La Voce (album)

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La Voce
File:RWatson LaVoce.jpg
Studio album by Russell Watson
Released 22 November 2010 (UK)
Recorded June 2010[1]
Label Epic
Producer Mike Hedges[2]
Russell Watson chronology
People Get Ready
(2008)People Get Ready2008		 La Voce
(2010)		 Anthems – Music To Inspire A Nation
(2012)Anthems – Music To Inspire A Nation2012

La Voce[3] is the ninth album by British tenor Russell Watson and his first resumption of a largely classical repertoire since overcoming brain cancer.[4]

On 29 October 2010 Russell announced the release of his ninth album La Voce.[5] The album was recorded in June 2010 with the Roma Sinfonietta, produced by Mike Hedges[6] and was released on 22 November 2010 on Epic Records, his first release on this label.[7]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Arranger(s) Length
1. "Parla Piu Piano"   Nino Rota, Gianni Boncompagni Maestro Peppe Vessicchio 4:07
2. "E Sara Cosi"   Sergei Rachmaninov, Giuseppi Marcucci, Massimo Bizzarri Sally Herbert 3:39
3. "Be My Love"   Nickolaus Brodsky, Sammy Cahn Sally Herbert 3:14
4. "Arrivederci Roma"   Pietro Garinei, Renato Ranucci, Alessandro Giovanni Maestro Peppe Vessicchio 3:26
5. "Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)"   Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavincini Maestro Peppe Vessicchio 3:53
6. "La Vita Senza Te"   Andy Hill, Antonio Galbiata Steven Baker 4:14
7. "Concerto D’Autunno"   Camillo Bargoni, Danpa Sally Herbert 3:45
8. "Intermezzo"   Pietro Mascagni, Piero Mazzoni Steven Baker 4:55
9. "Love Story"   Francis Lai, Carl Sigman Maestro Peppe Vessicchio 4:06
10. "Solo Con Te"   Andy Hill, Jim Cregan, Valerio Calisse Maestro Renato Serio 4:25
11. "Adagio"   Remo Giazotto, Lara Fabian Sally Herbert 3:51
12. "Parlami D'Amore Mariù"   Cesare Bixio, Ennio Neri Maestro Peppe Vessicchio 4:10
13. "Someone to Remember Me"   Wayne Hector, Steve Robson Maestro Renato Serio 4:32

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Daily Express 4/5 stars[8]
Female First 5/5 stars[9]
Indie London 5/5 stars[10]
The Sun (United Kingdom) 5/5 stars[11]

La Voce was received extremely well by The Sun (United Kingdom) and Daily Express; garnering five[12] and four stars.[13] The Sun gave the album five stars as they thought "maximum points for guts, but the music deserves it too."

Chart performance

Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 31
European Top 100 Albums[14] 43
UK Albums Chart[15] 13
UK Classical Chart[16] 1

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue Barcode
United Kingdom 29 November 2010 CD, digital download Epic Records 88697773392 886977733925

References

  1. ↑ Female First
  2. ↑ Amazon
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Independent
  5. ↑ Facebook
  6. ↑ Amazon
  7. ↑ Allmusic review
  8. ↑ Daily Express review
  9. ↑ Female First review
  10. ↑ Indie London review
  11. ↑ The Sun review
  12. ↑ The Sun
  13. ↑ Daily Express
  14. ↑ Billboard Charts
  15. ↑ Official UK Charts
  16. ↑ Music News
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