Absolute Romance

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nessun dormaPaul Potts32:54
2Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partiro)
cover recording of:
Time to Say Goodbye (version with predominantly Italian lyrics, except for the phrase “time to say goodbye”)
additional lyricist:
Frank Peterson
lyricist:
Lucio Quarantotto
composer:
Francesco Sartori
publisher:
Sugar Music MV and Sugar S.r.l. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Con te partirò (completely Italian lyrics; no “time to say goodbye”)
Il Divo4:21
3O mio babbino caroKiri Te Kanawa2:26
4CarusoLuciano Pavarotti & Lucio Dalla5:17
5Nella Fantasia
guitar:
John Themis
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
tenor vocals:
Russell Watson (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Nick Ingman
chorus master:
William Hayward
recording of:
Nella fantasia
lyricist:
Chiara Ferraú (lyricist)
composer:
Ennio Morricone (Italian classical and score composer)
arranger:
Audrey Snyder (composer, arranger)
publisher:
EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
is based on:
Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission)
Russell Watson4:28
6You Raise Me Up
cover recording of:
You Raise Me Up
lyricist:
Brendan Graham (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Rolf Løvland
publisher:
ALFRED PUBLISHING CO INC 301, Peermusic (UK) Limited (from 2002 to present) and Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden) (from 2002 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Westlife2.254:01
7Now We Are Free (theme from "Gladiator")
orchestra:
Musica Paradiso
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cherry Lane and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
recording of:
Now We Are Free (Gladiator)
lyricist:
Lisa Gerrard
composer:
Klaus Badelt (German score composer), Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer (German score composer)
publisher:
SKG Songs and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
Gladiator (Live in Prague)
Lisa Gerrard4:15
8Parla più piano (love theme from "The Godfather")
cello:
Vannessa Freebairn-Smith
keyboard [keyboards]:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Katherine Jenkins (mezzo-soprano)
recording of:
Love Theme from The Godfather
composer:
Nino Rota (composer)
part of:
The Godfather
Katherine Jenkins4:17
9Pie Jesu
vocals:
Charlotte Church
recording of:
Requiem: Pie Jesu
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., The Really Useful Company Limited and The Really Useful Music Co. Ltd. (not for release label use!)
music quoted on:
När jag ser framåt
part of:
Requiem
Charlotte Church3:23
10Che gelida manina
recorded in:
Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1969-07-17)
tenor vocals [Rodolfo]:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (on 1969-07-17)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (on 1969-07-17)
conductor:
Thomas Schippers (conductor and composer) (on 1969-07-17)
live recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo) (on 1969-07-17)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo) (on 1969-07-17)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Luciano Pavarotti4:39
11Recondita Armonia
José Carreras3:39
12River Flows in You
Yiruma3:35
13Theme From Love Story
recording of:
Theme From Love Story (Instrumental)
composer:
Francis Lai (French composer)
music quoted on:
The Lighter
music quoted on:
История любви
Francis Lai3:19
14You're BeautifulKenny G4:13
15I Will Always Love You
engineer:
David Reitzas, Bill Schnee and Peter Yianilos
executive producer:
Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive) and Whitney Houston
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
mixer:
David Reitzas
creative direction:
Rickey Minor
solo saxophone:
Kirk Whalum
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
vocals arranger:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1992)
mixed at:
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
The Co-Op: Top 10 British Funeral Songs (number: 3), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 59) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 94)
cover recording of:
I Will Always Love You
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Owepar Publishing Inc. and Velvet Apple Music
Whitney Houston4.54:25
CD 2