Amici Forever, The Opera Band - 1h 14m

Tracks & Durations

1. Prayer In The Night	3:15
2. Senza Calene	3:47
3. Whisper of Angels	3:46
4. The Pearl Fishers	4:40
5. Soave Sia Il Vento	3:06
6. Vita Mia	4:16
7. Nimrod:Lux Aeterna	4:19
8. Songs to the Moon	5:27
9. Band of Brothers	3:52
10. Canto Alla Vita	4:27
11. Zadok The Priest	3:44
12. Nessun Dorma	3:16
13. Adesle Fidelis	3:59
14. Prayer in the Night (Classic Mix)	3:16
15. Whisper of Angels (Classical Version)	6:15
16. Data	12:25

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Review

The debut of the young, classically trained international quintet of sopranos Jo Appleby and Tsakane Valentine, tenors David Habbin and Geoff Swell, and basso Nick Garret offers up a familiar take on the crossover formula that has enriched everyone from genre pioneers The Three Tenors to Russell Watson and beyond. While their occasionally electro-pumped rhythms and youth-angled marketing shtick ("The world's first opera band!") may borrow a page from Opera Babes and Bond, it still manages to evoke the spirit (if not the letter) of its eclectic classical sources. And if the world hasn't exactly been burning for yet another dramatized update of Turandot's melodic "Nessun Dorma," The Pearl Fishers, or--for that matter--"Unchained Melody," Amici Forever's takes on the pop side of the crossover equation are indeed promising, recasting Alex North's "Unchained.." ("Senza Catene") and their reworked theme to the miniseries Band of Brothers("Requiem for a Soldier") in a successful, neo-classical light. If Neopolitan-shaded originals like "Canto Alla Vita" and "Vita Mia" sound like Josh Groban clones, their glorious harmonic vocal reworkings of Faure's "Pavane" ("Whisper of Angels") and Elgar's "Enigma Variations" ("Nimrod: Lux Aeterna") bristle with an ambitious sense of adventure that's missing from much of their crossover competition. Serious opera buffs may still quarrel with the daring "impurity" of it all, but if Amici Forever prod a few more pimply punters to peruse Puccini, won't it all have been worth it? --Jerry McCulley

Other Versions

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The Opera Band

Tracks: 16, Disk length: 1h 14m

The Opera Band

Tracks: 12 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 47m 55s (-27m 55s)

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