Schubert / Libera Angels Sing: Libera In America CD

Libera, the celestial-sounding, chart-topping boy choir, brings it's distinctive blend of innovative textures, meditative solos and shimmering, ecstatic choral harmonies, embedded in atmospheric instrumental arrangements, to a combination of religious and secular music. The group recorded a live concert for CD in Washington, D.C. at the spectacular Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. With Libera in America, the young Londoners pay tribute to their host country and church with a characteristic blend of sacred and secular music in both the classical and popular traditions, bringing together innovative textures, meditative solos and shimmering, ecstatic choral harmonies. The album opens with Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee, inspired by Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and among the following tracks are some of Libera's greatest hits - including Sanctus, inspired by Johann Pachelbel's famous Canon, and Song of Life by the Japanese composer Takatsugu Muramatsu. These numbers are complemented by such universal sacred favorites as the haunting Amazing Grace and Schubert's soaring Ave Maria.

1. Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee 2. How Can I Keep from Singing 3. Morning Has Broken 4. America the Beautiful 5. Wayfaring Stranger 6. Amazing Grace 7. Wonderful World 8. The Prayer 9. Be Still My Soul 10. How Great Thou Art 11. Rest in Peace 12. Sanctus 13. Song of Life 14. Ave Maria 15. Voca Me 16. How Shall I Sing That Majesty