The Opera Band

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Tracklist

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1Prayer in the Night
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
3:47
3Canto 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
4:26
4Vita 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
5Requiem for a Soldier (Theme from Band of Brothers)
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:
Requiem for a Soldier (Theme from Band of Brothers)
orchestrator:
Nick Ingman
lyricist:
Frank Musker
composer:
Michael Kamen (American score composer)
3:51
6Whisper 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
7The Pearl Fishers (Au fond du temple saint)
bass:
Laurie Cottle
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
arranger:
Nick Ingman and Nick Patrick
vocals arranger:
Kevin Townend
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré (librettist) and Eugène Cormon
part of:
ABC Classic 100 (2001) (number: 7)
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I
4:40
8Soave sia il vento (from Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”)
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:
Così fan tutte: Atto I. No. 10 Terzettino “Soave sia il vento” (Fiordligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I
3:06
9Nimrod: Lux Aeterna (based on Elgar’s Enigma Variations)
bass:
Laurie Cottle
keyboard:
Richard Cottle
percussion:
Miles Bould
vocals:
Amici Forever
orchestra:
The Budapest Film Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
arranger:
Nick Ingman and Nick Patrick
recording of:
Light Eternal (Lux aeterna)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer)
arranger:
John Cameron (British composer, arranger and conductor)
version of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
4:20
10Song to the Moon (from Dvorák’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
5:27
11Zadok the Priest (by Händel)
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:
The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1727)
premiered at:
Westminster Abbey in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1727-10-11)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 258)
part of:
The Four Coronation Anthems
3:45
12Nessun dorma (from Puccini’s Turandot)
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:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
3:12