7 people found this helpful

J. Mulder

Unrecognizable songs

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 March 2019

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Typical high Voces 8 quality songs, but they've taken it too far. They've taken the heart out of the songs and changed it into one Voces 8 medley. Beautiful songs like May It Be, Theme From Harry's Game, and The Parting Glass are hardly recognizable. Very disappointing from a vocal group with such high quality.

6 people found this helpful

Anonymous

Falls short of their usual brilliance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2019

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Voces8 are normally magical but this release falls short of their usual high standard, sadly.

4 people found this helpful

A O K R

Good but not brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2019

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Ok but starting to sound a bit “samey”
Not outstanding unless you are a real fan!

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socrates

Stunning vocals

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2020

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one of the sopranos in this group of singers is quite magnificent, a reminder of how the human voice is a quite stunning instrument and like the iceberg principle there may well be a ladle full of god givenl talent there is also much application, hard work and care of that gift to bring it to this quality; there is much to appreciate here.

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