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Selections were recorded at Air Lyndhurst, EMI Abbey Road Studios,
Shine Studio, Angel Studios and Whitfield Studios.
British singer Russell Watson bursts onto the U. S. music scene with THE VOICE, a debut album that's already achieved blockbuster status in his homeland and promises to take the rest of the world by storm. He possesses a crowd-pleasing tenor voice that he puts to good use in an eclectic mix of quasi-operatic pop anthems, well-known arias, Italian songs, and ultra-romantic ballads. Watson moves confidently through the diverse collection, but shines in those selections that seem tailor-made for his particular vocal style such as Ennio Morricone's "Nella Fantasia" and Lucio Dalla's "Caruso."
The album also features
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Watson in a variety of vocal partnerships: with Maire Brennan in the ethereal, Celtic-tinged "Saylon Dola," Cleopatra Higgins in the soulful "Someone Like You," and Shaun Ryder in the Freddie Mercury extravaganza, "Barcelona." Watson's combination of good looks, charisma and charm, appealing vocal manner, and firm grasp of the recipe for commercial success should prove irresistible to fans of Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, The Irish Tenors, and the like. THE VOICE most certainly announces the start of his rapid ascent to crossover superstardom. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Fedora: Amor ti vieta by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Session Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Arrangers: Nick Ingman; Nick Patrick.
2000 - 2001
2.
Caruso by Lucio Dalla
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor),
Robbie McIntosh (Guitar)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Session Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: 2000 - 2001
3.
Miserere by Zucchero
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor),
Richard Harvey (Flute)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1992; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: 2000 - 2001
4.
Panis angelicus by César Franck
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Guilford St Catherine Chamber Choir of Bramley
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: Arrangers: Nick Ingman; Nick Patrick.
2000 - 2001
5.
Non ti scordar di me by Ernesto De Curtis
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Arrangers: Nick Ingman; Nick Patrick.
2000 - 2001
6.
Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Arrangers: Nick Ingman; Nick Patrick.
2000 - 2001
7.
Bridge over troubled water by Paul Simon
Performer:
Marc Smith (Double Bass),
Marc Smith (Keyboards),
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Length: 4 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: 2000 - 2001
8.
Funiculì funiculà by Luigi Denza
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor),
John Savannah (Voice)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Metro Voices
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Naples, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Arrangers: Nick Ingman; Nick Patrick.
2000 - 2001
9.
Barcelona by Freddie Mercury
Performer:
Geoff Dugmore (Drums),
Pino Palladino (Double Bass),
Steve McNicol (Electronics),
Shaun Ryder (Voice),
Russell Watson (Tenor),
Robbie McIntosh (Guitar),
John Savannah (Voice)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Metro Voices
Period: 20th Century
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arrangers: Nick Ingman; Nick Patrick; Alistair Gordon.
2000 - 2001
10.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
William Hayward
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Metro Voices,
Guilford St Catherine Chamber Choir of Bramley
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: 2000 - 2001
11.
Saylon dola by Nigel Hess
Performer:
Maire Brennan (Voice),
John Themis (Guitar),
Richard Harvey (Flute),
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: 2000 - 2001
12.
The Mission: Nella fantasia (In my dreams) by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor),
John Themis (Guitar)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Metro Voices
Period: Modern
Written: 1986
Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: 2000 - 2001
13.
Someone like You by Alistair Gordon
Performer:
Cleopatra Higgins (Voice),
Russell Watson (Tenor),
Steve Piggott (Keyboards)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs.
Notes: 2000 - 2001
This selection is sung in English and Italian.
This work was composed in collaboration with Gary Mahoney and Russell Watson.
14.
Vienna by Midge Ure
Performer:
Caroline Dale (Cello),
Russell Watson (Tenor),
John Savannah (Voice)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1982
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: 2000 - 2001
This work was written in collaboration with Warren Cann, Christopher Cross, and Billy Currie.
15.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Ricordo ancor by Stephen Warbeck
Performer:
Russell Watson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Session Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 2001; England
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: 2000 - 2001
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