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5.0 out of 5 starsA Glorious Album of Christmas Music Including Pie Jesu on CD
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2016
Laura Bretan, the young opera singer, sang the beautiful Pie Jesu to advance from the semi-finals to the finals of America's Got Talent for 2016. Pie Jesu is one of the most beautiful and haunting melodies I have ever heard. Pie Jesu is part of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem performed in 1985 starring Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles Kingston and Lorin Maazel. Amazon.com had a number of albums which included Pie Jesu but when I sampled this CD album of Gregorian Christmas Chants I knew I had found a jewel with this piece included. This CD was originally recorded in 2009 and the master was used to burn this Gregorian Christmas Chants CD. Sarah Brightman has an incomparable voice that many people are familiar with singing Pie Jesu but the male voices on the Gregorian Chants Christmas Album are wonderful and the entire album is glorious. The 14 selections Included on the CD are: Ave Maria; Silent Night; When a Child is Born; Amazing Grace; The First Noel; In The Bleak Midwinter; Pie Jesu; A Spaceman Came Traveling; O Come All Ye Faithful; Gloria In Excelsis; Footsteps in the Snow; Peace on Earth; Little Drummer Boy; Sweeter the Bells; Child in a Manger; Happy Xmas (sic) (War is Over); Auld Lang Syne. This is now my favorite Christmas album. I have ordered an additional three copies of this album to give as Christmas gifts this year. I recommend this CD highly---it is an absolute bargain. This review was listed as MP3 purchase but it was for the CD album. NOTE: You Tube has video clips of the original performances of Webber's Requiem including Pie Jesu performed by Sarah Brightman.