Track Listing

1. Lord's My Shepherd
2. Pie Jesu (Faure Requiem)
3. All Things Bright And Beautiful
4. Amazing Grace
5. Nunc Dimittis
6. Onward Christian Soldiers
7. Evening Falls
8. O Holy Night
9. Bright Eyes
10. Close Every Door To Me
11. Praise My Soul (The King Of Heaven)
12. Abide With Me
13. Jerusalem
14. I Vow To Thee My Country (World In Union)
15. All Through The Night
16. You Are The New Day
17. Bailero
18. Jesus Bids Us Shine/Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
19. Light The Candles Round The World
20. Gaudete

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6247 in Music
• Released on: 1996-08-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 67 minutes

Customer Reviews

Another Angellic Masterpiece
The St Philips Boys Choir - better know these days as 'Libera' - have a unique sound. Inspired by the genius of Robert Prizeman, these seven to fourteen year olds have the ability to reduce the strongest of upper lips to jelly with a single chord. Play this CD and you will tap your foot, sing along or weep whenever they wish you to. As an example, in consecutive tracks, you will hear the most moving version of 'Abide With Me' followed immediately by the most stirring version of 'Jerusalem'. The use of a 'close-mike' with Liam's breathtaking voice makes Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Close Every Door' my favourite track but it's a close call. Each and every track is a masterpiece which leave the listener begging for more. Buy this CD and I guarantee that, like me, you will listen to little else for months!

Wonderful boychoir music, with some modern touches
I very much recommend this disc to those who enjoy the beautiful sounds of a superb boys' choir. It mixes the familiar with the not-so-familiar; modern with very old.

The recording appears to be very close-miked, with reverb added (perhaps too much). The voices are EXCELLENT!

Accompaniment is primarily by synthesizer, sounding mostly like church organ, with considerable use of deep base tones to balance the high treble voices, but also uses the sound of strings and even handbells. All of the synth work is done with subtlty.

Many of the songs are familiar hymns or carols. Standouts include "Amazing Grace" and "Abide With Me". There's a very good rendition of "You Are The New Day", a song popularized by the King's Singers a while back. A rolicking Gregorian chant (how's that for an oxymoron?) called "Gaudette" finishes things off, with accompaniment by deep drumbeats and tamborine. I've just ordered Volume 1 and have high hopes for it. By the way, if you are familiar with "Libera", a new-age-style disc, it's the same boys - from St Philips Church in London.

Breathtakingly Beautiful
Some of these songs are just wonderful. I am an 18 year old guy, so choral music is not usually my thing, but this is an exception. The voice quality on this CD I cannot describe as anything other than breathtaking. You will not find better voices anywhere for sheer raw voice quality than this. I cannot praise these guys, and their conductor enough. The track "I vow to thee my country" is particularly good. Its a shame that Amazon doesn't have some samples of the songs online. Even if you think you don't really like this type of music this CD is still worth trying. For those that are fans of this genre anyway; it is truly phenominal!