Voices Of The Valley Encore
Artist(s):
Fron Male Voice Choir
Label: Universal Classics
Publisher(s):
Universal Classics
Studio: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
Binding: Audio CD
List Price: £9.99
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Track Listing
1.
Yesterday - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, Paul McCartney
2.
Can't Help Falling In Love (With You) - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, George David Weiss
3.
Battle Hymn Of The Republic (Glory, Glory Hallelujah) - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, Traditional
4.
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, Paul Simon
5.
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, John Hughes
6.
Amazing Grace - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, Ann Atkinson, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Traditional
7.
Exodus - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, Ernest Gold
8.
Ar Lan Y Mor - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, Ann Atkinson, Adrian Bradbury, Traditional
9.
How Great Thou Art - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Ann Atkinson, JPR Williams, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd, Gail Boberg
10.
Speed Your Journey (Chorus of The Hebrew Slaves) - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, Giuseppe Verdi
11.
Suo Gan - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, Ann Atkinson, Traditional
12.
We'll Keep A Welcome - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, Ann Atkinson, Mai Jones
13.
Panis Anjelicus - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Al Unsworth, Ann Atkinson, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, The Czech Film Orchestra, Cliff Masterson, César Franck
14.
The Rhythm Of Life - Fron Male Voice Choir, Jon Cohen, Michael Ball, Tom Belton, Josh Blair, Al Unsworth, Tom Kelly, Phil Da Costa, Ray Staff, Ann Atkinson, Tristan Mailliot, Jeremy Brown, Ben Bryant, Tom Lewis, Johnny Stirling, Aimee Loveday, Cy Coleman
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
The success of the Fron Male Voice Choir?s debut album, Voices of the Valley, was so vast that a follow up was inevitable. Voices of the Valley Encore is actually much more than a lazy cash-in from the world?s oldest boy-band (ages range from 16 to 60). Timed to coincide with the choir?s 60th anniversary, the project features erudite direction from Ann Atkinson and instrumental accompaniments from Jon Cohen, and the "boys" once again get to sing their way through a heady mix of pop standards ("Yesterday"), hymns ("Amazing Grace") and even a splash of opera ("Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" from Verdi?s Nabucco). There?s also some filmic material ("Exodus") and a rousing West-End style finale in the shape of "The Rhythm of Life," featuring Michael Ball. It?s an encore worthy of an ovation. --Danny McKenna
Customer Reviews
poor
This could be any reasonably competent male voice choir. I WAS VERY DIASAPPOINTED WITH IT. It did not have the depth and resonance and passion of a 'proper' Welsh male voice choir like Treorchy.
It seems like a sanitised version.
Nowhere near good enough!!!
OK as aural wallpaper
Sorry but this just doesn't sound right. I bought the disc for the choir but the backing is too intrusive.
I'll play it from time to time but there are better recordings. There's too much commerce in this one, not enough passion.
Disappointing
I loved the first CD, but think this is very disappointing in comparison. The life and the passion of the first one seems lacking. There's too much emphasis on the backing and arrangements, and that then completely overshadows the choir. I personally think that the boys' voices don't need all that complicated background stuff at all. For me, it was boring, and completely unmoving, and definitely didn't showcase their wonderful voices.
Welsh Choirs
I bought this purely from the TV advertisement. I'm sorry but I find this choir tame and insipid. I've some great CDs in my collection with magnificent Welsh choirs raising the hairs on the back of my neck. Some of these choirs leave me emotionally uplifted. Not so with Voices from the Valley. To paraphrase a famous Irish rugby captain "Where's your ******* pride and emotion"?
Welsh Voices
I bought this album because I enjoyed the first one so much which is everything you would expect of lovely Welsh voices, however I found that this Encore, although it has a good selection of songs and sounds like a good choir, unlike the first, it did not live up to my expectations of a great Welsh Male Voice Choir second time around. It is worth buying for easy listening.
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