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Released for the Christmas market, when the "once a year" brigade comes out and buys a record, the debut album by the teenage quartet All Angels hit the Top Ten in the last week of November 2006. However, the competition for classical crossover albums was strong that year, All Angels competing with chart albums from the Fron Male Voice Choir, Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo, and the very similar-sounding Angelis. The momentum could not be sustained, and All Angels disappeared entirely from the chart even before Christmas week. This album mixed arrangements of classical repertoire, mainly the more popular and well-known end, with soft MOR pop songs. It included Delibes' Flower Duet, Mascagni's Hosanna from Cavalleria Rusticana, and -- almost inevitably for a group of angelic female singers -- Schubert's Ave Maria and Barber's Agnus Dei. The pop repertoire included "The Windmills of Your Mind," Fleetwood Mac's "Songbird," and also inevitably, Robbie Williams' "Angels." Those who did not like the voice on the original "Angels" could at least focus on the guitar solo, but even that was lacking on the All Angels version, as the track was watered down to provide the ideal of a middle-of-the-road, easy listening song. Universal were masters at promoting classical crossover music, and although a cynic might point to the CD's initial high chart position and rapid descent as a sign of failure, the girls were very talented singers and musically this was a very accomplished album. All the tracks were obviously chosen for maximum effect and profit but lacked originality -- and ultimately All Angels was a nice easy listen but unsatisfying, the classical pieces being superior to the pop choices.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
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All Angels, MainArtist - Christine Mcvie, ComposerLyricist - Charlotte Ritchie, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Lole, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Wright, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger - Daisy Chute, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Melanie Nakhla, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
The Flower Duet (from Lakmé)
All Angels, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Léo Delibes, Composer - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Lole, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Langley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger - Alison Rhind, Harpsichord, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
All Angels, MainArtist - Johann Pachelbel, Composer - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Lole, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Langley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Steal Away (Traditional)
All Angels, Choir, MainArtist - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Lole, Arranger, Work Arranger - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
All Angels, MainArtist - Michel Legrand, Composer - Marilyn Bergman, Author, Original Text Author - Alan Bergman, Author, Original Text Author - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Langley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger - Natalie Rozario, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Bousie, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffman)
All Angels, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Langley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
All Angels, MainArtist - Joseph Mohr, Author, Original Text Author - Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Fiona Pears, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Simon, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Cavalleria rusticana
All Angels, Choir, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Author - Guido Menasci, Author
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Ave Verum Corpus (theme from Brideshead Revisited)
All Angels, Ensemble, MainArtist - Charlotte Ritchie, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Geoffrey Burgon, Composer - John Langley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Laura Wright, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger - Daisy Chute, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Melanie Nakhla, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Dewhurst, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
All Angels, MainArtist - Guy Chambers, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Williams, ComposerLyricist - Ian Tilley, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Furey, Low Whistle, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Ave Maria
All Angels, Ensemble, MainArtist - Franz Schubert, Composer - Ian Tilley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Lole, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Langley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Steve Abbott, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Pokarekare Ana
All Angels, Ensemble, MainArtist - Traditional, Composer - Fiona Pears, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Dewhurst, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Agnus Dei
All Angels, Ensemble, MainArtist - Samuel Barber, Composer
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
All Angels, MainArtist - Traditional, Composer - Ian Tilley, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Langley, Arranger, Work Arranger - Martin Furey, Pipe, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Abbott, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
Album review
Released for the Christmas market, when the "once a year" brigade comes out and buys a record, the debut album by the teenage quartet All Angels hit the Top Ten in the last week of November 2006. However, the competition for classical crossover albums was strong that year, All Angels competing with chart albums from the Fron Male Voice Choir, Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo, and the very similar-sounding Angelis. The momentum could not be sustained, and All Angels disappeared entirely from the chart even before Christmas week. This album mixed arrangements of classical repertoire, mainly the more popular and well-known end, with soft MOR pop songs. It included Delibes' Flower Duet, Mascagni's Hosanna from Cavalleria Rusticana, and -- almost inevitably for a group of angelic female singers -- Schubert's Ave Maria and Barber's Agnus Dei. The pop repertoire included "The Windmills of Your Mind," Fleetwood Mac's "Songbird," and also inevitably, Robbie Williams' "Angels." Those who did not like the voice on the original "Angels" could at least focus on the guitar solo, but even that was lacking on the All Angels version, as the track was watered down to provide the ideal of a middle-of-the-road, easy listening song. Universal were masters at promoting classical crossover music, and although a cynic might point to the CD's initial high chart position and rapid descent as a sign of failure, the girls were very talented singers and musically this was a very accomplished album. All the tracks were obviously chosen for maximum effect and profit but lacked originality -- and ultimately All Angels was a nice easy listen but unsatisfying, the classical pieces being superior to the pop choices.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:58
- Main artists: All Angels
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
© 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz ℗ 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz
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