An album of religious and "inspirational" selections, composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by BEPPE CANTARELLI, and performed by the MILLENNIUM CHOIR and tenor BEPPE CANTARELLI. The MILLENNIUM CHOIR is a choral group that symbolizes peace in the world and the determination to enter the New Millennium with renewed hope for a better world and prayer to the Supreme Spirit. The MILLENNIUM CHOIR is a multi-ethnic group of approximately 1,000 male & female singers (and counting!!!) from different musical and religious backgrounds and with various types of training. The choir presents an unusual blend and texture of voices with a mixture of classical and more contemporary-pop flavors, including a strong gospel influence. The well balanced fusion of the various voices, especially with respect to their weight and flavor, creates the unique sound of the MILLENNIUM CHOIR. On Christmas Day 1999 the choir, as the official choir in the Vatican within the worldwide telecast on RAI UNO called "APRITE LE PORTE A CRISTO (OPEN THE DOORS TO CHRIST),"  (see video) premiered a new MAGNIFICAT composed by its founder and music director BEPPE CANTARELLI while Pope John Paul II was opening the Holy Doors to the entire world during the celebrations of the Great Jubilee for the New Millennium. CANTARELLI's MAGNIFICAT, originally composed and orchestrated for polyphonic choir, piano and orchestra, has been commissioned by Madre Luigia Aguzzi and the Roman SANCTUARY OF THE "MADONNA DEL DIVINO AMORE" expressly for the Pope.


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MAGNIFICAT - THE MILLENNIUM CHOIR




MAGNIFICAT
(My Soul) Exalts

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
Original Latin lyrics by St. Luke 1 - 46, 55
(c) 1998 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




PADRE E' GIUNTA L'ORA
(Father The Hour Has Come)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music & Italian lyric by BEPPE CANTARELLI
(c) 1998 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




MENTRE IL SILENZIO
(While Silence)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
Italian lyrics by DAVID MARIA TUROLDO
Lead Soprano BRENDA STRONG
(c) 1993 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS
(Come Holy Spirit)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
Original Latin Lyrics from a Gregorian Chant (800 A.D.)
(c) 1996 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




NON E' PIU' QUI
(He Is No Longer Here)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music by SUSAN YOUNGBLOOD & BEPPE CANTARELLI
Italian lyric by BEPPE CANTARELLI
(c) 1998 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




VERGINE IMMACOLATA
(Immaculate Virgin)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
(Giaculatoria del Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore)
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
(c) 1988 & 1999 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




AVE MARIA - MAI PIU'LA GUERRA
(Hail Mary - Let There Be No More War)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music and Italian lyric by BEPPE CANTARELLI
Lead Tenor BEPPE CANTARELLI
(c) 2000 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




NOI LIBERAMENTE PERSI
(Lost Of Our Own Free Will)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
Italian lyric by FRANCESCO DI GIACOMO
(c) 1989 & 1999 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




SANCTUS
(Holy)

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  liriche
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
(c) 1982 & 2000 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




DESIDERATA
[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
Italian lyric by FRANCESCO DI GIACOMO
(c) 2000 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)




MAGNIFICAT (Tenor & choir Version)
(My Soul) Exalts

[ AUDIO ]Audio  [ LYRIC ]  
Music by BEPPE CANTARELLI
Original Latin lyrics by St. Luke 1 - 46, 55
Lead Tenor BEPPE CANTARELLI
(c) 1998 Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)


CREDITS:

THE MILLENNIUM CHOIR:
SOPRANO

Brenda Strong, Patrice Cantarelli, Melanie Jackson, Andrea Lee Davis, Jill Bogorad, Angel Sheppard, Karen Fogerty, Samantha Fugitt, Barbara Haig, Mara Cubeddu Radi, Susie Shapiro, Sandi Jones Dinsdale, Gillian McCarthy, Sarah Vinot, Silvia Pompei, Lidia Ragusa, Appelius, Bridget Fonger, Joanne De Vito, Zina Bethune Feeley, Yolanda Benjamin, Marcy Hannigan, Janet Fletcher, Kathy Merriman, Sara Tattersal, Blaine Browne, Vianna Lara, Tamara Sofi, Tobi Burton, Brenda Brande, Cossie Conley, La Rease Epps, Linda Pringle, Barbara Werle, Allison Jenkins, Patricia Zinnie, Sonya Griffin, Gigi Baily, Yvette Andrews, Linda Lampley, Kecia Saunders/ Kaecia Godfrey, Beverly Reese, Pamela Reese, Anna Rosova, Stephanie Thompson, Tammy Tucker, Marquitta Forester, Elizabeth Gordon, Tanya Johnson, Anestha Davis, Gloria Malvem, Donna Murray, Beverly O'Neil, Vera Owens, Francis Benitez, Roseanne Hubbard, Donna Malyszko, Michele Gerard, Christine Yoo, Julie Long, Hina Fagu, Ann Marie Hanson and Susan Forman

