The Opera Band (Special Edition)

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Tracklist

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1Prayer in the Night (based on Handel’s ‘Sarabande’)
recording engineer:
Matt Howe (producer and engineer)
additional programming:
Nick Patrick
programming:
Yuki Yamamoto
additional percussion:
Nick Patrick
bass:
Laurie Cottle
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
vocals:
Amici Forever
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
recording of:
Prayer in the Night
orchestrator:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
lyricist:
Swaraj Babenia
composer:
James Robert Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
is based on:
Oboe Concerto no. 3 in G minor, HWV 287: III. Sarabande (Largo)
3:16
2Senza catene (Unchained Melody)
additional programming:
Nick Patrick
additional percussion:
Nick Patrick
bass:
Laurie Cottle
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
recording of:
Senza Catene
lyricist:
Hy Zaret
composer:
Alex North (US composer)
translator:
Ettore Carrera and Mario Panzeri (Italian lyricist and composer)
arrangement of:
Unchained Melody
3:48
3Whisper of Angels (based on Fauré’s ‘Pavane’)
additional programming:
Nick Patrick
additional percussion:
Nick Patrick
bass:
Laurie Cottle
flute [pipes]:
Richard Harvey (UK multi‐instrumentalist and composer)
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
recording of:
Whisper of Angels
lyricist and composer:
Amy Sky
is based on:
Pavane, op. 50 (catch-all for arrangements and unknown versions)
3:46
4The Pearl Fishers (Au fond tu temple saint)4:40
5Soave sia il vento (from Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’)3:06
6Vita mia
additional programming:
Nick Patrick
additional percussion:
Nick Patrick
bass:
Laurie Cottle
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
orchestrator:
Nick Ingman
recording of:
Vita Mia
writer:
Michelle Wolf, Peter Wolf (Austrian classical/jazz composer/producer, keyboards for Zappa) and Zucchero Fornaciari
4:17
7Nimrod: Lux aeterna (from Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’)4:20
8Song to the Moon (from Dvořák’s ‘Rusalka’)
additional programming:
Nick Patrick
additional percussion:
Nick Patrick
bass:
Laurie Cottle
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
arranger:
Nick Ingman and Nick Patrick
recording of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka) (Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: Act 1. "Song to the Moon", Song to the Moon)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1900-04-21 until 1900-11-27)
part of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání
5:28
9Band of Brothers (Requiem for a Soldier)3:52
10Canto alla vita
additional programming:
Nick Patrick
additional percussion:
Nick Patrick
bass:
Laurie Cottle
guitar:
John Parricelli
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
orchestrator:
Nick Ingman
recording of:
Canto alla vita
lyricist:
Cheope
composer:
Giuseppe Dettori and Antonio Galbiati
publisher:
BMG Ricordi S.p.A. (IT subsidiary of BMG, 1995–2004), EMI Music Publishing Italia Srl (Italian branch of EMI Music Publishing) and L'Asparago SAS
4:27
11Zadok the Priest (by Handel)3:45
12Nessun dorma (from Puccini’s ‘Turandot’)3:13
13Adeste fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
3:59
14Olympia: Eternal Flame
producer:
John Themis
mixer:
Chaz Kkoshi (Record producer & composer), Jeff Calvert and John Themis
solo kemençe of the Black Sea [Greek pontic lyra]:
Matthais Tsahourides (Matthaios Tsahouridis, Greek multi-instrumentalist & composer)
orchestra:
Prague Chamber Orchestra
vocals arranger and orchestrator:
John Themis
recorded at:
Domovina Studio in Praha (Prague), Czechia and Shabbey Road Studios (Wales) in Caerphilly, Caerphilly (Caerphilly County Borough), Wales, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Silverdown Studios in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Olympia: Eternal Flame
writer:
Rick Blaskey, Avraam Demitriou and John Themis
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
2:53

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manufactured in:the EU (Europe)
photography:Andy Earl (photographer)
design:Joanne Morris (designer)
copyrighted (©) by:BMG Music (in 2004)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:BMG Music (from 2003 until 2004)
ASIN:UK: B0002W0ZME [info]