It had to happen -- Britain's profusion of top-notch boy choirs meets the country's love for easy-on-the-ears crossover music.
Ten years ago, Libera was known as St.
Philip's Choir.
Five years ago, it was Angel Voices.
Now, as Libera, with electronic rhythm tracks and simple original compositions by leader Robert Prizeman, the group is at the top levels of the U.K.
classical charts, and it has the U.S.
in its sites.
This album, which opens with an inventive texting of Pachelbel's Canon, actually is a bit sparer than Libera's previous Free release, but it's cut from the same cloth.
This release is aimed at a certain audience -- that which likes the sound of boys' voices and thinks of classical music as part of an arsenal of stress eliminators along with chamomile tea, heated seats, and bath salts.
It's a large audience, and if you are part of it, you'll love this album.
The studio sound is effectively manipulated so as to sound for all the world like it originated inside a cathedral.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PrayerEngelbert Humperdinck | Libera | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Locus iste (Sanctus) | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Always with you | Libera/Tom Cully/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Ave Maria | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/Conor O'Donnell | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Libera | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/Michael Horncastle/Joseph Sanders-Wilde | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Sempiterna | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/Joseph Sanders-Wilde/Tom Cully | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Recordare | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/Conor O'Donnell/Joseph Sanders-Wilde | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Wings of a Dove | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Something sings | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/Michael Horncastle | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | New Day | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | We are the lost | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/Tom Cully/Michael Horncastle | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Sing for ever | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/Michael Horncastle | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Abide with me | Libera/Robert Prizeman/Fiona Pears/John Anderson/Steven Geraghty/Chris Dodd/Ian Tilley/James Vereycken | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 51 mins | 118 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Anderson | Cor Anglais |
| 2 | John Anderson | Cor Anglais |
| 3 | Frank Baron | Photography |
| 4 | Sam Coates | Assistant |
| 5 | Tony Cousins | Mastering |
| 6 | Ben Crawley | Assistant |
| 7 | Tom Cully | Vocals |
| 8 | John David | Composer, Text |
| 9 | Chris Dodd | Percussion |
| 10 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Text |
| 11 | Simon Fowler | Photography |
| 12 | Barbara Geraghty | Contractor |
| 13 | Steven Geraghty | Assistant, Clarinet, Keyboards, Organ, Percussion, Piano |
| 14 | Keith Gray | Artwork |
| 15 | Michael Horncastle | Vocals |
| 16 | Libera | Children's Chorus, Ensemble, Primary Artist |
| 17 | Henry Francis Lyte | Text |
| 18 | John McCrae | Text Adaptation |
| 19 | John McCrea | Text Adaptation |
| 20 | Conor O'Donnell | Vocals |
| 21 | Callum Payne | Vocals |
| 22 | Fiona Pears | Violin |
| 23 | Robert Prizeman | Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Director, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Producer |
| 24 | Joseph Sanders-Wilde | Vocals |
| 25 | Colin Sheen | Contractor |
| 26 | Ian Tilley | Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Producer |
| 27 | James Vereycken | Vocals |
| 28 | Isaac Watts | Text Adaptation |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |