VOCES8: Bogoroditse Devo by Sergei Rachmaninoff

[@tgk-sv4zs]

Artists as wonderful as Rachmaninoff need artists as wonderful as you to interpret their work. Your music is a glimpse into heaven.

[@ivangarciabajobasssinger6317]

I cried and cried and cried listening to this beautiful and moving performance. Thank you so much, my dears VOCES8.

[@kylecashen4132]

I tried to leave a comment but I think YT went crazy, but apologies if this is a repeat comment. Long story short my wife and I have experienced tremendous losses the last few years with 5 misscarriages. Its been a reminder that life can be painful, bitter, ugly, and deeply sad. @Voces8 your music though has been a special reminder to me in this season that life can be full of beauty, wonder, mystery, and love. Thank you all for what you do.

[@davionhambrick8627]

Getting to hear this live in St. Louis in October of 2023 was one of the best moments ever. I love this group so very much.

[@bernardpoitevin7615]

Une délicatesse si expressive et une harmonie parfaite. Merci pour votre talent et votre travail. Le résultat est merveilleux.

[@achenarmyst2156]

You prove that there is a singer‘s fortissimo without strain and vibrato, just with stable diaphragm support and good vocal chord control. Bravo 👍

[@jonathanmoellman]

Beautiful! And a wonderfully transcendental concert last night... Thank you for being ambassadors of true Beauty!

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

Music composition and performance at the very highest level. The magic of music is a miracle to behold.

[@carlgeenen1654]

This must be what is sung in heaven. Such a beautiful hymn, sung so perfectly here on earth by VOCES8. Just what is needed in these trying times. Bravo and thank you!!

[@stephandippon9973]

There is nothing more to say. Angels are singing around Gods Throne!

[@joer5627]

A wonderful way to start a Sunday morning time of devotion to my Lord!

[@timothymalone7067]

To bring such beauty and joy through your voices is such a gift. Thank you for sharing!!!!

[@trasers999]

Voces8 поют на Русском языке и это очень неожиданно. Спасибо за такое произведение вам и Богу!

[@EllinaIsi]

Только не на русском, а на церковнославянском :-)

[@EeveeLol]

Sang this with my high school choir in my sophomore year. I saw it and was instantly reminded of the amazing harmonies we made together. Thanks for the beautiful music

[@johnishee3048]

Voces 8 does a beautiful, crystalline, smooth rendition, as always. I must confess that, to me, it suffers from not having the stirring volume of a full-throated choir (especially tenors and bass) in the dramatic, wondrous penultimate part, before the soft, gentle end.

[@brandonbeierle8515]

By full-throated you mean? I don’t understand what you mean by this. Could you explain this for me?

[@chrst7346]

He means, that only eight people just do not bring the same force and power along as a choir of fifty Russians…😅😊 …which is quite a matter of fact and physics. it is the part at 01:52, where the composition just is meant to be sweeping away the listeners or else the believer by an irrestible torrent or floodwave pushing down a barren wadi….(at least that is how I do read/feel it) 😅 @johnishee: I totally feel you, but: How wondrous is it, WHAT they still bring on track , being just 4 male voices in that passage, isn’t it!? This is lacking so few and shows Voces8‘s abnormal capabilities!!

[@chrst7346]

@@brandonbeierle8515for example this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roiTgpWLeJWWe7csi=Rrok2BnPnxjtJ-O5

[@anthonykaiser974]

​@@brandonbeierle8515 find a good recording of a large church choir singing these choral arrangements for church choirs and compare them to small groups. It is what it is. Same with the big cathedral choirs in Germany and the UK. I've heard both commercial choirs like this and large cathedral choirs in German cathedrals. They just "hit" differently. It's especially noticeable with the Slavic stuff because of the oktavists singing the double bass parts in the cathedral choirs.

[@cht2162]

@@chrst7346 abnormal?

[@donnaj9964]

I wish Rachmaninoff could hear this...he would love it. I do too--thank you all so much for the beauty!

