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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Emi Classics
Salesrank: 16218
Released: September 2, 2008 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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New Dawn Track Listing:
1. Orinoco Flow
2. Ave Maria
3. Secret
4. Orchestral Suite in D, BWV 1068/Air
5. Gloria (Based on 3rd Movement of Symphony No. 3 in C Minor 'Organ Symph
6. Sancte
7. Rest in Peace
8. Love and Mercy
9. May the Road Rise Up
10. Never Be Alone
11. Jerusalem
12. Tallis's Canon (Glory to Thee My God This Night)
13. Lamb
14. In Paradisum
Editorial Review:
Enya's Orinoco Flow and Bach's Air on a G string; the disc also includes a track penned by Brian Wilson called 'Love and Mercy'. This is the song Libera performed to a star-studded audience in Washington DC before Christmas at the Kennedy Centre Honours, an audience which included President Bush, Robert De Niro, Cameron Diaz and Brian Wilson himself. The talented singers of Libera come from a variety of different schools and backgrounds in London and join together at a church in South London where they rehearse and perform for many hours each week. The youngest is seven and the oldest members are fourteen. Alongside their unique Libera music, the boy singers enjoy a wide repertoire from classical and cathedral pieces to works for pop and media productions. In recent years they have sung on films like 'Romeo & Juliet' and 'Hannibal' and with singers like Bjork, Elton John & Pavarotti. Libera is directed by Robert Prizeman, the well respected musical advisor to the BBC religious TV programme Songs of Praise. Robert arranges, if not writes all of the music that Libera perform. Sales of Libera's albums worldwide are now over 300,000 and the boys have a strong following of fans.
New Dawn Reviews:
Beware EMI anti-piracy feature 
2009-12-16 - I purchased this CD and ETRTNAL for listening on my daily commute. Neither CD will play on my 2001 Ford CD player. The player spits them out with a Bad CD message on the readout. I did a little web researching and found some comments indicating they also won't play on some home CD players. And if you wanted to rip it for your IPod, well forget that also. I won't be buying any more EMI CDs
New Dawn 
2009-12-02 - A beautiful CD. Especially appropriate for the season.The skill of these boys is mind boggling to me.What a fantastic director they have.
Heavier Than A Feather But Feels Just As Good 
2009-10-08 - New Dawn is the "lightest" in terms of mood in their current music library (is "library" the right word?). Their recording of Enya's "Orinoco Flow" sets the tone as the first cut on the album. Although I have always loved Enya's original version, there is something about the energy of Libera's performance - and the arrangement - that makes one want to cast aside the cares of life and head off for that proverbial endless horizon. I must also commend the boys on their precise diction and impeccable timing: you can understand all the lyrics on the very first listen.
Stand-outs on this c.d. include "Secret," "Love and Mercy" (written by The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson), "Never Be Alone," and the amazing "Air" which is from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Orchestral Suite in D." This latter orchestral work is performed entirely by voice, with Tom Cully, Edward Day, Joshua Madine and Liam Connery providing the solos. The harmonies in the arrangement of "Love and Mercy" are simply splendid and truly capture the underlying sadness and compassion of Wilson's lyrics; Cully and Madine are in fine voice for the solos.
For those who are stirred by the honest beauty of spiritual adoration, "Gloria," "Sancte" and "In Paradisum," all performed in Latin, will satisfy. Wisely not overly lush, the arrangements are just lush enough, a tastefully wrapped gift to our Creator. These call to mind the meditations abundant in Libera's "Luminosa" and "Free" albums.
"Jerusalem" is just plain triumphant, one of the best versions I have ever heard, made all the more poignant because it is being sung by children.
Do I recommend NEW DAWN? Yes. Do I recommend NEW DAWN as your very first Libera experience? That depends on what rocks your boat. There is enough variety here to give a good overview of Libera's versatility. I like it. However, it is not my very favorite of Libera's albums, but only because their "Luminosa," "Free," and "Visions" albums have got me so stinkin' spoiled. BUT... there is so much that is good - even great - on NEW DAWN, I'm giving it four stars out of five.
Now... a bit off subject while still on the subject: I have never heard any of Libera's recordings being played on the radio here in the States. That's a shame because so much of their music speaks to our needs, what with the current atmosphere of uncertainty, cynicism and moral ambiquity. If there is one cut on this album that would grab the average listener's attention, that song would be "Love and Mercy." I do hope some program bigwig takes my not so subtle hint here and gives it some airplay, just to see what happens.
Angel Voices
2009-10-03 - All the items on this DVD are presented individually on Youtube, but that does not compare to having them all together on the video of the Leiden concert. Libera is a modern wonder in the choral world. I doubt that there has ever been a boys choir containing the vocal ability, the power to move the spirit, as these boys from London. The quality of the soloists, and their obvious ease at, and enjoyment of, what they are doing demonstrates talents that find true expression in Libera's nurturing environment. This disk is a must have.
A BAND OF ANGELS
2009-06-30 - No doubt about it...
Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful
DVD is Outstanding
Angelic Vocals !!!
