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This is going to sound very stupid.....

Watching The Vicar of Dibley with family. My SIL is infatuated with the opening theme music. It is a solo voice singing the 23 Psalm. It has taken me about 3 days to realize this is not a female alto singer- this is a young male voice ( you know, before they change). I admit, I like it too, but I realize this is an opportunity to easily cross SIL off my Xmas list with a CD.

Any recommendations for SOLO young male choral voices doing churchy-songs? Not the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sort of choral thing with 200 enthusiastic singers, - the solo voice.

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Your question is a little confusing. "Choral music" is by definition music for a chorus, i.e. a group of voices. Solo music is music for one voice.

If I understand you correctly, you want a solo boy soprano doing religious music? And perhaps a capella (with no instrumental accompaniment)?

I can't help you except that every Service of Lessons and Carols (as far as I know), which will popping up in Anglican churches all over the place in the next month, starts out with a solo boy soprano singing the first verse of Once In David's Royal City. But that lasts for less than a minute.

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Sorry, I'm not sure the best term for the solo voice singing. Yes, you are correct, I mean a solo boy soprano doing religious music. Is there any term I should use to search for this on Amazon?

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I tried boy soprano. Can't vouch for these, though.

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No idea, but you might enjoy Sigur Ros: Icelandic band, they play a unique type of music...singer has a voice thats been compared precisely to a "choir boy".

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If you wanted to branch out a bit, things like Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Britten's St Nicholas feature a solo boy singer...

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