Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523)
Con amores, la mi madre

Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1553-1609)
3 Gesänge aus Six Balletti

Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
April Is In My Mistress’ Face

Mélodie traidtionnelle écossaise
Loch Lomond
The Parting Glass

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Die Nacht

Wilhelm Berger (1861-1911)
Die Kapelle am Strande

Ivan Moody (1964-)
Supplication For Peace

Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Näher mein Gott zu dir

Morten Lauridsen (1943-)
O nata lux

James Taylor (1948-)
You Can Close Your Eyes

Thomas A . Dorsey (1899-1993)
Peace In The Valley

John Lennon (1940-1980)
Imagine

Ed Swillms (1947-)
Der blaue Planet

Paul Simon (1941-)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Boxer

Sting (1951-)
Fields Of Gold

Andreas Kuch (?-)
Hey-Ho

Reinhard Mey (1942-)
Gute Nacht, Freunde

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Abendlied

Carl Ferdinand Adam (1806–1868)
Abend wird es wieder

Ensemble Octavians

Heiko Knopf, contreténor
René Lachmann, contreténor
Matthias Maurer, contreténor
Clemens Risse, ténor
Christian Gaida, ténor
Martin
Martin Kleekamp, baryton, beatbox
Andreas Jäckel, baryton
Johannes Schleussner, basse
Jakob Rendenbach, beatbox

“Jewels from five centuries” aptly describes this collection, featuring small pieces of great music, that the a cappella group Octavians presents on their new GENUIN album: canzones, motets, folk songs, and pop songs to which the winners of the 2017 A Cappella Contest Leipzig give their own unique coloring. The spectrum ranges from an old Spanish hymn of praise to motherly love to lieder by Franz Schubert and celebrated songs of our time by Paul Simon and Sting. The charm exuded by the internationally successful gentlemen is fully the match of their vocal skills: a uniform sound, infectious groove, and sparkling clean intonation are the hallmarks of the Octavians – truly a “deluxe boy band”!