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"It's true that, because of my age, I don't have the life experience to sing about things like love and death," admits 15-year-old Charlotte Church in the press biography accompanying review copies of her fourth album, Enchantment. "But, as I get older, I find I can be a bit more of a narrator, telling the story and conveying the emotion of a song." Church is referring specifically to her transition to being more of a pop singer and less of a classical one on Enchantment, her first album to be released by the Columbia Records imprint of Sony Music rather than through Sony Classical. There are still some classical selections, notably a version of "Habañera" from Bizet's Carmen, but there are also plenty of show tunes, and, as Church acknowledges, such material often requires more of an emotional involvement, one she is not capable of conveying. Juliet, the Shakespearean character who formed the basis of Maria in the musical West Side Story, was only 14, but the emotions expressed in "Tonight" and "Somewhere," both included here, are very much about love and death, and they call for more than narration. And that's just as true of the Celtic traditional song "Carrickfergus," which laments a lover's inability to be united with her true love (oddly enough, the same subject as the traditional song "The Water Is Wide," which is also here). Lovely as her tone may be, Church simply doesn't sound very upset at the separation, and she sings the words "true love" without any emotional force. She is better at material concerning children and parents, "Papa Can You Hear Me?" from the movie Yentl and "A Bit of Earth" from the musical A Secret Garden. Maybe, then, better choices, along with increasing age, will solve her current problems of interpretation."
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Keith Thomas, Producer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Sidney Torch, Arranger - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Bruce Gaitsch, Acoustic Guitar - Keith Thomas, Producer - Suzie Katayama, Orchestrator - Mark Hammond, Drum Programmer - Traditional, Composer - Ronn Huff, Conductor, Orchestrator - Tim Lauber, Assistant Engineer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Eric Rigler, Uilleann Pipes - Charlotte Church, Soprano, MainArtist - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Ronan Hardiman, Arranger - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Helmut Lotti, Arranger - Georges Bizet, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Henri Meilhac, Lyricist - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer, Recording Engineer - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Jesse Cook, Producer, Drums, Guitar - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Mario Melo, Shaker - Wim Bohets, Arranger - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer - L. Halévy after Merimée, Lyricist - Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Bruce Gaitsch, Acoustic Guitar - Keith Thomas, Producer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Oscar Hammerstein II , Lyricist - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Andy Findon, Flute - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - James Shearman, Arranger - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Nick Ingman, Arranger - Michel Legrand, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Marilyn Bergman, Lyricist - Alan Bergman, Lyricist - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Paul Bateman, Arranger - Léo Delibes, Composer - Tim Lauber, Assistant Engineer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Editor, Engineer, Recording Engineer - John Parricelli, Acoustic Guitar - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - David Streit, Assistant Engineer - Kevin Edlin, Assistant Engineer - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer - Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - E. Gondinet, Lyricist - P. Gille, Lyricist - Daryl Bush, Engineer - Charles Herbutt, Recording Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Traditional, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Jesse Cook, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Art Avalos, Congas, Snare Drum - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Sam Babenia, Lyricist - Erik Satie, Composer, Lyricist - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Jesse Cook, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Keyboards - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Chris Church, Violin - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Frank Gallagher, Arranger - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Mark Hammond, Drums - Jerome Kern, Composer - Nick Ingman, Arranger - Oscar Hammerstein II , Lyricist - Will Owsley, Guitar - Tim Lauber, Assistant Engineer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Craig Nelson, Bass - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - David Streit, Assistant Engineer - Charles Harbutt, Engineer - Kevin Edlin, Assistant Engineer - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Keith Thomas, Producer - Johann Strauss, Jr., Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Christopher Hassall, Translator - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Keith Thomas, Producer - Nick Ingman, Arranger - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Lyricist - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
M. NORMAN, Composer - Keith Thomas, Producer - Lucy Simon, Composer - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer - CHRIS WALKER, Adapter - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Paul Keogh, Guitar - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - William David Brohn, Orchestrator - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Bruce Gaitsch, Steel Guitar - Keith Thomas, Producer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Stephen Sondheim, Lyricist - Jeremy Backhouse, Chorus Master - Jake Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Billy Whittington, Engineer, Recording Engineer - John Parricelli, Electric Guitar - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Grace Row, Executive Producer - Sian Edwards, Conductor - Jeremy Caulton, Executive Producer - Andrew Granger, Assistant Engineer - Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Josh Groban, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Michael Thompson, Guitar - DAVID FOSTER, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Carole Bayer Sager, Composer, Lyricist - Billy Whittington, Recording Engineer - Tony Renis, Translator - Alberto Testa, Translator - Charlotte Church, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) LIMITED
Album review
"It's true that, because of my age, I don't have the life experience to sing about things like love and death," admits 15-year-old Charlotte Church in the press biography accompanying review copies of her fourth album, Enchantment. "But, as I get older, I find I can be a bit more of a narrator, telling the story and conveying the emotion of a song." Church is referring specifically to her transition to being more of a pop singer and less of a classical one on Enchantment, her first album to be released by the Columbia Records imprint of Sony Music rather than through Sony Classical. There are still some classical selections, notably a version of "Habañera" from Bizet's Carmen, but there are also plenty of show tunes, and, as Church acknowledges, such material often requires more of an emotional involvement, one she is not capable of conveying. Juliet, the Shakespearean character who formed the basis of Maria in the musical West Side Story, was only 14, but the emotions expressed in "Tonight" and "Somewhere," both included here, are very much about love and death, and they call for more than narration. And that's just as true of the Celtic traditional song "Carrickfergus," which laments a lover's inability to be united with her true love (oddly enough, the same subject as the traditional song "The Water Is Wide," which is also here). Lovely as her tone may be, Church simply doesn't sound very upset at the separation, and she sings the words "true love" without any emotional force. She is better at material concerning children and parents, "Papa Can You Hear Me?" from the movie Yentl and "A Bit of Earth" from the musical A Secret Garden. Maybe, then, better choices, along with increasing age, will solve her current problems of interpretation."
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:48
- Main artists: Charlotte Church
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Masterworks
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
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