Welcome To The Voice: Difference between revisions
From The Elvis Costello Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
(→External links: +WTTV blog) |
m (→Credits: fix spelling) |
||
(20 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[image:Welcome To The Voice album cover.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Welcome To The Voice]], 2007]] | [[image:Welcome To The Voice album cover.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Welcome To The Voice]], 2007]] | ||
"A modern opera by [[Steve Nieve]] and [[Muriel | "A modern opera by [[Steve Nieve]] and [[Muriel Teodori]]." Performed by Steve Nieve, [[Barbara Bonney]], [[Sting]], [[Robert Wyatt]], [[Elvis Costello]], and [[The Brodsky Quartet]]. Released 4 May 2007 in Germany, 15 May in USA. | ||
Elvis played the lead role in a [[Concert 2000-06-09 New York|2000-06-09]] concert performance, but he plays a smaller role on the CD version. | |||
==Tracks== | ==Tracks== | ||
{{tracklist30 | |||
| writing_credits = no | |||
| extra_column = Performer(s) | |||
| title1 = Prologue Of Dionysos | |||
05 | | extra1 = Sting, Steve Nieve | ||
| length1 = 10:54 | |||
| title2 = Song Of The Ghost Of Carmen | |||
| extra2 = Sarah Fulgoni, Sting, Steve Nieve | |||
| length2 = 6:02 | |||
| title3 = Grand Grand Freedom | |||
| extra3 = Sting, Steve Nieve, Robert Wyatt, The Steel Workers Chorus | |||
| length3 = 7:08 | |||
| title4 = Unfailing Welcome To The Voice | |||
| extra4 = Sting, Steve Nieve | |||
| length4 = 4:05 | |||
| title5 = Song Of The Ghost Of Butterfly | |||
| extra5 = Nathalie Manfrino, Steve Nieve | |||
| length5 = 2:47 | |||
| title6 = Song Of The Ghost Of Norma | |||
| extra6 = Amanda Roocroft, Steve Nieve | |||
| length6 = 4:37 | |||
| title7 = To Be Is Strong | |||
| extra7 = Sting, Steve Nieve | |||
| length7 = 3:30 | |||
| title8 = Perfume Song | |||
| extra8 = Barbara Bonney, Steve Nieve | |||
| length8 = 4:47 | |||
| title9 = The Desire Of Dionysos | |||
| extra9 = Sting, Steve Nieve | |||
| length9 = 2:36 | |||
| title10 = '''[[Troublemaker]]''' | |||
| extra10 = Elvis Costello, Robert Wyatt, Steve Nieve, The Steel Workers Chorus | |||
| length10 = 4:14 | |||
| title11 = Don't Touch Him | |||
| extra11 = Barbara Bonney, Steve Nieve | |||
| length11 = 4:36 | |||
| title12 = Distanciation | |||
| extra12 = Steve Nieve, The Steel Workers Chorus | |||
| length12 = 0:46 | |||
| title13 = [[Happiness?]] | |||
| extra13 = Robert Wyatt, Sting, Steve Nieve | |||
| length13 = 3:02 | |||
| title14 = '''[[Despair]]''' | |||
| extra14 = Elvis Costello, Sting, Robert Wyatt, Barbara Bonney, Amanda Roocroft, Sarah Fulgoni, Nathalie Manfrino, Steve Nieve | |||
| length14 = 6:45 | |||
| title15 = '''[[The Unlikely Duet]]''' | |||
| extra15 = Sting, Barbara Bonney, Sarah Fulgoni, Robert Wyatt, Nathalie Manfrino, Amanda Roocroft, Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve, The Steel Workers Chorus | |||
| length15 = 4:59 | |||
}} | |||
==Credits== | |||
* Musicians: | |||
:[[The Brodsky Quartet]] - violin, viola, cello | |||
:[[Ned Rothenberg]] - multi-instruments | |||
:[[Marc Ribot]] - guitar | |||
:[[Antoine Quessada]] - cymbals | |||
==Reviews== | |||
* ''"Welcome To The Voice" is a new classical piece — oh, I might as well admit it, it's an opera with a libretto by the French writer Muriel Teodori and music by Steve Nieve, best known to the hoi polloi as the brilliant pianist in Elvis Costello & the Attractions. It's a piece about the clash between high culture and low, the upper class and the workers, and Nieve has very cleverly cast legit opera singers such as Barbara Bonney and Amanda Roocroft as the Sacred Voices, and rock singers like Costello and Sting as the Profane Voices. It's a conceit worthy of Bertold Brecht and it really works. Whether you come in through the front door of serious music or the servant's entrance of pop, "Welcome To The Voice" will make you feel welcome at the party.'' {{-}} [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/27/sunday/main2855950.shtml Bill Flanagan, CBS News] | |||
