Eric Whitacre/VOCES8 : Home Alone – Live

Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on this release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and acclaimed vocal ensemble Voces8. The album includes a world premiere, ‘All Seems Beautiful to Me’, and a new recording of Whitacre’s deeply moving 2019 cantata ‘The Sacred Veil’. The five-minute work ‘All Seems Beautiful to Me’ is based on a poem by Walt Whitman (from ‘Song of the Open Road’) celebrating the human spirit’s capacity for generosity and growth. It was commissioned by the United States Air Force Band and here receives its world premiere recording. Also included is a new recording of one of Whitacre’s most frequently performed and much loved pieces, ‘The Seal Lullaby’. The album also includes ‘Sing Gently’ and ‘Go, Lovely Rose’. The former was composed during lockdown specially for Whitacre’s Virtual Choir, made up of over 17,500 singers from 124 different countries. The latter was Whitacre’s first ever composit