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Composer: LiberaComposer: Steven Geraghty
Conductor: Gustav Holst
Performer: Gustav Holst
Performer: Robert Prizeman
Performer: Robert / Tilley, Ian Prizeman
Performer: Jean Sibelius
Performer: Robert Prizeman
Performer: Helen Cole
Performer: Ian Tilley
Performer: Chris Dodd
Performer: Fiona Pears
Edition: Music CD
Published: 2004
CD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- I Am The Day
- Stay With Me
- Voca Me
- A Song Of Enchantment
- Ave Verum
- Do Not Stand At My Grave
- When A Knight
- A New Heaven
- I Vow To Thee My Country
- Lament
- Twilight
- Be Still My Soul
- Adoramus
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Free Music Review: "Free" is a music-lover's delight
Hit: 5 Stars
Robert Prizeman and his boys have done it again: "Free" is simply wonderful! Fans of Libera will not be disappointed. Newcomers will find the music engaging. (I have purchased copies of earlier Libera albums for friends. They reported back that unfamiliarity with the genre or the content of the lyrics is no barrier to enjoyment, and that this music appeals to all generations.)
"Free" is Libera's third album release, following the group's self-titled first CD "Libera" and its successor "Luminosa". "Free" bears the hallmarks that fans have come to expect: an admixture of Latin and English texts, sweet but not cloying solo vocals, and harmonies sung to distinction in a fusion of traditional and contemporary styles. In this album Mr. Prizeman's further maturation as a composer and arranger is fully evident. He continues to employ the synthesizer but also wields a wider palette of instruments to good effect.
There is concert-worthy material here: "Voca me" is a compelling example, and it is not alone. "A New Heaven" is hauntingly beautiful, evocative at times of Faure at his best but with its own identity. "Lament" is ethereal. "Stay with me" and its ariose octave leaps echo in my head at odd moments throughout the day. "Free" is a musical experience that is not to be missed.
I marvel at the fact that this is a performance by children, by boys of ages 7 to 14. Its quality surpasses by light years the harsh gang-of-kids-singing tones produced in a typical elementary school classroom. So, here is a ringing American endorsement for the thousand-year English choral tradition, of which I was largely unaware until late in my life. It is incorporated in countless film scores, but for years I was not focused on it, incidentally appreciating the sound but not reflecting on how it had been created. When awareness finally came, it opened a door to wonder. Since then I have witnessed the level of boychoir musicianship firsthand. It is truly remarkable. "Free" is an outstanding example.
DISCLAIMER: While traveling in England in 2002 I paid a visit to the parish church in south London where Mr. Prizeman was Organist. I heard his splendid traditional choir. Afterward I briefly met him and a few of the choristers, some of whom were also members of Libera. I was already a fan, and it was great fun. It probably didn't influence my appraisal of this album.
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Free (CD Album) by Libera - Producer: Robert Prizeman & Ian Tilley - 13 Tracks : 1. I Am The Day 4:41, 2. Stay With Me 3:31, 3. Voca Me 4:47, 4. A Song Of Enchantment 4:31, 5. Ave Verum 4:20, 6. Do Not Stand At My Grave 2:41, 7. When A Knight 2:17, 8. A New Heaven 4:08, 9. I Vow To Thee My Country 3:14, 10. Lament 4:17, 11. Twilight 4:15, 12. Be Still My Soul 3:57, 13. Adoramus 4:18Classical Music CDs
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