VOCES8: The Blue Bird by Charles Villiers Stanford 

I see Voces8 and I hit play...then I hit replay. Simply best of the best.

Glorious ! I expect nothing less from Voces8. The sopranos blend is as one voice. Perfection ❤

I literally have never heard better voices than those held by Andrea and Molly. Their accuracy and tone is out of this world.

Wow! Andrea and Molly in such unison. Incredible as ever. Thank you Voces8

The only thing that would be better than listening to a group like this is singing in a group like this...♥

Having sung the soprano part as a solo, I can say that it takes a huge amount of control to pull it off well. Andrea and Molly make it look like child's play. They are exquisite! Well done, once again to my favourite choir! :D

Stunning. i've never heard more precise and perfect intonation with any voice or musical instrument than that achieved by the two female sopranos.

Andrea, best soprano ever ❤…

A reminder that we humans are capable of creating incredible beauty.

This is such a beautiful piece, but this performance was beyond exquisite! It was breathtaking!

Mon Dieu, Andrea showing the world what pure tonality really is. Outstanding recording team, thanks for brightening the day!

This touched my soul in so many beautiful ways. Beyond words. Thank you.

I forgot to breathe again. How close to perfection can you get, this side of heaven? Such beauty in our fallen world is so precious.

Good to see Molly back and always worth hearing her and Andrea in perfect unison.

Yes, yes, yes! Perfect piece for you all! Magic. Have been waiting for you to do this. Absolutely beautiful. Stunning calm, soprano unison, and I definitely have a weakness for Blake's voice carrying that tenor line with such tenderness and ease. Can't wait to hear you live one day!

It is spring in Sweden. This song fits perfectly for our blue evenings when the sun has set. Wonderful VOCES8, as always!

Sopranos blend so perfectly they sound like one voice.

My God this is beautiful -- I swear, that when I die - if I hear this when I wake up in the afterlife I'll know that I went up - not down

Wunderbar! Ich liebe eure Stimmen.

EXCELLENT TECHIQUE!!! WONDERFUL SINGING-the clarity, cleaness and accuracy of tone....sung like string Instruments, or perhaps more accurate woodwinds without unnecessary hysterics and..VERY LITTLE VIBRATO!! JUST GLORIOUS BEAUTIFUL SINGING...this is techique at its finest....

Absolutely gorgeous and transports one to the blue lake seeing the blue bird. Thank you!

I recall as a young tenor singing this with the Exultate Singers under the direction of the late Garrett O'Brien probably 50+ years ago, at the "Boston Stump" (church in Lincolnshire, England). The two solo sopranos - Pamela Morrice and Janet Lince it must have been - stood at the back end of the church with the remainder of the choir in front of the altar. That separation really seemed to suit the work. But I suspect it would not have been suitable for a video. I loved this song so much I incorporated elements into a song of my own as a fond tribute to one of the sopranos. Anyway, back to the present - and indeed this performance is a present for lovers of the work, thank you!

This was absolutely STUNNING! We did this in college many years ago along with "Silence and Music" by RVW. They do go together as the dedication in the RVW piece is, "To the memory of Charles Villiers Stanford, and his Blue Bird." I would love if they would record that one too.

Thank you Voces8 for giving us much needed respite during these tumultuous times. It is everything. ❤

Andrea has the best soprano in this world. Gives me goosebumps. She and Molly are so awesome together. This whole group is like a big opening in heaven that engulfs the listeners with their harmony.

I sang the 1st sop in this years ago. So lovely to hear my favourite group's rendition and Andrea's voice from heaven doing those "blue"s, and Molly and Andrea sounding like one voice.

Beautiful! Extremely beautiful! ❤️

Only last week I heard this on ClassicFM and thought, "I wonder if Voces8 will ever record this?" desperately hoping that you would ... Thank you - I am deeply in your debt.

I remember singing this 10 years ago in college! Lovely song and I still remember the tenor part to this day. Well done, as always!

Those sublime high notes....golly. also nice to hear the birds singing along with you! Sad to hear Molly is leaving. The blend was amazing , her voice was such a match for the group and I wish her well.

