Angel Voices

Angel Voices

Angel Voices
List Price: $16.98
Our Price: $8.77
You Save: $8.21 (48%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.49 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Listen soundtracks from this album

Compare Prices for Angel Voices

(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

Music CD Cover

Composer: Takatsugu Muramatsu
Composer: Robert Prizeman
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Composer: Gustav Holst
Composer: William Henry Monk
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Conductor: Robert Prizeman
Performer: Robert Prizeman
Performer: Ian Tilley
Performer: Steven Geraghty
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-10-25
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. Far Away
  2. Sanctus
  3. Ave Maria
  4. Going Home
  5. Be Still My Soul
  6. Salva Me
  7. I Vow To Thee, My Country
  8. Voca Me
  9. Always With You
  10. We Are The Lost
  11. I Am The Day
  12. Recordare
  13. Abide With Me
  14. Silent Night
  15. Going Home

Free Music Notes for Angel Voices

Free Music Review: Immaculate (as usual)
Hit: 5 Stars

The studio disc "Angel Voices" represents a well-crafted cross-section of Libera's work across the majority of its 24 year history; a "greatest hits" disc. If you're brand new to Libera, start right here: this disc has the majority of their most well-known work from performances and albums past. For old hands, there are some new cuts sure to become part of Libera's lasting repertoire. This album's track list is NOT the same as that for the live recording made at Leiden: Angel Voices: Libera In Concert

Purists: Go away. The group actively promotes themselves as a unique style of their own (the boys' own words, not some publicist's blurb), so they won't fit into prefab Genre Boxes. Libera is made up of schoolchildren united by their love of this art--please try and recognize that before attacking them for transforming the music of "your" masters into "electronic garbage."

For newcomers, the "Sanctus" given before Pope Benedict XVI's 2008 Mass at Yankee Stadium is on this disc, recorded by the same voices. The shimmering textures of "Voca me" highlight the 'Libera sound,' a blending of powerful low altos against the brilliant, warm tones of the higher trebles. "Salva me," showcasing one of Libera's best soloists (Tom Cully), is also a long-established standard from Libera's catalogue. "Ave Maria," first heard on "LiberaVisions" (2005), breathes here again, the solo voices seeming to float overhead.

Folks looking for something new will find it in several places. "Far Away" gets its first appearance on disc here, its longing solo part contrasting beautifully against the choir's fuller sound. "Going Home," based on the "Largo" from Dvorak's "Symphony No. 9: From the New World," is something American listeners can identify with. It appears in two versions: the original cut and a radio edit. The warm, serene timbre of the soloists melds perfectly with the song's lyrical meditation on death. "Silent Night," led by soloist Tom Cully, might feel slightly out of place (or season), but the performance is magnetic and wonderful...you'll remember it when Christmas rolls around again!

If there is a caveat here, it's simply a matter of personal taste: I'd like to have seen "Adoramus" on here, since that's one of my favorites by Libera.

"Angel Voices," with its balance of old and new material, is a versatile and immaculately beautiful collection of Libera's finest work and talent. If you're new to this group, start right here (and also Luminosa).
Write your own review
More free music notes:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Classical Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Classical Music CDs
Winterscapes ImageWinterscapes
by London Philharmonic
Prophetic Voice; Published: 2000-07; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $2.74
Price in other shops: $6.99
The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee ImageThe Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee
by Dini Petty
Children's Group; Published: 2001-03; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.40
Price in other shops: $13.98
Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr ImageClassical Kids - Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr
Release date: 2000-04-05; Music CD
Best price: $25.98
Tchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos)) ImageTchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos))
by Malcolm Sinclair, Jeremy Siepmann
Naxos; Published: 2003-11; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $35.99
Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS] ImageJose Carreras - Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS]
Sling Shot; Release date: 2000-04-18; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.87
Price in other shops: $9.99
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS] ImageTchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-09-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.94
Price in other shops: $29.95
Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS] ImageRambert Dance Company - Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-10-28; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $24.99
Price in other shops: $29.95
Winter Music: Composing the North ImageWinter Music: Composing the North
by John Luther Adams
Wesleyan; Published: 2004-11-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $19.73
Price in other shops: $25.95
Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImagePuccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops: $29.95
Verdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImageVerdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops: $29.95
Top Rated Albums
Angel Voices: Libera In Concert ImageAngel Voices: Libera In Concert
Release date: 2007-10-02; Music CD
Best price: $8.95
Price in other shops: $18.98
Libera ImageLibera - Libera
Release date: 2000-02-15; Music CD
Best price: $11.62
Price in other shops: $16.99
Libera Visions ImageLibera, Robert Prizeman - Libera Visions
Release date: 2005-11-14; Music CD
Best price: $6.97
Price in other shops: $16.98
Luminosa ImageLibera - Luminosa
Release date: 2001-10-02; Music CD
Best price: $10.60
Price in other shops: $16.99
Free ImageFree
Release date: 2004-10-05; Published: 2004; Music CD
Best price: $9.11
Price in other shops: $16.98
New Dawn ImageLibera - New Dawn
Release date: 2008-09-02; Music CD
Best price: $6.91
Price in other shops: $16.98
Angel Voices: Libera In Concert ImageAngel Voices: Libera In Concert
Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $10.98
Price in other shops: $19.98
Peace ImageLibera - Peace
Release date: 2010-04-06; Music CD
Best price: $7.42
Price in other shops: $16.98
Christmas Album ImageLibera - Christmas Album
Release date: 2011-11-01; Music CD
Best price: $15.31
Price in other shops: $23.98
Eternal The Best of Libera ImageLibera - Eternal The Best of Libera
Release date: 2009-04-07; Music CD
Best price: $9.81
Price in other shops: $16.98
Books | Health and Personal Care | Beauty | Digital Cameras and Photo | Kitchen and Housewares | Tools and Hardware
Copyright © 2005-2007 musicnear.com
Google
 
Web musicnear.com
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles