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This stimulating and superb disc is a bargain and an absolute must have. --Gramophone,Sept 2010
'The only fully professional church choir in Canada, and, clearly, an energetic and inspiring team.'' Highly commendable. Peformance **** Recording **** --BBC Music Magazine
'The only fully professional church choir in Canada, and, clearly, an energetic and inspiring team.'' Highly commendable. Peformance **** Recording **** --BBC Music Magazine
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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When I first heard this music sampled for me I was amazed to discover that it was contemporary as its form and mode is of the classic tradition of choral music.
On first hearing the purity of the sound is such that it may well take your ears a little while, after recovering from being caressed in a whole new way, to register that the sounds are actual human voices; we have become so used to electronically produced sounds in recent years.
Whitacre's texts are many and various and include the poems of e.e.cummings and Octavio Paz set for, mostly, unaccompanied voices that shift and change and drift and rise and fall until a dreamlike almost hypnotic state is induced in the listener.
This is the music of dreams;the music of calm and contentment. It will remain with you long after the last note has dwindled away into a long echoing space
On first hearing the purity of the sound is such that it may well take your ears a little while, after recovering from being caressed in a whole new way, to register that the sounds are actual human voices; we have become so used to electronically produced sounds in recent years.
Whitacre's texts are many and various and include the poems of e.e.cummings and Octavio Paz set for, mostly, unaccompanied voices that shift and change and drift and rise and fall until a dreamlike almost hypnotic state is induced in the listener.
This is the music of dreams;the music of calm and contentment. It will remain with you long after the last note has dwindled away into a long echoing space
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Just the most beautiful choral music for the 21st century. Luscious harmonies moving subtley through astonishing crunchies to sheer chords of clear tones.
The choir itself sings exquisitely and achieves the perfect balance between superb technique and emotional depth.
The choir itself sings exquisitely and achieves the perfect balance between superb technique and emotional depth.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Very disappointed as the music on the CD was not what we bought - the Whitacre: Choral Music (Her Sacred Spirit Soars/ A Boy And A Girl/ Water Night). This music was entirely instrumental.
This was a Christmas gift and I am unable to re-purchase without guarantee of the same thing happening.
This was a Christmas gift and I am unable to re-purchase without guarantee of the same thing happening.
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Wrong CD!!
Unfortunately, the CD that was in the box, although displaying the correct label, was not Whitacre's Choral music. It wasn't choral music at all...it was instrumental! Read more
Published 6 months ago by kaffyn
Being Adventurous
I heard one piece on the radio and liked it enormously and I like choral music anyway so, took a punt and have enjoyed all the works very much.
Published 9 months ago by Neill
Eric Whitacre Choral Music
What seemed like a lovely choice of CD turned out to be a disaster!! Having listened to a sample of every track on the website, I eagerly ordered three copies, for myself and two... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Harvey, Oxon
very good
the cd is very good , is nice to have it in the car to listen it when u drive
Published 13 months ago by mihaela
CLEVER BUT........
An exercise in Choral singing by very accomplished singers.....but despite that this was not appealing to me. Read more
Published 15 months ago by LANCE S. SLAWTHER
Whitacre: Choral Music
The music on the copy I recieved from Amazon of "Eric Whitacre: Choral Music" is beautiful and it is American, but it is not Eric Whitacre! Read more
Published 15 months ago by sule
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