Product Description
Livera's ANGEL VOICES collection includes the best of past tracks combined with some new tracks- the deeply moving "Going Home," employing the melody of Dvorak's's Largo from the NEW WORLD SYMPHONY and the group's ethereal interpretation of "Silent Night" - and reworked tracks as well.
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There's very little to say about this recording of ethereally beautifully singing by the 24 young English lads who make up the group Libera. Enormously popular in Asia, the group is part of a parish choir in South London that has been around for many years, with of course, changes in personnel as voices change. There are a couple of pieces here by well-known composers--Pachelbel, Sibelius, Holst, Dvorak--but to their music have been added words and, of course, it's all been "arranged." Texts, translations from Latin, and arrangements as well as original music are by Robert Prizeman, the choir's director, and some of the numbers are accompanied by quiet synthesizers, organ, and/or drums. There is something new-age about this project and some might find the effect syrupy, while others might long for the "real" thing, that is, boys with this talent singing some Renaissance or later music that is not designed simply as balm for the ears. But for what it is--a perfectly pitched choir with some outstanding solo work as well, singing easy-to-listen to short numbers--this is just lovely. --Robert Levine
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 6.38 x 5.63 x 0.43 inches; 3.53 ounces
- Manufacturer : Warner Classics
- Original Release Date : 2006
- Date First Available : January 28, 2007
- Label : Warner Classics
- Number of discs : 1
