A A Musical Affair [Deluxe Edition]

by Il Divo

Overview

You have to hand it to Il Divo, or rather, black-fitted T-shirt aficionado Simon Cowell. The internationally successful operatic pop quartet and their internationally successful manager/creator know how to keep things in their (luxuriously decorated) wheelhouse. A Musical Affair, the group's sixth studio album, finds tenor Urs Buhler (Switzerland), baritone Carlos Marin (Spain), pop artist Sebastien Izambard (France), and tenor David Miller (United States) applying their considerable vocal prowess' to some of Broadway's biggest set-pieces -- a limited run of performances at The Marquis Theater with special guest Heather Headley will accompany the release. That alone would have won them favor with their legions of fans, but they've gone and sweetened the pot by bringing in duet partners like Kristin Chenoweth ("All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera), Nicole Scherzinger ("Memory" from Cats), the aforementioned Headley ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from the Lion King), Michael Ball ("Love Changes Everything" from Aspects of Love), and Barbara Streisand ("Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera), the latter of which is the only track that wasn't recorded specifically for the project, having been issued previously on Streisand's 2006 Live in Concert album (with Il Divo). As has been the case with previous Il Divo outings, the arrangements, musicianship, and vocal performances on A Musical Affair are all strong, and the selections are on par with the group's penchant for sticking with the familiar, even as they branch out from their opera/holiday music/pop balladry comfort zone. [A Deluxe Edition added a DVD.] ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/26/2013
Label:	Syco Music
UPC:	0888837774420
Rank:	163336

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Memory
2. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
3. Bring Him Home
4. Tonight
5. All I Ask of You
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Who Can I Turn To?
8. Who Wants to Live Forever
9. You'll Never Walk Alone
10. If Ever I Would Leave You
11. Love Changes Everything
12. The Music of the Night

Disc 2

13. The Magic of Musicals: In Conversation with Il Divo [DVD]
14. "A Musical Affair" Track by Track [DVD]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Il Divo   Primary Artist
Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Michael Ball   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Bratislava Symphony Orchestra   Featured Artist
Alberto Quintero   Bass,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion,Choir/Chorus
Adriana Antalova   Harp
Pau Sastre   Choir/Chorus
Clara Sallago   Choir/Chorus
Kristin Chenoweth   Featured Artist
Javier Canales   Choir/Chorus
David Hernando   Conductor
William Ross   Conductor
Nicole Scherzinger   Featured Artist
Heather Headley   Featured Artist
Carlos Torregrosa   Choir/Chorus
Clara Luna   Choir/Chorus
Gemma Abrie   Choir/Chorus
Pavol Mucha   Cello,Soloist
Sandra Ortega   Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Tom Coyne   Mastering
Joe Singer   Assistant Engineer
Katia Lewin   Mixing Engineer
Graham Stack   Vocal Producer
Martin Roller   Engineer
Peter Rudge   Representation
Oscar Clavel   Mixing
Alberto Quintero   Arranger,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer,Choir Arrangement,Vocal Arrangement,Orchestral Arrangements
Albert Mas Griera   Translation
John Giddings   Representation
Rob Light   Representation
Marlene Tsuchii   Representation
Camille Rousseau   Assistant
Karl-Johan Ankarblom   Orchestral Arrangements
Davide Venco   Engineer,Vocal Producer
Alain Albert Boublil   Composer
Gunther Manuel Salinger Ehrenfried   Composer,Lyricist
Trevor Nunn   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering Engineer
Kristin Chenoweth   Assistant
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer,Lyricist
Don Black   Composer,Lyricist
Charles Hart   Composer,Lyricist
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer
Frederick Loewe   Composer
Dave Reitzas   Engineer
Jay Landers   Producer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Richard Stilgoe   Composer,Lyricist
Tim Rice   Composer,Lyricist
Nick Patrick   Producer
Roberto Ferri   Composer
Herbert Kretzmer   Composer
William Ross   Arranger
Claude-Michel Schoenberg   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Seth Waldman   Engineer
Anthony Newley   Composer
Elton John   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Barbra Streisand   Producer
Simon Bloor   Engineer
Meredith Plant   Representation
Mike Gaydusek   Assistant
Eduardo Galan   Translation
Jake Warren   Assistant
Lluis Molas   Engineer
Ricardo San Gabino   Copyist