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Release Date: 06/21/2005 Label: Rca Catalog #: 68883 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Ronan Hardiman, Ennio Morricone, Joaquin Rodrigo, Salvatore Cardillo, Camille Saint-Saëns, Giacomo Puccini, Tomaso Albinoni, Nick Patrick, Aram Khachaturian, David Foster Performer: Geoff Sewell, Nicholas Garrett, Jo Appleby, David Habbin, Tsakane Valentine Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever
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Amici Forever is made up of five camera-ready young singers with talent and charisma to spare. So what distinguishes them from the burgeoning ranks of crossover hopefuls? The group's wide vocal range and imaginative approach enables it to transform even a much-abused warhorses into fresh-sounding anthems. Their formal training provides the necessary technique and understanding to do justice to the classics, and the enthusiasm and respect they show for their material steers them far clear of the banality that mars a good deal of crossover music. DEFINED picks up where the quintet's enormously successful debut disc, OPERA BAND, left off, with more stylish arrangements of memorable melodies from the orchestral repertoire, as well as soaring, quasi-operatic ballads. Highlights include impressive vocal renditions of themes from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony ("Land and Freedom"), Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto ("Nostalgia"), Khachaturian's 'Spartacus' ("Ocean Heart"), and Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez ("Aranjuez Ma pensee"). The group also works its magic on two original songs by Ronan Hardiman, "So Far Away" and "La Fiamma Sacra," as well as Ennio Moriccone's "Nella Fantasia" and the classic Neapolitan song "Core 'ngrato." Amici Forever expertly delivers another guaranteed crowd-pleaser with DEFINED. |
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La fiamma sacra by Ronan Hardiman | ||||
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Performer:
Geoff Sewell (Tenor),
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone),
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
David Habbin (Tenor), Tsakane Valentine (Soprano) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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Nella Fantasia by Ennio Morricone | ||||
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Performer:
Geoff Sewell (Tenor),
David Habbin (Tenor),
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), Tsakane Valentine (Soprano) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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Aranjuez ma pensée by Joaquin Rodrigo | ||||
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Performer:
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor), David Habbin (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century Written: 1968 |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England |
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So Far Away by Ronan Hardiman | ||||
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Performer:
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor),
Jo Appleby (Soprano), David Habbin (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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Core 'ngrato by Salvatore Cardillo | ||||
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Performer:
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
David Habbin (Tenor),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Jo Appleby (Soprano) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1911; Italy |
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Language: Italian |
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Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
David Habbin (Tenor), Geoff Sewell (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1877; France |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: French |
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Tosca: Recondita armonia by Giacomo Puccini | ||||
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Performer:
David Habbin (Tenor),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Italy |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni | ||||
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Performer:
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor),
David Habbin (Tenor),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: Baroque Written: Venice, Italy |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by Albinoni. | |||||
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Nostalgia by Nick Patrick | ||||
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Performer:
David Habbin (Tenor),
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Jo Appleby (Soprano) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This piece is based on Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 2. | |||||
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Oceano cuore by Aram Khachaturian | ||||
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Performer:
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor),
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
David Habbin (Tenor), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This piece is an arrangement of Khachaturian's Adagio from ballet 'Spartacus' made by an arranger. | |||||
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The Prayer by David Foster | ||||
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Performer:
David Habbin (Tenor),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone),
Jo Appleby (Soprano), Geoff Sewell (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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Terra e Liberta by Nick Patrick | ||||
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Performer:
Jo Appleby (Soprano),
Tsakane Valentine (Soprano),
Geoff Sewell (Tenor),
Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), David Habbin (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century |
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Venue: Shine Studios, England Language: Italian |
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