Vocé is a new album from Brentwood featuring the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, England. The choir is conducted by Richard Marlow and the recording was made on location at Trinity College.
If you like Renaissance music, Gregorian chants, and the purity of sound and emotion found in classical compositions, then you will really enjoy Vocé. Since it is primarily a collection of works preformed in Latin and German, the album insert contains both the original text and an English translation for each piece.
Vocé contains a diverse collection of classic hymns "Agnus Dei" by Samuel Barber, "Sanctus" by Franz Schubert, "Percatum me quotidie" by Orlando Di Lasso, "Never Weather Beaten Sail" by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, "Timor et Tremor" by Orlando Di Lasso, "Justorum Animae" by Orlando Di Lasso, "Popule Meus" by Orlando Di Lasso, "Hear My Prayer, O Lord" by Henry Purcell, "Miserere Mei" by Gregorio Allegri, and "Ubi Caritas" by Durufle. These ten songs are done reverently and in a dignified style that would have made the composers proud.
The album helps one imagine walking sacred halls in some majestic cathedral or monastery. With the purchase of the cassette or CD, you get a video containing some of the music set to scenes shot in Scotland. Even without the video, which is primarily outdoor/nature shots, you can almost picture the stained glass windows or statues of saints, apostles and martyrs. For a nice change of pace, give Trinity College's Vocé a try. I think you'll like it.
