Choirboys from Heaven

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Album Summary

Performers

• Geoffrey Webber (Organ)
• Ashley Grote (Organ)
• Gerald Finley
• Matthew Schwinghammer (Piano)
• Tom Cully (Voice)
• Edward Day (Voice)
• Joshua Madine (Voice)
• Liam Connery (Voice)
• Michael Horncastle (Voice)
• Callum Payne (Voice)

Conductors

• Cleobury, Stephen
• Litton, John
• Muti, Riccardo
• Schwinghammer, Matthew
• Willcocks, David

Ensemble

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Composers

• Susanna Hoffs / Billy Steinberg / Thomas Kelly
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• David Byrne / Tina Weymouth / Chris Frantz / Jerry Harrison
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Maurice Greene (18th cent. Composer) (1696 - 1755)
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• John Newton ("Amazing Grace" Composer) (1725 - 1807)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Robert Prizeman (1952 - )
• Prince
• Enya / Nicky Ryan / Roma Shane Ryan
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Patrick Hadley (1899 - 1973)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• Ned Rorem (1923 - )
• Takatsugu Muramatsu
• Giulio Caccini (1551 - 1618)

Notes & Reviews:

This 2-CD set contains an extremely wide range of music for boys' choirs, from the early polyphony of Allegri's Misere to the present-day popular songs of Prince and Enya. Also included are some interesting works by some great 20th-century composers such as Copland, Britten and Ned Rorem. The featured choirs are some of the world's most notable boys' choirs, from the Vienna Boys' Choir and the American Boychoir to, perhaps the bestknown of them all, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The most recent of the choirs here is Libera, formed by their conductor, Robert Prizeman, from school boys from around south London. For those who already find the freshness and youthfulness of boys' voices uniquely appealing here is the perfect compilation. For those who have yet to make the discovery this set should prove a delightful musical journey.

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César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

• Performer: Geoffrey Webber (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 2 'Lobgesang' :: I waited for the Lord

• Performer: Ashley Grote (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1840

Verdi, Giuseppe : Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra :: Laudi alla Vergine Maria

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1889-1897

Mendelssohn, Felix : Elijah :: Lift thine eyes

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 08/11/1846

Green, Maurice : The Lord is my Shepherd

• Performer: Geoffrey Webber (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem :: Pie Jesu

• Performer: Ashley Grote (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Dextera Domini, Choeur de Pâques :: Alleluia!

• Performer: Geoffrey Webber (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 10 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1871

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Ave Maria, motet for 3-part male chorus & organ, Op. posth.

• Performer: Geoffrey Webber (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 08/20/1871

Schubert, Franz : Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132

• Performer: Ashley Grote (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 12/1820

Ireland, John : Ex ore innocentium

• Performer: Ashley Grote (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1944

Hadley, Patrick : I sing of a maiden

• Performer: Geoffrey Webber (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1936

Britten, Benjamin : Rejoice in the Lamb :: For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943

Rutter, John : Requiem :: Pie Jesu

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1985

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere

• Performer: Gerald Finley
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 12 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Britten, Benjamin : A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 6 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1942

Copland, Aaron : Ching-a-ring Chaw, song for voice & piano (Old American Songs II)

• Conductor: John Litton
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1952

Copland, Aaron : Old American Songs, Set 1

• Conductor: John Litton
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1950

Copland, Aaron : Old American Songs, Set 1

• Conductor: Matthew Schwinghammer
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1950

Copland, Aaron : Old American Songs, Set 2

• Conductor: Matthew Schwinghammer
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1952

Newton, John : Amazing Grace

• Conductor: John Litton
• Notes: Composition written: 1779.
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1779

Rorem, Ned : What is Pink?

• Performer: Matthew Schwinghammer (Piano)
• Running Time: 11 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1987

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Moravian Duets (Moravské dvojzpevy) (4) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 69 (Op. 38)

• Conductor: John Litton
• Running Time: 8 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: ?08/1877

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: Amor volat undique

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Muramatsu, Takatsugu : You Were There, for chorus (Main theme from 'Nobody to Watch Over Me')

• Performer: Tom Cully (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Tavener, John : The Mother of God, for chorus

• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1999

Prizeman, Robert : Secret, for chorus

• Performers: Edward Day (Voice); Joshua Madine (Voice); Liam Connery (Voice); Tom Cully (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Caccini, Giulio : Ave Maria

• Performers: Edward Day (Voice); Joshua Madine (Voice); Liam Connery (Voice); Tom Cully (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1600

Prizeman, Robert : Air on the G String, for children's chorus (after Bach)

• Performers: Edward Day (Voice); Joshua Madine (Voice); Liam Connery (Voice); Tom Cully (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Prizeman, Robert : Prayer, for children's chorus (after the prayer from Humperdinck's 'Hansel and Gretel')

• Performers: Michael Horncastle (Voice); Callum Payne (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Sibelius, Jean : Be Still, My Soul, hymn (based on Finlandia)

• Performers: Michael Horncastle (Voice); Tom Cully (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Prizeman, Robert : Going Home (based on the Largo from the Symphony no 9 'From the New World'), for chorus

• Performers: Michael Horncastle (Voice); Tom Cully (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Prince : Nothing Compares To You

• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Susanna Hoffs / Billy Ste : Eternal Flame

• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.

David Byrne / Tina Weymou : Burning Down the House

• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Enya / Nicky Ryan / Roma : Only Time

• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary