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Requiem | 
 enlarge | Creators: Andrew Shulman, Skaila Kanga, Benjamin Britten, Harold Darke, Maurice Durufle, Gabriel Faure, Henry John Gauntlett, Charles Gounod, Franz Xaver Gruber, William James Kirkpatrick, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Rutter, Christmas Traditional, Mark Blatchly, John Themis, Catherine Dubois, Minako Kubota, Connor Burrowes
Label: Justin Time Records
Category: Music
Buy Used: $19.99
Used (6) Collectible (1) from $19.99
Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 068944848027
EAN: 0068944848027
Release Date: December 15, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Pie Jesu | | • | Pie Jesu | | • | Sanctus | | • | Kyrie | | • | Agnus dei | | • | Benedictus | | • | Pie Jesu | | • | Benedictus | | • | Pie Jesu | | • | Lacrimosa | | • | In paradisum | | • | Agnus dei ("In a dream") | | • | Away in a Manger - Boys Air Choir, Kirkpatrick, Willia | | • | Silent Night - Boys Air Choir, Gruber, Franz | | • | Sussex Carol - Boys Air Choir, Traditional | | • | Once in Royal David's City - Boys Air Choir, Gauntlett, H. J. | | • | In the Bleak Midwinter - Boys Air Choir, Darke, Harold |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Adequate and Expensive November 22, 2008
Karl R. Beach (Minneapolis)
There's a lot to like about this angelic voice. In addition, the selected songs are as ethereal as one might wish...evoking faint images of Eternity glimpsed but not comprehended and angels singing at the feet of God, if not dancing on the heads of pins.
This said, the CD...as physically delivered to one's door by incarnate beings...is only adequate in quality and annoyingly overpriced. The mix is mundane: dynamic range is lacking and the voices (human and instrumental) are not well localized. Overall, the product seems on par with something one might purchase by phone from "an operator standing by for $19.95 plus shipping and handling." For the gold-plated asking price of "Requiem", my Audio by VanAlstine equipment should have been put to the test. It wasn't.
Bottom line: likeable stuff in an indifferent package at a burdensome price...the perfect storm of attributes that, unfortunately, tends to promote illegal file sharing among the less scrupulous.
 Be aware: The insert is in Japanese, and there are only 12 tracks. But it's worth it anyway. January 12, 2008
David Sage (St. Louis, MO)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The insert in this CD is almost entirely in Japanese, which was somewhat of a disappointment to me. And Amazon lists 17 tracks for this CD, but the CD that I got (directly from Amazon, not through a dealer) had only 12 tracks. Tracks 13-17 shown on Amazon were not on the CD.
Despite these two problems, this CD is still very much worth having. This is truly beautiful music.
A correction to Amazon's list of performers June 18, 2007
David Colter (New England USA)
In Amazon's description of the CD, they list the backup musicians as though they were primary, and make no mention of most of the actual choir members. Connor Burrowes sings the solos, backed up by his younger brother Edward, Simon Acott, Tim Burtt, Gerald Beatty, Matthew Davies, and Edward Pattenden. Critics have acclaimed Connor Burrowes as possibly the best treble soloist in recording history. As of 2007, he is still at university studying music, and has developed an excellent tenor voice.
An exceptional voice January 18, 2007
Harry F. Drabik (Northern Minnesota)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I didn't always care for the arrangement or treatment, but Connor's voice was enough to award 5 stars. I don't like tinkering with music to contemporize it, but, that aside, the singing was quite good. I'd have liked hearing more from the entire Air Choir instead of the choir serving primarily as back-up for Connor, who simply has an extarordinary voice and an exceptional talent to match it.
Pure as crystal December 14, 2004
Michael Grainge (Americus, GA)
Conner Burrows is now choir master for the prestigious Boys Air Choir, made up of eight top treble choristers from St. Paul's, Salisbury and Westminster Cathedrals. This choir was formed to be "the best quality boy's choir in the world". Conner is the feature soloist on this album recorded while he was a member of this choir and still had his pure treble voice. His has been called "the greatest treble voice in this century" by critics in Japan and his native England. Quoting from the fold-out in the album "Like crystal, shining in the sun, like tears falling from your eyes - the voice of this boy will make you believe that life is forever". His "Pie Jesu" - tracts number 2 and 7 are all this and more. If you love treble voices, you will love this album. And yes, it's okay to cry when you hear him.
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