Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold – review

(Decca)This one will be big. Initial takers will be choral singers already swept away by the American Whitacre's glowing harmonies and generous melodies. Some will have encountered him via his "Lux Aurumque" used for the YouTube virtual choir, seen by a million within 60 days. For 2011, the choice is that all-time Whitacre favourite "Sleep", included here. This is really about launching the phenomenon which is Whitacre. After close scrutiny you discover that the clean-textured, sophisticated per...

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