Alfie CD

MUSIC

CLASSICAL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Being Alive - (featuring City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

2. Maria - (featuring Danish National Chamber Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

3. When I Fall In Love - (featuring City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

4. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The - (featuring Danish National Chamber Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

5. Song To the Siren - (featuring Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Robert Plant) ~ Alfie Boe

6. When You Wish Upon a Star - (featuring City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

7. Music of the Night - (featuring City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

8. Someone To Watch Over Me - (featuring City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

9. In My Daughter's Eyes - (featuring Danish National Chamber Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

10. Over the Hills and Far Away ~ Alfie Boe

11. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - (featuring Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Nick Jonas) ~ Alfie Boe

12. Wheels of a Dream - (featuring City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

13. It Was a Very Good Year - (featuring City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

14. Who Am I - (featuring Danish National Chamber Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

15. Bring Him Home - (featuring Danish National Chamber Orchestra) ~ Alfie Boe

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Juliette Pochin, James Morgan (keyboards, programming).
	Audio Mixers: Juliette Pochin; James Morgan.
	Recording information: Ashmead Studios; Dean St Studios, London; DR Studios, Copenhagen; Smecky Soundstage, Prague.
	Editors: Juliette Pochin; James Morgan.
	Photographers: Colin Bell; Paul Marc Mitchell.
	Having reached the U.K. Top Ten for the first time, performed for the English National Opera in La Boheme and The Mikado, and received rave reviews for his role as Jean Valjean in Les Mis?rables, Blackpool tenor Alfie Boe rounds off an incredible year with his fifth studio album, simply titled Alfie. Proving that it's not just the musical theater and classical pop worlds that appreciate his talent, the follow-up to commercial breakthrough Bring Him Home also features a collaboration with none other than Robert Plant, who lends his yearning tones to a moving orchestral interpretation of Tim Buckley's acoustic folk song "Song to the Siren." It's a shame that Boe couldn't have persuaded the Led Zeppelin legend to stick around a little longer, as it's by far the most compelling offering on a record that -- apart from an emotive operatic reworking of Martina McBride's "In My Daughter's Eyes" -- plays it pretty safe. Alongside an understated acoustic version of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," there's a suitably wintry take on Judy Garland's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," an impassioned adaptation of 17th century traditional English folk song "Over the Hills and Far Away," and a lushly produced rendition of Frank Sinatra's "It Was a Very Good Year." But elsewhere, Boe continues to delve into a more familiar catalog of show tunes, from Gershwin's Oh, Kay! jazz standard "Someone to Watch Over Me" to Ragtime's stirring choral-led "Wheels of a Dream" to the two numbers from Les Mis?rables, "Who Am I?" and "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," the latter a duet with Michael Ball (better known as a solo piece for the character of Marius). Alfie should consolidate Boe's position as one of the U.K. classical crossover scene's biggest talents, but by proving he's capable of tackling material outside the box, you do wish that he'd be a bit braver and pursue his more adventurous leanings a little further. ~ Jon O'Brien
Producer: Juliette Pochin; James Morgan
Musical Guests
	The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
	Danish National Chamber Orchestra
	Robert Plant
	Nick Jonas

Compilation Appearances

Downton Abbey

Technical Info

	Release Date : 06/05/2012
	Original Release Date : 2011
	Catalog ID : 001642202
	Label : Decca (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602527912837

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Alfie (2011)

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