VOCES8: Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré 

Her voice is as pure as water from a mountain.

There is something clinically wrong with those few who gave this a thumbs down. This was pure beauty.

Wow! That pure soprano voice, and no vibrato ❤️❤️❤️❤️ All their voices are so pure and without vibrato!!!!! Thank you thank you!!!!! First time to hear this group

Andrea's voice is at its best here, so pure and expressive, but let's not forget the others, the harmony is incredible, and how about those low basso lines? So resonant and warm. A lovely rich base for Andrea's voice to take off from and sour to the heavens.

In 1916, to his former student, Camille Saint-Saëns wrote to Gabriel "Your Pie Jesu is the ONLY Pie Jesu, as Mozart's Ave Verum is the ONLY Ave Verum". How proud he must have been and happy for him.

Andrea Haines’ voice conveys a pure quality that touches my core as, from reading other comments, it does for many listeners. Her singing embraces both sincerity and simplicity. Thank you.

Effortless singing! Pure and angelic voices! Thank God for your gift.

This is for Andrea. I am a 74 yo man from South Africa. Just to let you know I am a great admirer of your voice, calm and collected performances and yor attractive style and appearance. May your singing career last long and grow from strength to strength!

Precious moments of very lovely, quite pure and remarkable music, of older instincts, of an age long gone but regrettably so.

I am 85yrs old, and I really find myself absolutely loving ❤ the truly beautiful female voice. ❤Mike

I would love to hear Voces8 do the entire Fauré’s Requiem.

Voces 8 has a gorgeous collective tone, wonderful breath control, phrasing and dynamics. I love this group for their purity of sound, and Andrea Haines' voice is uniquely stunning and ethereal. I usually find that sopranos that sing without vibrato, in trying to sound like a boy treble, sound pinched, and lose the warmth, expressiveness and roundness of the tone. But not Andrea. Her voice in Voces 8 is one I return to time and time again for its captivating beauty, easy gentleness, and thrilling heavenly overtones. Just wonderful!

OMG until hearing this, I’d never in 40 years found a version with soprano which I liked, always too much vibrato, not a pure enough tone...only boy trebles worked for me. Until now! This is unbelievably sublime!! Thank you so so much.

Lovely! One has to truly appreciate the straight tone vs vibrato.

Je m'envole tellement c'est beau. J'aime ces voix cristallines, en particulier celle de cette jeune femme ...

I am blessed to have my hearing able to enjoy this beautiful piece. True harmony, true bliss. Thank you.

your clear tones are absolutely outstanding. thank you for enhancing our lives with all of your performances.

現代の世界でこのような天上の音楽が 、特に努力もせずに気軽に聴ける・楽しめるというのは奇跡だと思います。真に美しい天上の音楽の継承者・演奏家・担い手また広めようとする人たちに幸あれ！日本人の中にもこういう音楽好きな人は、少数派ではありますが一定数います。(英語のコメント日本語訳できれば助かります(^_^;))

I just love you all! And Andrea, you are my favorite soprano in the whole world. I aspire to have a tone as pure as yours. ❤️🎶

I’ve never heard anything as beautiful as this! Chills down the spine.

Pure music. Up til now I could only dream of this Pie Jesu.

I don't know who your cinematographer is, but shoutout to them, as they continue to blow me away every time in these videos. From lighting to angles to set decorations, this exhibits masterful control of film making. Oh, and Voces8 never turns out anything less than perfect. Another wonderful rendition of an already beautiful classic!

77 persons dislike this video... Definitely, some humans are difficult to understand. This interpretation is spot on : pitch, dynamics, style... everything is spot on! Fauré's music is so pure. How can someone not appreciate it?

Great to hear a soprano not killing a pure note with the wrecking ball that is vibrato. Only a treble or a soprano that can control their voice in this way works. Beautiful

Merci pour ces 3mn 30 de bonheur céleste avec ces voix angéliques !!

