Angelis | 
 enlarge | Creators: Harold Arlen, Howard Blake, Enya, Franz Xaver Gruber, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Steve / Poole, Karen Mac, Sarah Mclachlan, Traditional, Unspecified, Paul Iii / Shipman, Lisa Wright, Jan Bengtsson, Stockholm Session Orchestra, David Arch, Peter Ljung, Steve Mac
Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $8.48
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 66769
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 886970198028
EAN: 0886970198028
ASIN: B000IY03D2
Release Date: November 13, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
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| Tracks:
| • | Angel - Angelis, McLachlan, Sarah | | • | Pie Jesu - Angelis, Lloyd Webber, Andre | | • | Over the Rainbow - Angelis, Arlen, Harold | | • | Silent Night - Angelis, Gruber, Franz | | • | Pokarekare Ana - Angelis, Traditional | | • | Even Though You've Gone - Angelis, Mac, Steve | | • | Walking in the Air - Angelis, Blake, Howard | | • | Morning Has Broken - Angelis, Traditional | | • | May It Be - Angelis, Enya | | • | Cantero - Angelis, Saggese, Matteo | | • | O, Holy Night - Angelis, Traditional |
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Album Description
Hand-selected from around the UK by choral experts, their album lends inspiration from past and present, with interpretations of songs across a range of genres. Together, they have created their LP with one of the world's most successful producers, Steve Mac, whose acclaimed work includes 30 UK Number 1's from artists including Il Divo, Westlife, Mariah Carey and Kelly Clarkson, plus album sales of over 60 million. Boasting 12-tracks - 11 by Steve Mac - Angelis' debut album offers dynamic harmonies with relentless energy and is delivered with aplomb. Highlights include the beautiful Sarah McClachlan song `Angel' - which is the album's lead track - plus contemporary versions of classical hymns including `O Holy Night' and `Pie Jesu', plus interpretations of Enya's `May It Be' and Eva Cassidy's `Over The Rainbow'. Sony/BMG. 2006.
Album Details
Simon Cowell's Latest Project. Six of the UK'S Finest Choral Singers Lushly Produced by Il Divo Producer Steve Mac.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Angelis December 29, 2008
Melanie Javier Clayton
Bought this as a present for my Mom on Christmas. Have not had a chance to listen to the CD yet. Am impressed with the shipping of this product by making it in time for Christmas!
Can't rate this product yet---am giving it 1 star until I am able to listen to it.
 Absolutely Pure Voices November 30, 2007
M. Middleton (APO, Germany)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The voices of these children ring so pure and clear. Every song is beautiful, but Somewhere Over The Rainbow brings tears to my eyes everytime I listen to it. beautiful.
Uncreative and boring. November 4, 2007
S. Matthews (USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I write and produce children's CDs. Angelis is sung by children that were handpicked from many who auditioned for Simon Cowell of 'American Idol. After having purchased and enjoyed Simon's CDs by il Divo, I had high expectations for Angelis. However, I was very dissapointed. It is lackluster and boring. Every song has been given the same orchestral treatment. All of the songs are slow and dreamy, lacking in originality with very little harmony even with 6 children singing. They are singing old traditional songs, not written for children. They have good voices, though not exceptional. I'll probably not listen to it again. I feel like sending it back. I'm listening as I pen this review. Thank goodness the last song is getting ready to play. I kept listening, thinking the production and creativity would improve as it continued to play. It never did. The last song is 'Oh, Holy Night.' Nothing new there. The children are taking turns singing solos on each line. Oh no! on the last chorus, they added an adult choir...unusual and unnecessary. If their next production is 100% above this one, it will be worth buying.
 Unoriginal song selection and boring arrangements October 3, 2007
La Coccinelle
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm afraid I can't recommend this album as highly as all of the previous reviewers. I bought this album because I like the sound of children's voices; my CD collection features albums by groups like Libera and The Cottars, as well as young singers like Hayley Westenra and Chloe Agnew. I thought that this album would be similar. Unfortunately, the problem is that it is too similar to those other albums!
The kids sing fairly well (they're on key), but there didn't seem to be much emotion (I noticed this especially on songs like "Even Though You've Gone", which I would expect to be a little more... well, moving). That's not entirely the kids' fault, though. I don't think the selection of songs was very good. Seven out of the eleven songs have been covered by Hayley Westenra alone, and she did a better job. There are so many beautiful songs out there; to choose to cover songs that other people (quite recently) made famous doesn't seem like a very good decision. I also wasn't crazy about the arrangements. In what I'm assuming was an attempt to make all the songs sound ethereal, the producers ended up with an album of songs that sound boringly similar.
Will there be another album from Angelis? I suppose it all depends on when the boys' voices change. If there is another album, though, I hope the songs are chosen a little more carefully. And releasing a version in North America wouldn't hurt, either. I'm feeling a little annoyed after shelling out so much money for an import that didn't live up to my expectations!
 Beautifull March 7, 2007
Shirley
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this cd becasue it simply caught my attention.
The songs are amazing, and the voices are just beautifull, I love " Even though you are gone" and "Angel".
Can't wait to hera more frm this kids
Good for you Simon.......
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