To Shiver the Sky

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To Shiver The Sky
Studio album by
Christopher Tin
Released21 August 2020 (2020-08-21)
GenreWorld
Length52:43
LabelUniversal Music Classics
Christopher Tin chronology
The Drop That Contained the Sea
(2014) 		To Shiver The Sky
(2020)

To Shiver the Sky is the third studio album by the American composer Christopher Tin. Released in 2020, it features texts about the history of flight ranging from Leonardo da Vinci's writings on flight to John F. Kennedy's "We choose to go to the Moon" speech.

The song "Sogno di Volare" was composed as a main theme for the 2016 video game Civilization VI.

Track listing[]

No.TitleLanguageLength
1."Sogno di Volare ("The Dream of Flight")" (feat. Royal Opera Chorus)Italian3:51
2."The Heavenly Kingdom" (feat. ModernMedieval, The Assembly)Latin2:05
3."Daedalus and Icarus" (feat. Pene Pati, Royal Opera Chorus, The Assembly)Latin5:14
4."The Fall" (feat. Pene Pati, ModernMedieval, Royal Opera Chorus)Italian4:53
5."Astronomy" (feat. The Assembly, Anna Lapwood)Polish7:06
6."To the Stars" (feat. Pembroke College Girls' Choir, The Assembly)French4:18
7."Oh, the Humanity" (feat. Pene Pati, Royal Opera Chorus)German4:42
8."Courage" (feat. Danielle de Niese)English4:42
9."Become Death" (feat. ModernMedieval, Royal Opera Chorus)Sanskrit2:57
10."The Power of the Spirit" (feat. Royal Opera Chorus)Russian2:36
11."We Choose to Go to the Moon" (feat. Danielle de Niese, Pene Pati, ModernMedieval, Pembroke College Girls' Choir, Royal Opera Chorus, The Assembly)English10:19

Charts[]

To Shiver the Sky first spent two weeks weeks on Billboard's Top Classical Crossover Albums, peaking at rank 1 the week of 5 September 2020. That same week it placed 6 on Top Classical Albums[1] and 80 for Current Album Sales.[2] It re-entered the Top Classical Crossover Albums chart for a third week the week of October 3, 2020.[3]

Chart Peak position
US Top Classical Crossover Albums (Billboard)[3] 1
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[1] 6
US Current Album Sales (Billboard)[2] 80

Orchestral Sessions[]

On July 17, 2021 the first volume of songs were released from this album in which the vocals were removed entirely. This was due in part of the Kickstarter for surpassing the goal intended for their creation.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Classical Albums Chart: The week of September 5, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Top Current Album Sales Chart: The week of September 5, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b
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