[@nilshubinette4932]

So beautiful. Had this when I prayed my rosary. 🙏

[@TheandricOfficial]

the rosary is the weapon!

[@NehaChindu]

Sometimes I wonder how it is even possible that the mere human voice can produce such transcending sounds....❤ Listen through headphones for truly the BEST experience❤

[@wacawlubinski3189]

Arcymistrz Kompozycji, śpiewany przez Arcymistrzów Głosu. Serdecznie Dziękuję. 👍❤️🙏🇵🇱

[@ДарьяСветлова-х3б]

Спасибо за исполнение! Это прекрасно!😊❤

[@jcvc161]

So wonderful, thank you!😊

[@WolfgangDrEpple]

Wieder einmal überirdisch gut! Danke für dieses leuchtende Licht in unserer dunklen Zeit. 🙏🙏🐺

[@МарияСапожникова-о9г]

Брависсимо!👏👏👏 Мне как русской и живущей в России, очень приятно было услышать "Богородице Дево радуйся! Прекрасное исполнение! Новое прочтение! Только мы всегда поем этот номер из "Всеноцщьного бдения" чуть живе по темпу и, все гласные А и О более круглые! Тогда, будет идеально!❤

[@Schrabnella]

"бления"? 😂😂Срочно исправте, прошу Вас.🤭

[@МарияСапожникова-о9г]

@Schrabnella 🤣🤣🤣

[@Eflattery1]

This is without doubt my favourite Voces8 reading. Sublime.

[@colbylinebarger3706]

Truly sublime and perhaps that's an understatement.

[@luciofernandez1037]

¡Qué delicia de interpretación! Muchas gracias por vuestro esfuerzo y buen hacer ❤

[@luciasona2231]

Splendid Song to the Virgin!The Angelich voices are singing "Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord Is with Thee ! I remember many beautiful pictures in Istanbul of the Theotokos. I saw those during a travel with my husband many years ago. Grazie ❤

[@danielastan3247]

Înălțător, Divin, Mulțumesc!❤

[@davidbrook7121]

Oh my God! Just do Rachmaninoff, Voces8. Goddamn Russians - pure genius. Thank you so much! Basso Profundo!

[@chrisodonnell7022]

Where’s the basso profundo?

[@infour44]

Glimpses over the horizon. Beautiful textures and sense of ensemble. Prescient.

[@chewyduck1355]

Just perfect......as always. Thank you!

[@mgeuleinstsear]

Finally a video with this piece ❤️ Always one of my favorites at your concerts.

[@dirkhoekstra727]

Katie and Barnaby's voices are just perfect together!

[@fletcherbarton2446]

Smoother than ever! This is an extraordinary ensemble - congratulations, Voces8!

[@ethanflynn2585]

Loved your concert in Saratoga springs. Was worth the 4 hr drive!

[@jacquelynhowell2045]

Ethereal, such beauty! Thank you.

[@daniellereid01]

So beautiful! This music is rapturous ❤

[@rjmorgan2]

Oh-my-goodness! So stunningly beautiful. One of my favorites.

[@crytical_gerald]

Magnificent is all I can say❤❤ Loving you all from Nigeria 💓🌟

[@didisinclair3605]

My favorite piece of music. Thank you !!!!!

[@melissaraven3164]

This achingly beautiful hymn is new to me. Thank you!

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Pieter369]

Beautiful thank you what a wonderful sound.

[@thetempleoflove6966]

Bogoród̃itse D̃évo, ráduys̃i︠a︡, Blagodátnaya Mar̃íye, Ghospód s Tobóyu. Blagosloṽénna Tï v zhenáẖ, i blagosloṽén Plod chr̃éva Tvoyegó, yáko Spása rod̃ilá yes̃í dush náshïẖ. Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, for Thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.

[@keithfowler2013]

Beautiful. Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[@grahamfjlaws6108]

Dynamic control here is just extraordinary.

