The Lamb -- Tenebrae Choir

"The Lamb" (John Tavener)
Tenebrae Choir
Nigel Short, director
http://www.tenebrae-choir.com

Supported by Swiss Global Artistic Foundation, http://www.swissglobal.org

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tenebrae
• choir
• taverner
• lamb
• nigel
• short

[Snowmeltas]

One needs to distinguish between John Taverner (born in the 15th century) and John Tavener (born in the 20th century), both composers of religious music. This piece is by the latter (no middle "r").

[shawshank4u]

You are absolutely correct -- I've fixed the error!

[novoconfuso]

Just because it isn't live, does not mean that it is digitally enhanced and balanced. This is classical singers with proper education unlike pop singers all over the world with the need for digital enhancement. Remember that this is a choir that does tons of live performances a year. It's not Katy Perry or Glee :-)

[TheAtkinsoj]

Flawless. Utterly brilliant!

[VerbinStudios]

@novoconfuso Correct, but it is an element of music production to take in a musician or in this case, a group of musicians, and create a dynamic and balanced mix with perhaps some reverb and delay (which will help with blending). Obviously a choir has the ability to understand how to blend beautifully with their mouth cavities and vowel use, but studio production does not necessarily take any of the talent out of the performance. It just adds some color :)

[minimalbeach]

BREATHLESS

[o0omethvero0o]

just...beautiful.

[zazamankh7]

pure sublimity...Tavener's exquisite setting of the Blake poem: the spiritual art of both Tavener and Blake manifest what the Psalmist terms 'the beauties of Holiness' and give eternal praise to 'Jesus the Imagination'.

[jezichael]

so beautiful

[judmcc]

I'm taking chorus in high school. We have to sing this for a Christmas recital, during practice we very similar

[MadWomansKnitting]

beautiful :)

[famas807]

C'est sublime, en effet. C'est vraiment très beau. et cela amène forcément à la Prière et à l'oraison.

[DJLiko81]

@RKnud I would actually say that fewer singers generally make for better recordings, because the chances of one person having a momentary lapse at any given point in the piece is reduced. The more instruments you have, the harder it is to get them all exactly in tune, attacking and releasing at exactly the same time. Bigger choirs get you volume and part depth; smaller choirs get you precision and crispness.