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In the same way that the Kronos Quartet redefined the chamber quartet as a classical crossover concept, Robert Prizeman's Libera attempts to chart a new course for the traditional boys choir sound. Gathering boys seven to 14 from South London schools, Prizeman has molded them and employed them to perform his own adaptations of classical themes and pop music as well, while reaching the charts in several countries. On New Dawn, the group's fifth studio album, the material ranges from Bach to Enya's "Orinoco Flow," and Prizeman's arrangements are played by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra sometimes, and at others by his electronic keyboards. The boys sound like a good boys choir, but it is the contexts Prizeman creates for them that makes them distinctive and non-traditional. Their appearance at the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors as part of a salute to Brian Wilson is recreated here in their performance of Wilson's "Love and Mercy," which makes overt the connection between the high-pitched harmonies Wilson achieved with the Beach Boys and the traditional boys choir sound. But the boys of Libera also take on "Jerusalem," the most conventional of choices for a British choir. They aren't really that unconventional, but they are unconventional enough to earn their crossover status.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Orinoco flow (Enya)
Enya, Composer - Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Roman Ryan, Poet
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Ave Maria (Giulio Caccini)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Tom Cully, Boy Soprano - Giulio Caccini, Composer - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Secret (Robert Prizeman)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Robert Prizeman, Composer, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards, Poet - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - Joshua Madine, Boy Soprano - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Air sur la corde de sol (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Tom Cully, Boy Soprano - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - Joshua Madine, Boy Soprano - Edward Day, Boy Soprano - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Liam Connery, Boy Soprano
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Gloria (d'après la Symphonie avec orgue) (Camille Saint-Saëns)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Sancte (Robert Prizeman)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Tom Cully, Boy Soprano - Robert Prizeman, Composer, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Liam Connery, Boy Soprano
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Rest in peace (Peter Skellern)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Tom Cully, Boy Soprano - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - Peter Skellern, Composer, Poet - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Love and Mercy (Brian Wilson)
Brian Wilson, Composer - ROB MATHES, Arranger - Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Tom Cully, Boy Soprano - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - Joshua Madine, Boy Soprano - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
May the road rise up (Robert Prizeman)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin - Tom Cully, Boy Soprano - Robert Prizeman, Composer, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards, Poet - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2008 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to Parlophone Records Limited
Never be alone (Steven Geraghty)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin, MainArtist - Tom Cully, Boy Soprano - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - Steven Geraghty, Composer - Joshua Madine, Boy Soprano - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Joseph Snelling, Boy Soprano
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to EMI Records Ltd.
Jérusalem : musique de ballet (Sir Charles Hubert Parry)
Hubert Parry, Composer - Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin, MainArtist - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Benedict Philipp, Boy Soprano
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to EMI Records Ltd.
Canon (Thomas Tallis)
Thomas Tallis, Composer - Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin, MainArtist - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - Edward Day, Boy Soprano - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to EMI Records Ltd.
The Lamb (Don Kay)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin, MainArtist - Robert Prizeman, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Don Kay, Composer - Benedict Philipp, Boy Soprano
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to EMI Records Ltd.
In Paradisum (Robert Prizeman)
Libera, Vocal Ensemble, MainArtist - Fiona Pears, Violin, MainArtist - Robert Prizeman, Composer, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards - Ian Tilley, Producer, Keyboards - Edward Day, Boy Soprano - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to EMI Records Ltd.
Album review
In the same way that the Kronos Quartet redefined the chamber quartet as a classical crossover concept, Robert Prizeman's Libera attempts to chart a new course for the traditional boys choir sound. Gathering boys seven to 14 from South London schools, Prizeman has molded them and employed them to perform his own adaptations of classical themes and pop music as well, while reaching the charts in several countries. On New Dawn, the group's fifth studio album, the material ranges from Bach to Enya's "Orinoco Flow," and Prizeman's arrangements are played by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra sometimes, and at others by his electronic keyboards. The boys sound like a good boys choir, but it is the contexts Prizeman creates for them that makes them distinctive and non-traditional. Their appearance at the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors as part of a salute to Brian Wilson is recreated here in their performance of Wilson's "Love and Mercy," which makes overt the connection between the high-pitched harmonies Wilson achieved with the Beach Boys and the traditional boys choir sound. But the boys of Libera also take on "Jerusalem," the most conventional of choices for a British choir. They aren't really that unconventional, but they are unconventional enough to earn their crossover status.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:34
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Libera
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2008 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Robert Prizeman under exclusive licensed to EMI Records Ltd.
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