Russell Watson - Reprise |
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Artist:
Russell Watson
List Price: £7.99
Our Price: £0.01
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Disc 1:
| 1. Torna a Surriento | | 2. Granada | | 3. Santa Lucia | | 4. That's Amore | | 5. Ave Maria (Schubert) | | 6. Questa o quella (Verdi) | | 7. Nothing Sacred | | 8. The Pearl Fisher's Duet (Bizet) | | 9. Pourquoi me reveiller? (Massenet) | | 10. Recondita armonia (Puccini) | | 11. La danza (Rossini) | | 12. Core 'ngrato | | 13. The Living Years | | 14. I Don't Know How I Got By | | 15. The Best That Love Can Be (with Cleopatra) | | 16. Bohemian Rhapsody | | 17. Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
On Reprise, his third album, Russell Watson continues to bring together classical pieces with light songs--have Bizet and "Bohemian Rhapsody" ever shared a disc before? Probably not, and with good reason--it's rather unsettling to hear Leoncavallo's devestating "Vesti la giubba" (from Pagliacci) tagged on after a dreary rendition of the aforementioned Queen hit. He may have been dubbed "the people's tenor", but Watson is at his best--and most comfortable--at the lighter end of the repertory. He sings the lilting "That's Amore" with charm and humour, a smooth performance which compares to Robbie Williams on Swing When You're Winning. Nicholas Dodd's swooning orchestrations give Reprise a grandiose feel. Sadly, Watson's voice cannot match their intensity; his version of the famous duet from The Pearl Fishers (yes, he sings both parts) sounds strangled and his performance of "Core 'ngrato" is distinctly unmemorable. Watson is credited as Reprise's producer. If he maintains that role on album number four, he should concentrate on the light songs and ballads, which he performs so well, in this instance not just "That's Amore" but also "The Living Years", "I don't know how I got by" and "The best that love can be". --Rebecca Agnew
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947310020
Label: Decca (UMO)
Manufacturer: Decca (UMO)
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca (UMO)
Release Date: 2002-11-18
Running Time: 70
Studio: Decca (UMO) |
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