Peace (Libera album)

Peace
Studio album by Libera
Released March 8th, 2010 (International), April 6th, 2010 (US)
Genre Classical, Choral, New-age
Length -
Label EMI Classics
Producer Ian Tilley, Robert Prizeman
Libera chronology

Eternal - The Best of Libera
(2008)		 Peace
(2010)		 Libera: The Christmas Album
(2011)

Peace is a studio album by London-based boy choir Libera, which was released in March 2010 by record label EMI Classics.[1]

Promotions

Two singles were released, the first single Sanctissima was released as a free download and featured Benedict Philipp as the soloist. Another song entitled Time came in a form of music video, this time 2 soloists were featured, Joshua Madine and Benedict Philipp. In February another 4 album tracks: Ave Virgo, Exsultate, Lacrymosa and The Fountain were made available as audio stream by inserting Libera CD with Opendisc software inside.

Reception

The album ranked 8th at its peak on the Billboard charts for classical albums and remained on the charts for 12 weeks.[2]

The album was reviewed by BBC Music's Daniel Ross, who criticised it for being too commercial and musically unchallenging.[1]

Track listing

Main CD
No. Title Length
1. "Sanctissima" (Solo by Benedict Philipp) 4:22
2. "Time" (Solo by Joshua Madine and Benedict Philipp Violin Solo by Fiona Pears) 4:17
3. "Ave Virgo (Based on a theme from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto)" (Solo by Tom Cully) 3:52
4. "Faithful Heart" (Solo by Joshua Madine Duett: Stefan Leadbeater and Daniel Fontannaz) 3:22
5. "Gaelic Blessing (Deep Peace)" (Solo by Stefan Leadbeater and James Threadgill with Samuel Moriarty) 3:31
6. "Exultate" (Solo by Benedict Philipp) 3:45
7. "How Shall I Sing That Majesty" (Solo by Stefan Leadbeater) 4:08
8. "Lacrymosa (based on Aquarium from Carnival of The Animals by Saint-Saëns)" (Solo by Benedict Philipp) 3:34
9. "Adoro Te"   3:51
10. "Lead Kindly Light" (Solo by Jakob De Menezes-Wood) 3:55
11. "Panis Angelicus" (Solo by Daniel Fontannaz) 3:14
12. "Touch The Sky" (Solo by James Mordaunt Duett: Benedict Philipp and Jakob De Menezes-Wood) 3:13
13. "The Fountain (Based on Prelude in C Minor by Chopin)" (Solo by Ralph Skan) 3:33

Credits

Peace DeLuxe Edition

Peace DeLuxe Edition
Studio album by Libera
Released Nov 22, 2010 (EU and Japan) / Dec 7, 2010 (US)
Genre Classical, Choral, New-age
Length -
Label EMI Classics
Producer Ian Tilley, Robert Prizeman

Limited Edition Deluxe Package features:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daniel Ross (March 12, 2010). "Libera Peace Review". BBC.
  2. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/307155/libera/chart

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