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It may take a while to wrap your ears around A Quiet Thing. Afterall, how often do you hear a countertenor sing Harold Arlen, let alone on the same album with John Dowland and Bellini? But David Daniels is a stylistically nimble and unfailingly musical performer, and a singer in the fullest sense -- not just a niche voice best confined to Handel and Monteverdi. Here, he and guitarist Craig Ogden deliver an intimate duet program of songs from all over the map, and while not every track succeeds equally, all are lovingly performed, finely detailed, and beautifully sung. Daniels uses some less "legit" vocal colors in the Broadway selections, and manages to find just the right tone for each of the three Bellini songs. The Spanish selections bring out the unusual richness and warmth of his singing, and Gabriel Mena's A la caza gives Ogden the welcome opportunity to let loose with rich chords. The most successful track on the album is the anonymous Shenandoah, arranged by Roland Chadwick; the pointed harmonics of the guitar and a soulful delivery combine to great effect. Ogden arranged all of the other selections himself, and he plays his very idiomatic transcriptions beautifully, adapting to the differing styles and moods at will. A Quiet Thing was recorded in two different rooms, and the acoustical differences are readily audible. Also, a few spots reveal an uncharacteristically covered, almost diffuse quality to Daniels' voice; hopefully in his quest to broaden his (and listeners') horizons, he will not leave behind the crystalline singing that made him such a star.
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David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Fred Ebb, Lyricist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - John Harold Kander, Composer
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - ALEC WILDER, Composer - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Loonis McGohan, Lyricist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, MainArtist - Adolph Green, Lyricist - Betty Comden, Lyricist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
Johnny Mercer, Lyricist - David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Composer - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Francisco de la Torre, Composer - Arne Dørumsgaard, Arranger
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Joan de Anchieta, Composer - Arne Dørumsgaard, Arranger
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gabriel Mena, Composer - Arne Dørumsgaard, Arranger
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - John Dowland, Composer - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - John Dowland, Composer - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Craig Ogden, Guitar, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Charles Gounod, Arranger - Franz Schubert, Composer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
Charles Gounod, Arranger - Franz Schubert, Composer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Limited
David Daniels, Vocals, MainArtist - Stephen Foster, Composer - Craig Ogden, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Traditional, Composer - David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Ogden, Guitar, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Martini, Composer
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Album review
It may take a while to wrap your ears around A Quiet Thing. Afterall, how often do you hear a countertenor sing Harold Arlen, let alone on the same album with John Dowland and Bellini? But David Daniels is a stylistically nimble and unfailingly musical performer, and a singer in the fullest sense -- not just a niche voice best confined to Handel and Monteverdi. Here, he and guitarist Craig Ogden deliver an intimate duet program of songs from all over the map, and while not every track succeeds equally, all are lovingly performed, finely detailed, and beautifully sung. Daniels uses some less "legit" vocal colors in the Broadway selections, and manages to find just the right tone for each of the three Bellini songs. The Spanish selections bring out the unusual richness and warmth of his singing, and Gabriel Mena's A la caza gives Ogden the welcome opportunity to let loose with rich chords. The most successful track on the album is the anonymous Shenandoah, arranged by Roland Chadwick; the pointed harmonics of the guitar and a soulful delivery combine to great effect. Ogden arranged all of the other selections himself, and he plays his very idiomatic transcriptions beautifully, adapting to the differing styles and moods at will. A Quiet Thing was recorded in two different rooms, and the acoustical differences are readily audible. Also, a few spots reveal an uncharacteristically covered, almost diffuse quality to Daniels' voice; hopefully in his quest to broaden his (and listeners') horizons, he will not leave behind the crystalline singing that made him such a star.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:06
- Main artists: David Daniels/Craig Ogden
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2003 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
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