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The "churchman (or churchwoman) with a golden voice" formula has been increasingly often applied by European labels, but for those who enjoy the genre here's a release with a difference. Friar Alessandro is Alessandro Brustenghi, an Italian Franciscan friar and tenor who came to music after a long personal struggle to integrate it into his religious vocation. Voice of Peace marks an advance over his earlier Voice from Assisi album, and it has much to offer besides the charm of hearing Amazing Grace sung in an Italian accent. The inclusion of that song might seem a blatant bid for American sales, but in fact, the appeal of the program here lies in the relative lack of familiarity of most of the material, in America or anywhere else. Friar Alessandro has a few hits, like the Bach tune generally known as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, and the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, but mostly he delves into some odder items from the past. Two of these, and possibly a third, are forgeries of Baroque works from the early years when Baroque music was being discovered: the Ave Maria written by a Soviet guitarist and attributed to Giulio Caccini, and the famed Albinoni Adagio for strings, actually the product of a musicologist named Remo Giazotto. To the second of these Friar Alessandro adds his own text, and the whole thing is nicely arranged to place his distinctively gravelly voice into a texture that evokes the antique without actually being antique. The arrangements for the Camerata Ducale orchestra also work well in this respect, as does the sound. Curiously, the friar's website lists rock producer Mike Hedges (U2, Manic Street Preachers, the Cure) as producer, but the album notes give John Fraser instead. Whoever it was, there's a flat, bright sound that emphasizes the shades in Friar Alessandro's voice. An attractive release of vocal tunes for the holiday season.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - John Newton, ComposerLyricist - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Domenico Machetta, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (Georges Bizet)
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Anonymous, Author - Georges Bizet, Composer - Ernest Guiraud, Arranger, Work Arranger - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jean Sibelius, ComposerLyricist - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Giulio Caccini, ComposerLyricist - Vladimir Vavilov, ComposerLyricist - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alessandro Stradella, ComposerLyricist - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, ComposerLyricist - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Remo Giazotto, Composer - Tomaso Albinoni, Composer - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Alessandro Brustenghi, Author, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Reverend Aurelian Van Dijk, Composer - Giulio Mancini, Author
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
Charles Gounod, Composer - John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ramin Bahrami, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mirko Gratton, Producer
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Camerata Ducale, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guido Rimonda, Conductor, MainArtist - Friar Alessandro, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Moretti, Arranger, Orchestrator - Alessandro Brustenghi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel L. Schutte, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
Album review
The "churchman (or churchwoman) with a golden voice" formula has been increasingly often applied by European labels, but for those who enjoy the genre here's a release with a difference. Friar Alessandro is Alessandro Brustenghi, an Italian Franciscan friar and tenor who came to music after a long personal struggle to integrate it into his religious vocation. Voice of Peace marks an advance over his earlier Voice from Assisi album, and it has much to offer besides the charm of hearing Amazing Grace sung in an Italian accent. The inclusion of that song might seem a blatant bid for American sales, but in fact, the appeal of the program here lies in the relative lack of familiarity of most of the material, in America or anywhere else. Friar Alessandro has a few hits, like the Bach tune generally known as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, and the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, but mostly he delves into some odder items from the past. Two of these, and possibly a third, are forgeries of Baroque works from the early years when Baroque music was being discovered: the Ave Maria written by a Soviet guitarist and attributed to Giulio Caccini, and the famed Albinoni Adagio for strings, actually the product of a musicologist named Remo Giazotto. To the second of these Friar Alessandro adds his own text, and the whole thing is nicely arranged to place his distinctively gravelly voice into a texture that evokes the antique without actually being antique. The arrangements for the Camerata Ducale orchestra also work well in this respect, as does the sound. Curiously, the friar's website lists rock producer Mike Hedges (U2, Manic Street Preachers, the Cure) as producer, but the album notes give John Fraser instead. Whoever it was, there's a flat, bright sound that emphasizes the shades in Friar Alessandro's voice. An attractive release of vocal tunes for the holiday season.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Frère Alessandro Guido Rimonda Camerata Ducale
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Italia srL.
- Genre: Classical
© 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl ℗ 2015 Universal Music Italia Srl
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