So pure, so balanced, so heavenly. Thank you so much again❤ In September Voces 8 in Holland, tickets are already bought😊

That's just lovely, lovely singing! Thank you.

Somewhere close to heaven...

Exquisite. I needed this so much today--thank you.

Been waiting many years for you to perform this piece and the wait has been worth it.

Gives me chills, and spreads warmth over the soul. Thank you, v8.

i had the honor of singing the descant line on my choir’s european tour last summer. this song brings back so many joyful memories. absolutely stunning!

One of my top ten performed by my favourite choir. Thank you Voces8.

Just stunning...thank you. If I was playing it on vinyl, it would already be wearing out!

I've been waiting VERY patiently for this... it did not disappoint 🙏

Beautiful, smooth like butter. Love the crunchy bits. Great song!

Stunning as always. When I see a new Voces8 video is available I swear my heart skips a beat or two. Thank you!

goodbye Molly. Glad to see you six times live with the group. Curious to find out who will take her place.

Such an incredible performance of this piece. And thank you for spelling the title correctly - I've seen it as 'The Bluebird" before, and that wasn't the title Stanford gave it!

Many rightly praise the wonderful, almost unbelievable clarity and lightness of the soprano. My choir sang this piece a few years ago and I know how hellishly difficult it is to achieve this effect. But it only works when the alto, tenor and bass also sing their wonderful harmonic lines clearly and easily. As you can hear here.

Remarkable, as always. There's so much beauty in this.Thank you.

What a beautiful start to my morning (UK). Thank you.

Simply beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you for this most sublime rendition of this beautiful composition - such control in your performance - truly epic.

Greetings. You all are truly an amazing artists Voces8! What a heavenly voices. Bravissimo!!!

Great that so many groups have been inspired by Stanford's centenary to learn this amazing piece!

Superb. Transporting, transfixing and utterly gorgeous! 💖🙏

Stanford - you curmudgeonly, cantankerous man! How did you compose such an exquisitely simple and beautiful part song that never fails to move me to tears?! Incredible.

Phew.... astounding.

Your voices ! So beautiful ❤

I love also Molly's sweet voice. When Andrea and Molly sing unisono they are the same voice. It is so beautiful.

OMG just discovered. So beautiful. Perfection :)

So sad at Mollys departure. I really feel they captured lightning in a bottle with this lineup. Impossible to top. I wish her the best in what follows.

Speechless 🕊

Grande harmonia. Agudos impressionantes.

Absolutely glorious. CVS a much underrated composer.

Perfection! Overtones!!!!!!!!

When I compose choral a cappella music, this is the quality of performance I imagine in my head.

Thank you 🙏

Just wonderful!!

Divine!❤

Beautiful, thank you x

Gorgeous!

So beautiful!!!❤

Lovely! ☝️😎

So beautiful!!!

Beautiful!

Stunning as expected from Voces 8

I just got back from a 5,000 mile road trip to see the eclipse; and this, and THIS welcome home!

Another flawless performance of an exquisite piece. This doesn't get performed often enough, I think.

Beautiful! ❤

Was ein harmonischer sphärischer Stimmenklangkörper - unfassbar👍👍👍👍👍👍💓

Just wow ❤❤❤ exquisite 👌🏻

Sublime

Theese stunning vocals

If you guys ever had your own choir virtual instrument every music composer who loves choral music would instantly buy it!!! 😊

Дуже дякую! Молодці!

Wonderful!

Woww..Fantastic ❤

Brava upon Andrea, she surely sings like an archangel...

What a sublime instrument is the human voice. Why do so many other singers endeavour to bury purity and intonation such as this under layers of nauseating vibrato?

Oh how i miss chamber choir, the colors i see with this singing is like a warm day for me.

The purest tone...

Perfection.

You guys...💯🙌

Amazing

Now to have had Judith Bingham's The Drowned Lovers as a companion to this wonderful performance of "the original," as it were ♥

❤Wunderschön ❤

But when Katie's voice comes through!

Jesteście najlepsi na świecie. Na pewno to wiecie

Andréa, un ange

priceless

❤

Unison sopranos so good it could be AI.. holy moly!

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