This is absolutely the best rendition of this piece in my opinion. So pure.♥️

Beautiful....😢

One of my favorite pieces.

Never going to hear this one sung any better...perfecto. Angelic resonance. My brain drinks it in like a horse that has been across the desert and has found water in the well.

Merveilleuse Andrea Haines. Voix sublime.

Sie singen wie Engel. Wunderschön!

My favorite Pie Jesu, sung to perfection. Brava

So ethereal. Absolutely divine!❤️🙏

The soprano sounds like an angel!

Together and with others we pray for every propagation of Christian songs and psalms and canticles and music in Jesus'Name Jesus 'Name

What a gorgeous performance.

This rendition of the remarkable piece is a paradox in itself. Its quiet subtlety carries an undeniable strength. By avoiding overt impact, it leaves an enduring impression, quietly captivating in its simplicity. Magnificent!

Beautiful Such. Discipline to get to this perfection. We need this poise'

Thank you for minimizing the vibrato and letting the beauty of the voice sound! What a beautiful arrangement!

Andrea’s voice is a ruby laser!

This is so incredibly beautiful and emotionally moving voces8 are so incredibly amazing and Andrea has such a beautiful and gorgeous voice

Pur bonheur ! A consommer sans restriction tant cela purifie l'âme et réjouit le cœur.

ANDREA HAINES - Perfection

Andrea's voice, may be the voice of an angel😪😇regards from Cracow

I’m 12 and sang this song, Yk it’s good when you can’t make out word when she goes high she sounds so beautiful, all of them

I have performed Faures Requiem as part of a choir on 2 occasions. This is my favorite piece in the choral works. What is key with the soprano lead in this piece is that it must be a pure, soft voice with no vibratory to match the smooth nature of the music itself. Any vibrato immediately separates the voice from the surrounding tones ,overpowering the softness of the piece. Zero vibrato let's the emotion and tone of the soprano voice work in harmony with the surrounding music as one voice in totality.

This was the first choral piece that made me cry ... the soprano soloist in our HS choir had the voice of an angel (JM in '70.)

A masterpiece of perfection absolutely amazing to have such a divine gift When I say my daily offices as a priest I will use this as background to my prayers the living God bless you all and thank you for sharing such soul-touching divine singing

Wow......Andrea`s voice is so pure... just like a treble... a very unusual quality in a soprano.... if I hadn´t known otherwise I would think this was a boy chorister....

Andrea hat so eine reine Stimme wie ein Knabe. Fantastisch ❤

I wish there was a way to like this more than once.

Remarkable blended voices

absolutely beautiful voices from heaven 🙏✝️

There are superb choirs & smaller vocal ensembles all over the world but, for my money, the Brits have the greatest vocal tradition anywhere: this ensemble, the King's Singers, Polyphony, Tenebrae---the list goes on and on. For precision, intonation, blend, diction, buzz---the Brits have nailed it!

Gabriel Faure is one of my favorite composers, glad to see his music being performed to such a high level of excellency!

I had 2 holes in my heart when I was born and the doctor told my parents that they couldn't take me anywhere or I would get sick but they didn't listen to him and still took me to church safely and I was healed with no surgery or anything needed now I'm 14 years old and worship and praise God every day❤

Merci la France

That soprano is some beautiful instrument, sublime .

인간의 목소리가 세상에서 가장 아름다운 악기입니다. 🎉

Just because there aren't many views of this, doesn't mean it is not fabulous.

Beautifull

What an antidote to today’s world.

Simple breathtaking! There are no words.....

This is truly beautiful. My other favourite version is The Cambridge Singers, with Caroline Ashton singing soprano. She also has a pure, boy treble-like quality to her voice. However, that version is with The London Sinfonia, and these outstanding vocalists are singing the orchestration- just completely outstanding- thank you all! Q💖🎶💖

Ich fühle rein intuitiv, dass das menschliche Unterbewusstsein sehnsüchtig nach dem Klang des Universums sucht, mit dem der Mensch ewig verbunden ist und er versucht es aus tiefem Verlangen nach Göttlichkeit und Liebe zu imitieren.🙏🥹🧡

Heavenly wonderful...

