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All Angels are a British classical crossover group formed in 2006, consisting of Daisy Chute, Rachel Fabri, Melanie Nakhla and Charlotte Ritchie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All Angels )〕 The group's style is classical crossover music and close harmony arrangement, with a repertoire spanning classical, choral, opera and pop including Franz Schubert's ''Ellens dritter Gesang'', ''Agnus Dei'' (the choral arrangement of Samuel Barber's ''Adagio for Strings'') and the ''Sancta Maria intermezzo'' from Pietro Mascagni's ''Cavalleria rusticana'', along with the ''Flower Duet'' from Léo Delibes' ''Lakmé'' and the ''Barcarolle'' from Jacques Offenbach's ''The Tales of Hoffmann'', plus pop songs such as Robbie Williams' ''Angels'', Fleetwood Mac's ''Songbird'', Coldplay's ''The Scientist'', True Colours, Goodnight my Angel (Billy Joel) Muses' Starlight and Prince's ''Nothing Compares 2 U''. They have also performed the National Anthem at Twickenham and at the England vs. USA football match in Wembley Stadium in the summer of 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All Angels )〕 They recorded their first three albums with Universal and have sold over 1 million albums to date. Their self-titled debut album, ''All Angels'', was released in 2006, and their second album, ''Into Paradise'', was released on 26 November 2007. A third album, ''Fly Away'', was released in January 2010. Songs on this album include Norah Jones's Come Away With Me, Send in the Clowns, Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind, Eric Whitacre's Sleep, and a duet with The Harlem Gospel Choir on I'll Fly Away. All Angels are managed by TCB Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All Angels )〕 They undertook a UK tour supporting Katherine Jenkins in Summer 2009 and completed an arena tour later that year with Young Voices. They were invited to perform in Los Angeles as part of the Inspiration Awards raising money for a Breast Cancer charity which they have been affiliated with for the last four years. ==History== All Angels signed a five album deal with Universal Classics and Jazz in 2006 to be targeted at the populist classical crossover market. Each of the group's members had to go through an audition process to join the group,〔 〕 and were selected from 120 auditionees. Their first live performance was at Cadogan Hall in Chelsea, London.〔 The group released their first album at the end of 2006, entering the United Kingdom (UK) charts at number nine. It was the UK's fastest selling debut for a classical act and won them a platinum disc, and was also nominated in the Classical BRIT Awards album of the year category in 2007.〔 〕 They sang in front of the Queen at the Festival of Remembrance held at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 November and at ''Silence in the Square'', a concert held in Trafalgar Square on 11 November.〔 〕 In December 2006 they released the single ''Angels'', the first ever Christmas single to be released in association with the Royal British Legion and their Poppy Appeal. They sang at the Classical BRIT Award ceremony held on 3 May and broadcast on ITV on 6 May.〔 〕 They made a cameo appearance in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' during a wedding on 9 October 2007 singing ''Songbird''.〔and performed the same summer at the Emmerdale Grampian Fare in Aberdeen for the Anthony Nolan Trust. 〕 They again sang at the Festival of Remembrance on 10 November. On 26 November they released a second album, ''Into Paradise'', which features ''Nothing Compares 2 U'' and ''Sancte Deus''. At the same time the album was released the winner was announced of the national ''Angel Idol'' competition, run in conjunction with Classic FM to find a fifth member for the group. The winner was Alexandra Lawrie who then had the opportunity to record a track and perform with the girls at a concert in London on 28 November.〔 〕 They appeared on the BBC Radio 4 2007 Christmas Service, held at Wesley's Chapel in London〔 〕 and on the BBC 2007 New Year's Eve show, singing ''Nothing Compares 2 U''. On 14 January 2008 All Angels sang ''The Sound of Silence'' and ''Pie Jesu'' in a one-off concert at the International Eisteddfod's launch in Cardiff. They appeared at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen on 11 July 2008.〔 〕 On 27 January they appeared on Songs of Praise on BBC One.〔 〕 In 2008 they embarked on a Cathedral tour in the Spring and further touring at open-air concerts venues, including Sandringham and Gawsworth Hall. They performed for the "Make a wish Foundation Summer Ball at Blenheim Palace. They went into the recording studio at the end of 2008 and into early 2009 recording tracks for their third cd. Also in July 2008 All Angels appeared at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. 〔http://allangels.proboards.com/thread/74/llangollen-international-eisteddfod-11-07〕 On 13 October 2009 All Angels performed a concert at Paisley Abbey with the Glasgow-based Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir as part of the Paisley Choral Festival. The two groups collaborated on the song I'll Fly Away as a joint finale. They also performed their own concert at The Thaxted Festival. On 10 December 2009, they participated in the Birmingham Young Voices concert. They sang with VV Brown, a singer from Northampton. All Angels are preparing for an EP to come out in November–December time of 2010. They are also returning for a second year to participate in the Young Voices tour 2010 which kicked off in Birmingham where they shared the stage with Island artists such as Dionne Bromfield (Amy Winehouse's goddaughter) and Josh Osho. They have performed several times at charity dinners at The Houses of Parliament and at many private corporate occasions. They were honoured to be performing in the Spring of 2011 for the 90th Anniversary for the Royal British Legion in Alicante, Spain. All Angels were thrilled to be asked to record the theme to the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final and to perform it at the match at Wembley Stadium between Barcelona and Manchester United. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「All Angels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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