Seraphic fire
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Seraphic Fire is an American professional chamber choir based in Miami, Florida
. Seraphic Fire collaborated with Shakira
on the opening track of her album Oral Fixation Vol. 2
and became the first classical ensemble to be featured on a Billboard 200
rated album (Shakira's album reached No. 5) since the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey were sampled on Enigma (musical project)
's MCMXC a.D.
(also reaching No. 5 on the Billboard 200).
Seraphic Fire has released several recordings to date: Beginnings (2005), Bach Motets (2006), Messiah (2007), and Amazing Grace: A Gospel and Bluegrass Journey (2007). A fifth album, Shalom / Pax: Gregorian and Iraqi Jewish Chant, is to be released in the spring of 2008. In May 2006, Seraphic Fire was awarded the ASCAP/Alice Parker Award for Adventurous Programming.
Their August 2010 recording "Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 1610" became an Internet phenomenon.
Seraphic Fire is conducted by its founder, Patrick Dupre Quigley.
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
. Seraphic Fire collaborated with Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
on the opening track of her album Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is the fifth studio album by Colombian pop singer-songwriter Shakira, released on November 28, 2005 by Epic Records. According to her biography on her website and Epic Records, the album has sold 8 million copies worldwide....
and became the first classical ensemble to be featured on a Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
rated album (Shakira's album reached No. 5) since the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey were sampled on Enigma (musical project)
Enigma (musical project)
Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...
's MCMXC a.D.
MCMXC a.D.
MCMXC a.D. is a concept album created by the musical project Enigma, spearheaded by Michael Cretu. Released at the end of 1990, it was Enigma's debut album...
(also reaching No. 5 on the Billboard 200).
Seraphic Fire has released several recordings to date: Beginnings (2005), Bach Motets (2006), Messiah (2007), and Amazing Grace: A Gospel and Bluegrass Journey (2007). A fifth album, Shalom / Pax: Gregorian and Iraqi Jewish Chant, is to be released in the spring of 2008. In May 2006, Seraphic Fire was awarded the ASCAP/Alice Parker Award for Adventurous Programming.
Their August 2010 recording "Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 1610" became an Internet phenomenon.
Seraphic Fire is conducted by its founder, Patrick Dupre Quigley.