AMazing Song!!! well done by all!

Bel canto!

Exquisite

Magnifique ✨

I am not familiar with this arrangement. But, as usual, VOCES8 delivered an amazing performance. I offer highest marks.

Vowel placement!! Even if you couldn’t hear it, you would know it is beautiful just by watching their mouths! Cynthia Smith, if you’re still around, I can still hear you singing Pie Jesu - thirty years ago? This group is absolutely outstanding!! If you take requests, I offer Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen. I had the privilege of singing both the Faure and Lauridsen with two different groups about 25 and 30 years ago. Hearing either of them still gives me chills! Great organists have posited that NO INSTRUMENT exceeds the human voice in clarity and beauty! Proof is right here!

there's no doubt Faure's Pie Jesu is the best ever

tears in my eyes... thanks 🙏 y'all Peace ✌️

Perfectly exquisite! I never tire of this. The artistry is impeccable.

Magnifico

Andrea, your voice is incredible!Thank you so much!

A masterpiece of music by Fauré and an excellent masterchoire! ⭐️

Barnaby Smith, you're amazing! Andrea, your voice. I can't even 😭😭

Song of Paradise, many thanks from Cracow🤩😇

Beauty in Fauré takes the form of a spacious harmonic depth, always dry, composed, without any frills.

Splendid.

Perfectly sung by all. So very beautiful.

Caro papà. Ascolto questi canti e trabocca il mio cuore per te.

You are perfection personified. I wish someone like you would sing my pieces.

Absolutely brilliant! An outstanding performance. The crystalline clarity of the lead voice resembles that of a boy soprano, added the perfection and subtle expressive nuances of a mature and skilled artist. I also want to give honour to the choral performance - and to the arrangement. Now, rewriting the original organ comp into an a choral piece isn't a very hard exercise. Indeed, looking at the score one may easily think that Faure might have written this for choir originally, and then changed his mind. But there are some very clever details in this arrangement - probably written with this eminent ensemble in mind. Careful balancing of individual voices gives a harmonic sound picture that could never have been produced from an organ.

Perfection does exist on earth after all! Both the music and this amazing choir.

Sublime

Astonishing. It Beats RAP . . .

Exquisite.

When I'm getting a little Frustrated with Today's "NEWs" > I Listen to This .. and I Feel Better.

Faure's requiem mass is one of the most pleasurable pieces to PERFORM/LISTEN to ever written. Full orchestra, full choir and a few exquisite solos. Pie Jesu being one.

Very nice arrangement! Of course, amazing singing!!👋👋👋

Totally as close to perfect as human beings can get.

The background was simply amazing. The vocalist 🥺 an 👼 Jesus Jesus my my my my

So beautiful. Thank you.

Comment faites vous pour nous toucher autant ? ! ! Je rêve de chanter comme vous...au paradis peut être ! Votre ensemble est magnifique ! J'irai vous voir en concert dès que possible.

Fantastic.

Now VOCES8 knows what an old school, retired, Anglican, US, Navy and Marine Corps Chaplain listens to all day while reading classical theology. Now, if the public pulpits--at the Cathedrals too--would work as hard in Biblical exegesis, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, systematic theology and church history as VOCES8 musical scholars do at their musical craft. You folks are benchmarks of high-end quality. We need theologians in the pulpit with musicians like this for our anthems and more. Superb work and regards from eastern North Carolina (named Carolina after those misfits of King Charles 1 and II, but I digress). All day long, VOCES8 is played here. If a millionaire, would send you some money, but am quietly retired. Conserve and preserve the classics. The theological Vandals and Visigoths are at the gates. Regards.

Absolument magnifique! Quelle limpidité! Bravo et MERCI!