Name: Light & Gold by Eric Whitacre
Brand: Eric Whitacre
SKU: 060252743209
Price: 9.9 USD
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Light & Gold is the debut album on Decca for Eric Whitacre and the Eric Whitacre Singers, a group formed in 2010. They are joined by Laudibus, a choir selected from members of National Youth Choir of Great Britain, and also, on one track, by the King's Singers. The program is made up of Whitacre's choral music, some of it recorded here for the first time. Although most of the program has been previously recorded, this is an album that no fan of the composer's will want to be without, not only for the very attractive new works, but because of the extraordinary quality of all the performances. In the program notes, the composer writes of the dizzying euphoria he experienced recording these remarkable choirs, and the receptive listener may well have a similar reaction to the performances. The album is a model of disciplined, immaculate, and passionate choral singing. The groups' tone quality and intonation are simply dazzling; Whitacre's musical language, while always radiantly lyrical, encompasses the sweetest consonances and the most piercing dissonances, and the singers' ability to stay cleanly on pitch is phenomenal. The expressive depth of the performances is also remarkable, from the wrenching intensity of The Stolen Child to the tender serenity of The Seal Lullaby and the vertiginous wildness of Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine. Leonardo, probably the composer's most inventive and audacious choral work, has been recorded a number of times, but the suppleness and abandon of this version are breathtaking. A caveat for Whitacre newcomers: except for some moments of rhythmic energy in the Five Hebrew Love Songs and Leonardo, almost all the music on the album is characteristically slow, whether slowly melancholy or slowly ecstatic. Decca's sound is excellent -- clear with good definition -- but at the same time it's warmly atmospheric.
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1. Whitacre: Lux Aurumque

by Eric Whitacre Singers

Primary Artist: Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre Singers; Main Performer
Performer: Michael Bradley
Sandy Walker
Christopher Palmer
Grace Davidson
Ashley Riches
Ruth Gibbins
Peter Foggitt
Katy Hill
Felix Leach
Stephen Kennedy
Anne Jones
Robert Garland
Eloise Irving
Sarah Maxted
Jonathan Bungard
Christopher Hann
Chris Tortise
Lucy Goddard
Jonathan Bell
David Bond
Lucy Cox
Bethan Moore
Tori Longdon
Louise Wayman
Rachel Spencer
Gillian Plummer
Amelia Berridge
Francesca Mastaglio
Rueben Thomas
Felicity Buckland
Hanna Berridge
Benedict Hymas
Ruth Mcelvanney
Marie Macklin
Dominic Barberi
Charlotte Brosnan
David Le Prevost; Performer
Soprano: Grace Davidson; Performer
Vocals: Michael Bradley
Sandy Walker
Christopher Palmer
Ashley Riches
Ruth Gibbins
Peter Foggitt
Katy Hill
Felix Leach
Stephen Kennedy
Anne Jones
Robert Garland
Eloise Irving
Sarah Maxted
Jonathan Bungard
Christopher Hann
Chris Tortise
Lucy Goddard
Jonathan Bell
David Bond
Lucy Cox
Bethan Moore
Tori Longdon
Louise Wayman
Rachel Spencer
Gillian Plummer
Amelia Berridge
Francesca Mastaglio
Rueben Thomas
Felicity Buckland
Hanna Berridge
Benedict Hymas
Ruth Mcelvanney
Marie Macklin
Dominic Barberi
Charlotte Brosnan
David Le Prevost; Performer
Choir/chorus: Eric Whitacre Singers; Ensemble
Composer: Eric Whitacre; Composer
Conductor: Eric Whitacre; Conductor
Author: Edward Esch; Production
Editor: Raphael Mouterde; Production
Mastering Engineer: Andrew Mellor; Production
Mixing: Andrew Mellor; Production
Producer: Raphael Mouterde; Production
Recording: Andrew Mellor; Production
Recording Assistant: Craig Jenkins; Production
Studio Personnel: Andrew Mellor
Raphael Mouterde
Craig Jenkins; Production
Translation: Charles Anthony Silvestri; Production

Light & Gold

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1. Whitacre: Lux Aurumque

2. Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs: Temuná (A Picture)

3. Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs: Kalá Kallá (Light Bride)

4. Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs: Lárov (Mostly)

5. Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs: Éyze Shéleg! (What Snow!)

6. Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs: Rakút (Tenderness)

7. Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby

8. Whitacre: A Boy And A Girl

9. Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams Of His Flying Machine

10. Whitacre: Three Songs Of Faith: I Will Wade Out

11. Whitacre: Three Songs Of Faith: Hope Faith Life Love

12. Whitacre: Three Songs Of Faith: I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day

13. Whitacre: The Stolen Child

14. Whitacre: Water Night

15. Whitacre: Nox Aurumque

16. Whitacre: Sleep

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