Libera: Free

I am the day, Voca me, Stay with me, A Song of Enchantment, Ave verum, Do not stand at my grave, When a knight, A New Heaven, Twilight, Be still my soul, Lament, I vow to thee, my country, Adoramus.

Libera is made up of boys aged between seven and fourteen who come from different backgrounds and schools all over the city of London and they meet up several times a week to rehearse at a church in the south of the city. The boys’ sound is a unique and original mixture of traditional choral, spiritual and new age music and over the last two years this distinctive sound has travelled the world. Their previous albums have topped both the mainstream and classical charts in many countries, including the USA, where they entered the top ten of the Billboard Classical chart and the UK, where they spent several weeks in the top three alongside Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti. In addition to their work together, the singers of Libera have been involved in numerous different projects. This includes having worked on pop music productions with artists as wide-ranging as Björk, Neil Diamond, Alison Moyet and Elton John, as well as appearing in popular UK television shows, such as the daytime TV show Des and Mel, the children’s programme Blue Peter, Top of the Pops and the drama series Poirot. They have also sung on various Hollywood film scores and most recently have worked on the hugely successful version of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonardo di Caprio and Claire Danes, released in 1997, Twelve Monkeys, which starred Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis, Shadowlands and Hannibal, both of which starred Anthony Hopkins. The music on Free is all directed, written and arranged by Robert Prizeman, who has lead the group for the last ten years and was with them for the release of their first CD in 1999. “Libera is a boy band in the true sense of the word but unlike any that people have heard before. They are virtually impossible to pigeon-hole as their sound covers a variety of styles. It is here their strength lies and I very much hope that this will enable their music to cross borders and cultures around the globe.” Theo Lap, Vice President of International Marketing at EMI Classics said “The London-based Boys’ group “Libera” create a magical sound with their special mixture of music that comes very much alive in their new album "Free". I'm personally very excited about our new venture and I'm convinced that Libera has truly universal appeal.”