CONTRALTO
Susan Youngblood, Carol Eckstein, Siedah Garret, Leslie Paton, Cheryl Hall, Betty Ball "BeBe" Gordon, Denise Giddins, Beth Anderson, Francesca Falcone, Talaya Trigueros, Berery Allen & Jeri Allen, Trisha Trippet, Star McCain, Karina Nuovo, Liza Johnston, Marthetta Blakeley, Mary Gaffney, Sonia Maddox Candy Scott, Kathy Diaz, Jackie Pretty & Lauren Pretty, Laurie Vilmor, Ann Alexandra, Karen Corbin, Lynne Kaefer, Joanna Daniels, Charmaine Clamor, Susan Stangl, Leslie Kaplan, Naomi Allen, Veronica Flynn, Linda Sofi, Raven Kain, Ariel Haig, Brenda Howard & Devyn Howard, Ashley Stevenson, Christine Couch, Naomi Moore, Thelma Mosley, Cynthia Saunders, Sarah Lawes, Saundra Dendy, Shirlin Slack, Gail Summer, Helene Taylor, Carol Washington, Terrell French, Gusta Hyman, Jackie Obradors, Judie Campbell, Joanne Paratori, Eva Stokes, Ann Flanagan, Pam McKenna, Christine Demiral, Suzanne Chadwick, Karen Matranga and Orietta Berti

TENOR
Darryl Phinnessee, Ken Stacey, Tollak Ollestad, Gary Falcone, Aaron Atkins, William J. Cook, Ray Indolos, Rick Negron, Kurt Kassulke, Michael Thompson, Jessie Rivers, Dee "Baby" Fenandez Childers, Steve Tussey, Tang Njuyen, Tony Tee, John and Brett Jenkins, David Joyce, Daniel Trippet, Craig Rogers, Eric Lara, Stephen Moore, Bobby Washington, Lionel Benjamin, Jackie Jones, Marsha Gilchrist, Bryan Jones, Alec Call, Menton McKinney, Charles Perry, Pierre Howard, Eva McDonald, David Daughtry, Paul Mayo Piccioli, Terrell French, John Kimberling, Tim Camponeschi, Ruben Gomez and Joey Malori, Al Nero

BARITONE & BASS
JD Hinton, Eric Castro, Chadd Watson, William Adriam, Rodney Wayne, Ian Lawes, Tom Madrid, Edward Razor, Bobby Garcia, Sean Feeley, Scott Dinsdale, Jeffrey Brown, Larry Weiss, Tony Camillo, Alvin Cheas, Sal Cracchiolo, Tyree Mills, Phillip Dennis, Kevin Dorsey, Ricci Jones, Louis Monroe, Jim Moreno, Matthew Holt, Cortez Patten, Joseph Youngbluth, Michael Drennan, David Malyszko, Ari Demirol, Dean Diomedes, Shawn Preciado and Roy Keith Pringle and Ari Demiral


Composed, Arranged, Conducted and Produced by BEPPE CANTARELLI
for Shiva Diva Music and Baby Baron Productions

- MILLENNIUM CHOIR STAFF -
BEPPE CANTARELLI: Founder & Musical Director
SUSAN YOUNGBLOOD: Co-Founder & Choir-Mistress
JANET FLETCHER: Associate Producer, Librarian & Membership
JD HINTON: Associate Producer
ANDREA LEE DAVIS: Editor/ Translator & Piano Accompanist
CAROL ECKSTEIN: Associate Producer, Art Direction, Graphic Design
DARRYL PHINNESSEE: Associate Producer
DEE FERNANDEZ CHILDERS: Assistant to the Librarian
The MILLENNIUM CH0IR HAS BEEN DIGITALLY RECORDED on AKA1 DR-I6
Mixed by BEPPE CANTARELLI, F. GRUSI and BRUCE FORAT
Mastered by BOB LANZNER at Technovoice Productions/ Studio City, C A.

(c) Shiva Diva Music (ASCAP)
(p) 2000 RAP OPERA RECORDS, U.S.A


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