[@hanotnoam9483]

Magnifique !

[@margaritalopezrojas3050]

Incredible!!! celestial!! magical!!!

[@JaninaBatisheva]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

[@brendragon]

Absolutely stunning.. Thank you! 🥰👏🌹👏🥰

[@thorwaldhey7349]

Wunderschön! Habe ich mit Vocapella auch gesungen.

[@barkebaat]

God lives in this music

[@TheandricOfficial]

Sublime, as always.

[@TheRandomDoesAirsoft]

Wowo that is stunning. We sang this piece last year in my choir!!

[@melligolightly]

Me too! So beautiful.

[@melligolightly]

As far as I can tell, I sang Katie's part - love her voice.

[@monikahamann5489]

Wunderschön! Danke

[@antoninopirrone2541]

Fantastici! Brano stupendo 🌺💐❤️

[@cathryncortissoz4575]

beautiful and relaxing.

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

Sure hope you will be returning to Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon soon! That was a wonderful concert. I bought tickets for friends, as well as myself

[@rmichaelzachary8574]

Unlike many Western Orthodox choirs the accent is almost always correct in executing the Russian Slavonic lyrics.

[@corocorachannel4235]

Anton Bruckner would be proud of you 😜 Excellent, as usual

[@eaglewings-tn2rw]

Beautiful❤

[@ewert59]

Богородице Дѣво, радуйсѧ, Благодатнаѧ Марїе, Господь съ Тобою: благослове́на Ты въ жена́хъ, и благослове́нъ плодъ чрева Твоегω; ѧкω Спа́са родила́ еси́ душъ нашихъ. (слове́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ)

[@molliethorn]

Pure joy❤️

[@wacawlubinski5218]

👍❤🙏 Arcymistrz Kompozycji Śpiewany przez Arcymistrzów Głosu.

[@srr-tl1vf]

Wonderful

[@fshepinc]

This piece sounds so much like his Ave Maria that I performed in high school!does anyone know the history of the two works? Are they both parts of a larger composition? Stunning performance, as always.

[@МаринаЩа]

Слишком сладко . ❤

[@AM-xt1tx]

❤

[@Babbajune]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wadebogart8354]

Good Lord.

[@Robert_Herring]

Magnificent.

[@maduforoh]

Ohh My God! 😩

[@tychoman]

Wasn’t this posted a few weeks ago?

[@TravelWitMi]

😊😊

[@Jamesdamian73]

Blake lookin like the white jesus your grandma has up on her wall. XD

[@emmanuelmumba6850]

🙌❤️

[@EllinaIsi]

Some people think that its Russian language, but not - its Church Slavonic.

[@ewert59]

слове́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ

[@evelynap9728]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@fulgenjbatista4640]

💘🎼💘

[@taraszakordonskk5731]

Ain’t that something.

[@marittaschneeberger6501]

👌🌟🎶❣️👂

[@Rktamaccio]

MaryRuth!

[@maryruthmillersoprano]

Ross!!!

[@MrDenertog]

who is that new Molly/Kori?

[@VOCES8]

This is MaryRuth. Our new full time soprano is Eleonora, and she starts with us in January.

[@BEEMERBALL]

Another incredible performance! I wonder how this ensemble manages its perfect timing without (apparently) a conductor?? Is there a screen in front of them with a video of a conductor? I just can't imagine having such a perfect sense of timing and being so together, it is phenomenal!

[@chrst7346]

not apparently… there is no conductor. The recipe goes like this: great musical talents, hard training, much practice, high sensitivity and full concentrated alertness during performance

[@herbertwackerlin6174]

Three things most importantly: 1) breathing together in the same tempo for each phrase; 2) having someone in the group showing endings by slight head movements; 3) knowing the other singers and their habits really well.

[@Jean-MarcLesage1959]

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[@jereburkholdermusic]

How hard is it to hire a bass that can actually hit the second to last note..