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Peace (Libera album)

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Artist
  
Libera

Producer
  
Robert Prizeman

Genre
  
Classical music

Release date
  
8 March 2010

Label
  
EMI Classics

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Released
  
March 8th, 2010 (International), April 6th, 2010 (US)

Peace (2010)
  
Libera The Christmas Album (2011)

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Eternal: The Best of Libera, New Dawn, Free, Visions, Song of Life

O sanctissima songs of praise


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

Contents

Libera o sanctissima from the album peace 2010


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.

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

Credits

  • Vocal Soloist: Benedict Philipp, Joshua Madine, Tom Cully, Stefan Leadbeater, James Threadgill, Jakob De Menezes-Wood, Daniel Fontannaz, James Mordaunt, Ralph Skan
  • Duets: Stefan Leadbeater - Daniel Fontannaz, Benedict Philipp - Jakob De Menezes-Wood
  • Directed and conducted by Robert Prizeman
  • Produced by Ian Tilley, Robert Prizeman and Sam Coates
  • Assisted by Steven Geraghty, Ben Crawley and Tom Cully
  • Musicians: Robert Prizeman, Ian Tilley, Steven Geraghty, Fiona Pears, Jonathan Howell

    • Peace DeLuxe Edition

  • Release Date: Nov 22, 2010 (EU and Japan) / Dec 7, 2010 (US)
  • Vocal Soloist: Benedict Philipp, Joshua Madine, Tom Cully, Stefan Leadbeater, James Threadgill, Jakob De Menezes-Wood, Daniel Fontannaz, James Mordaunt, Ralph Skan
  • Duets: Stefan Leadbeater - Daniel Fontannaz, Benedict Philipp - Jakob De Menezes-Wood
  • Directed and conducted by Robert Prizeman
  • Produced by Ian Tilley, Robert Prizeman and Sam Coates
  • Assisted by Steven Geraghty, Ben Crawley and Tom Cully
  • Musicians: Robert Prizeman, Ian Tilley, Steven Geraghty, Fiona Pears, Jonathan Howell

    • Limited Edition Deluxe Package features:

  • 1) Album "Peace" (2010) with 5 bonus tracks (total 18 tracks)
  • Lullabye (Goodnight my Angel) (Solo: Joshua Madine)
  • Eternal Light (Solos: Stefan Leadbeater, Ralph Skan)
  • Going Home (Solos: Joshua Madine, Ben Philipp, Tom Cully)
  • Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Solos: James Mordaunt, Ralph Skan)
  • Silent Night (Solo: Tom Cully)
  • 2) DVD with 7 Libera videos
  • Lullabye (Goodnight my Angel)
  • Time
  • Gaelic Blessing (Deep Peace)
  • Going Home
  • Libera
  • Plus exclusive
  • Introducing Libera
  • Behind the scenes featurette
  • 3) 18 month desktop calendar (Jan 2011 - Jun 2012) with photos and lyrics, and desktop stand
  • 4) Fold-out Libera poster

    • Songs

    1Sanctissima4:23
    2Time4:18
    3Ave Virgo3:52

    References

    Peace (Libera album) Wikipedia
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