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'''The Childrens Choir of Elbosco''' was the name of a joint [[Spain|Spanish]] musical group that achieved world success with the song "Nirvana" in 1995.

The group consisted of the boys [[choir|choral]] group of the Escolanía del Real Monasterio of San Lorenzo, with boys between 9 and 14 years old along with adult instrumentalists and soloists.  In 1995, the group released the disk Angelis, with the hit song Nirvana which was used by [[Danny Boyle]] in the film ''[[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]''.  The music, a mixture of [[Gregorian chant]]s with [[hip-hop]] and [[techno]], with a mixture of [[Latin language|Latin]] and [[English language|English]] vocals, attained international fame. They also released a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] version of the disk with the same title.
The group mixed [[classical music]], boys chorus and synth generated sounds, resulting in a sound similar to that of [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]].

In the monastery, 100 boys are selected for their musical talent and presented in white robes.

Since the arrival of Elbosco, several similar groups arose such as [[Libera (choir)|Libera]], but did not attain the same success as [[Nirvana (Elbosco song)|Nirvana]].

In 1995, they released their debut album "Angelis".

==Discography==
''Angelis'' (Hispavox, 1995)
*Nirvana (4:54)
*A Kind of Birds (4:21)
*Nebo (4:46)
*Spend a Happy Day (4:42)
*Zom (3:48)
*Soul Lives Forever (5:03)
*Angelis (4:10)
*Children of Light (5:28)
*Life Is One (4:53)
*Egos Quos Amo (4:50)
*Opera Verbum (4:22)
*Blind Man (4:57)
*In Excelsis (5:25)

''Virginal'' (Hispavox, 1997)
*Ave Virgo (3:54)
*Paradise Girl (4:17)
*Echo's Queen (3:33)
*Lost Paradise (3:59)
*Virginal (4:16)
*The City (4:54)
*Orbit (3:22)
*Fancy Venus (4:25)
*Virgin's Dance (4:09)
*Vestal Aria (4:25)
*Nightingale (4:17)
*Purity (3:21)

==References==
*{{Allmusic | class= artist | id=mn0001240444 | label= The Childrens Choir of Elbosco | accessdate= 13:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC) }}

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