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Release Date: April 17, 2023`

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Eric Whitacre - All Seems Beautiful to Me
Eric Whitacre: Sing Gently
1 Go, Lovely Rose  
2 The Seal Lullaby  
3 Sing Gently  
4 All Seems Beautiful To Me (world premiere)  
5 The Sacred Veil i. The Veil Opens  
6 The Sacred Veil ii. In a Dark and Distant year  
7 The Sacred Veil iii. Home  
8 The Sacred Veil iv. Magnetic Poetry  
9 The Sacred Veil v. Wherever There is Birth  
10 The Sacred Veil vi. I’m Afraid  
11 The Sacred Veil vii. I am Here  
12 The Sacred Veil VIII. Delicious Times  
13 The Sacred Veil IX. One Last Breath  
14 The Sacred Veil X. Dear Friends  
15 The Sacred Veil XI. You Rise, I Fall  
16 The Sacred Veil XII. Child of Wonder  
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Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the 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, released on Friday 10th February, 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. Written to accompany an animated film (ultimately never made) based on Kipling’s tale The White Seal, the ravishing work sets the words of a mother seal tenderly singing her pup to sleep (Whitacre amusingly confesses that he sang it to his own baby son ‘with a less than 50% success rate’).

  • Eric Whitacre and VOCES8 execute their craft flawlessly in a heartbreaking and particularly absorbing listen / TAKE EFFECT
    Posted At: October 24, 2023
    Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the acclaimed vocal ensemble VOCES8. The album - HOME 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, released on Friday 10th February, is base...

  • The centerpiece of Eric Whitacre - VOCES8 'Home' is a heartbreaking cantata titled: 'The Sacred Veil' / CD Hotlist
    Posted At: July 1, 2023
    Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the 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, released on Friday 10th February, is based on a ...

  • Eric Whitacre chats with All Classical Portland
    Posted At: June 5, 2023
    Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre is one of today’s most popular and frequently-performed composers. His remarkable global appeal has been enhanced by his achievements as a conductor, innovator, broadcaster, charismatic public speaker, and by the success of his recordings. Born in Nevada in 1970, Eric is a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School of Music (New York). He is currently Visiting Compose...

  • 'Home' VOCES8 sings Eric Whitacre....... is Classical 91.5WXXI - CD Spotlight
    Posted At: May 15, 2023
    Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the 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, released on Friday 10th February, is based on a ...

  • WQXR: Have You Heard features: 'Home' from Eric Whitacre and VOCES8
    Posted At: May 8, 2023
    WQXR's Quentin Neroes writes…..Eric Whitacre’s latest record, Home, is a powerful display of the beauty of his music as performed by VOCES8 (an ensemble we’ve featured before). Not to repeat what has doubtless been said about Whitacre, but his works continue a long line of anglophone choral music that includes the likes of John Taverner, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, and John Tavener. Whitacre explained to m...

  • Eric Whitacre chats with 90.9 Cincinnati Public Radio's Classical: WGUC about new DECCA release & VOCES8 collab.
    Posted At: April 25, 2023
    Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the 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, released on Friday 10th February, is based on a ...

  • Eric Whitacre wants you to feel at 'Home' / yourClassical - New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: April 14, 2023
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  • Eric Whitacre chats with Boston's CRB about 'Home,' his VOCES8 collaboration and album
    Posted At: April 14, 2023
    Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the 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 was released on Friday 10th February, and is base...

  • No one else matches the touching and pure harmonic ear candy quite like Eric Whitacre / Classical Music Sentinel
    Posted At: April 7, 2023
    Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the 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, released on Friday 10th February, is based on a ...

  • The Cleveland Orchestra announces Eric Whitacre residency along with chorus auditions / cleveland.com
    Posted At: March 27, 2023
    Members of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus perform with the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center. On Wednesday, the group announced a residency with composer-conductor Eric Whitacre.  cleveland.com's Zachary Lewis writes…..As if getting to perform at Severance or Blossom Music Center weren’t attractive enough, the Cleveland Orchestra just made the prospect of being an adult or youth choris...

  • GRAMMY winning composer: Eric Whitacre chats with Classical Radio about new Decca release: 'Home'
    Posted At: March 8, 2023
    Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest Decca release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and the 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, released on Friday 10th February, is based on a ...
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