The Opera Band - Mozart, Puccini, Et Al / Amici Forever

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Album Details: The Opera Band - Mozart, Puccini, Et Al / Amici Forever

	Release Date: 01/13/2004 Label: Rca Catalog #: 52739 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Alex North, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, Giacomo Puccini, Antonín Dvorák, Michael Kamen, Antonio Galbiati, Gabriel Fauré, Adelmo Fornaciari, Georges Bizet, Sir Edward Elgar Performer: Tsakane Valentine, Nicholas Garrett, David Habbin, Jo Appleby, Geoff Sewell, John Paracelli, Richard Harvey Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever, Budapest Film Orchestra Number of Discs: 1 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 0 Hours 48 Mins.	CD $13.99 In Stock

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Selections recorded at Shine Studios, Metropolis London, and Budapest Radio Studios. Amici (friends) Forever is a predominantly British vocal group made up of five classically trained singers who, in addition to possessing voluminous vocal chops, also have pop-star-photogenic looks. In the age of classical/pop crossovers like Bond and Charlotte Church, how could their highly touted debut album, THE OPERA BAND, not be a recipe for stardom? Though the temptation to belt out an album's worth of operatic versions of pop hits was surely there, Amici Forever didn't choose that route. While there is a bit of pop-oriented material (an Italian-language version of "Unchained Melody," "Requiem for a Soldier [Theme from a Band of Brothers]"), the bulk of the album is classically minded, drawing on such composers as Mozart, Fauré, Dvorak, and, of course, Puccini ("Nessun dorma!" which seems to have become the "Freebird" of the opera world). The music over which the five vocalists strut their collective stuff is a mix of traditional orchestration and more modern, electronics-assisted touches; imagine Andrew Lloyd Webber getting down with David Foster at the Met. THE OPERA BAND finds Amici Forever to be fully prepared for their inevitable world domination.


Individual Track Details:

1.	Unchained Melody by Alex North
	Performer: Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), David Habbin (Tenor), Jo Appleby (Soprano), Geoff Sewell (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century Written: 1955; USA	Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: Arranged: Steve Higgins, Nick Garrett, and Matt Howe This arrangement is titled "Senza catene." The Italian lyrics are by Panzeri-Nomen.


2.	Cosě fan tutte, K 588: Soave sia il vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Performer: Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), Jo Appleby (Soprano), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: Classical Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria	Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: Arranged: Nick Patrick and Nick Ingman


3.	Coronation Anthems (4): no 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the priest" by George Frideric Handel
	Performer: Geoff Sewell (Tenor), David Habbin (Tenor), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), Jo Appleby (Soprano), Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: Baroque Written: 1727; London, England	Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs. Language: English

	Notes: Arranged: Nick Patrick and Nick Ingman


4.	Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), Jo Appleby (Soprano), David Habbin (Tenor), Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1926; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: Arranged: Nick Patrick and Nick Ingman


5.	Rusalka, Op 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
	Performer: Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), Jo Appleby (Soprano) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Bohemia	Length: 5 Minutes 26 Secs. Language: Czech

	Notes: Arranged: Nick Patrick and Nick Ingman


6.	Band of Brothers: Requiem for a Soldier by Michael Kamen
	Performer: Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Jo Appleby (Soprano), Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), David Habbin (Tenor) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: 20th Century	Length: 5 Minutes 31 Secs. Language: English

	Notes: Arranged: Nick Ingman The lyrics for this arrangement were written by Frank Musker


7.	Canto Alla Vita by Antonio Galbiati
	Performer: John Paracelli (Guitar), Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), Jo Appleby (Soprano), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), David Habbin (Tenor), Geoff Sewell (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: 20th Century	Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Giuseppe Dettori. Arranged: Nick Ingman


8.	Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré
	Performer: Richard Harvey (Flute), Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Jo Appleby (Soprano), Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), David Habbin (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1887; France	Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs. Language: English

	Notes: Arranged: Amy Sky, Steve Higgins, Nick Garrett, and Matt Howe This arrangement is titled "Whisper of Angels."


9.	Sarabande by George Frideric Handel
	Performer: Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), Jo Appleby (Soprano), David Habbin (Tenor), Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amici Forever Period: Baroque	Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: Arranged: James Shearman and Sam Babenia This arrangement is titled "Prayer in the Night."


10.	Vita Mia by Adelmo Fornaciari
	Performer: Geoff Sewell (Tenor), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), David Habbin (Tenor) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: 20th Century Written: Italy	Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.

	Notes: This selection is sung in English and Italian. This work was written in collaboration with Peter Wolf and Michelle Wolf. Arranged: Nick Ingman


11.	Les pęcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint by Georges Bizet
	Performer: Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), Geoff Sewell (Tenor) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1863; France	Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. Language: French

	Notes: Arranged: Nick Patrick and Nick Ingman


12.	Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation 9, Nimrod by Sir Edward Elgar
	Performer: Jo Appleby (Soprano), Tsakane Valentine (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Garrett (Bass Baritone), Geoff Sewell (Tenor), David Habbin (Tenor) Conductor: Nick Ingman Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra, Amici Forever Period: Romantic Written: 1898-1899; England	Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs. Language: Latin

	Notes: Arranged: Nick Patrick and Nick Ingman This arrangement is titled "Nimrod: Lux aeterna".

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