Enya's Orinoco Flow and Bach's Air on a G string; the disc also includes a track penned by Brian Wilson called 'Love and Mercy'. This is the song Libera performed to a star-studded audience in Washington DC before Christmas at the Kennedy Centre Honours, an audience which included President Bush, Robert De Niro, Cameron Diaz and Brian Wilson himself. The talented singers of Libera come from a variety of different schools and backgrounds in London and join together at a church in South London where they rehearse and perform for many hours each week. The youngest is seven and the oldest members are fourteen. Alongside their unique Libera music, the boy singers enjoy a wide repertoire from classical and cathedral pieces to works for pop and media productions. In recent years they have sung on films like 'Romeo & Juliet' and 'Hannibal' and with singers like Bjork, Elton John & Pavarotti. Libera is directed by Robert Prizeman, the well respected musical advisor to the BBC religious TV programme Songs of Praise. Robert arranges, if not writes all of the music that Libera perform. Sales of Libera's albums worldwide are now over 300,000 and the boys have a strong following of fans.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Awesome group, wonderful music.:
This is a great CD from a great group. One problem though: Amazon ships single CDs in a padded envelope that does not provide adequate protection. Mine arrived with the jewel case broken. A friend had the same thing happen. I had another order with a CD and a DVD and it was packed in a cardboard box and arrived safely. Amazon needs to change their packaging method for single CDs and DVDs.
Beautiful singing by an excellent choir:
This was the first time I had heard the Libera group as I was sent the CD as a gift. To begin with I really didn't care for some of the music - remember I hadn't heard this style of choral singing before and it took a bit of getting used to, but I sat down on Saturday and listened right through and by the time it was finished I was hooked. I loved the setting of Bach's Air on a G String in particular, and then right at the end the performances of Blake's Little Lamb and the In Paradisum are exquisite. This... more info
Still the Best Boy Band:
Libera continues to put out great music. Though the music is basically the same type of music as their other CD's. This CD has a slightly different feel to it in my opinion. Their music is part ethereal and part just plain fun. They sound like they enjoy singing together and being part of Libera. It would be great to be able to see them live in concert to see that joy and enthusiasm that they put into their singing on the CD's. Anyone who is a fan of boy treble singers and boy's choirs should buy this CD.
A Real New Dawn:
The latest Libera CD to add to my collection, "New Dawn," is slightly different than previous Libera CDs, in my opinion. This does not diminish the quality and artistry of the music in this CD in any way. Among the classic Libera style tracks are two tracks that one would classify as "pop" and "new age." One of the tracks I'm referring to is, "Love and Mercy" which was written by Brian Wilson and was performed by Libera on December 2007 at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. The other track is a... more info
Tracks:
Orinoco Flow - Libera, Enya
Ave Maria - Libera, Caccini, Giulio
Secret - Libera, Prizeman, Robert
Air - Libera,
Gloria (Based on 3rd Movement of Symphony No. 3 in C Minor 'Organ Symph - Libera, Prizeman, Robert
Sancte - Libera, Prizeman, Robert
Rest in Peace - Libera, Skellern, Robert
Love and Mercy - Libera, Wilson, Brian
May the Road Rise Up - Libera, Prizeman, Robert
Never Be Alone - Libera, Geraghty, Steven
Jerusalem - Libera, Parry, Hubert
Tallis's Canon (Glory to Thee My God This Night) - Libera, Tallis, Thomas
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