==Internal links== | |||
*[[Il Giornale, June 5, 2007|2007 interview in Il Giornale regarding the project]]<small> - in Italian</small> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http:// | * [http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4776524 DeutscheGrammophon.com] | ||
* [http:// | *{{Amazon|asin=B000MGB3DU}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B000MGB3DU}} {{-}} {{AmazonDE WTTV}} | ||
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Voice Wikipedia:Welcome To The Voice] | |||
[[Category:2007]] | [[Category:2007]] | ||
[[Category:Welcome To The Voice]] |
Revision as of 06:05, 7 January 2019
"A modern opera by Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori." Performed by Steve Nieve, Barbara Bonney, Sting, Robert Wyatt, Elvis Costello, and The Brodsky Quartet. Released 4 May 2007 in Germany, 15 May in USA.
Elvis played the lead role in a 2000-06-09 concert performance, but he plays a smaller role on the CD version.
Tracks
Title | Performer(s) | Length | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Prologue Of Dionysos | Sting, Steve Nieve | 10:54 |
2. | Song Of The Ghost Of Carmen | Sarah Fulgoni, Sting, Steve Nieve | 6:02 |
3. | Grand Grand Freedom | Sting, Steve Nieve, Robert Wyatt, The Steel Workers Chorus | 7:08 |
4. | Unfailing Welcome To The Voice | Sting, Steve Nieve | 4:05 |
5. | Song Of The Ghost Of Butterfly | Nathalie Manfrino, Steve Nieve | 2:47 |
6. | Song Of The Ghost Of Norma | Amanda Roocroft, Steve Nieve | 4:37 |
7. | To Be Is Strong | Sting, Steve Nieve | 3:30 |
8. | Perfume Song | Barbara Bonney, Steve Nieve | 4:47 |
9. | The Desire Of Dionysos | Sting, Steve Nieve | 2:36 |
10. | Troublemaker | Elvis Costello, Robert Wyatt, Steve Nieve, The Steel Workers Chorus | 4:14 |
11. | Don't Touch Him | Barbara Bonney, Steve Nieve | 4:36 |
12. | Distanciation | Steve Nieve, The Steel Workers Chorus | 0:46 |
13. | Happiness? | Robert Wyatt, Sting, Steve Nieve | 3:02 |
14. | Despair | Elvis Costello, Sting, Robert Wyatt, Barbara Bonney, Amanda Roocroft, Sarah Fulgoni, Nathalie Manfrino, Steve Nieve | 6:45 |
15. | The Unlikely Duet | Sting, Barbara Bonney, Sarah Fulgoni, Robert Wyatt, Nathalie Manfrino, Amanda Roocroft, Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve, The Steel Workers Chorus | 4:59 |
Credits
- Musicians:
- The Brodsky Quartet - violin, viola, cello
- Ned Rothenberg - multi-instruments
- Marc Ribot - guitar
- Antoine Quessada - cymbals
Reviews
- "Welcome To The Voice" is a new classical piece — oh, I might as well admit it, it's an opera with a libretto by the French writer Muriel Teodori and music by Steve Nieve, best known to the hoi polloi as the brilliant pianist in Elvis Costello & the Attractions. It's a piece about the clash between high culture and low, the upper class and the workers, and Nieve has very cleverly cast legit opera singers such as Barbara Bonney and Amanda Roocroft as the Sacred Voices, and rock singers like Costello and Sting as the Profane Voices. It's a conceit worthy of Bertold Brecht and it really works. Whether you come in through the front door of serious music or the servant's entrance of pop, "Welcome To The Voice" will make you feel welcome at the party. • Bill Flanagan, CBS News
Internal links
- 2007 interview in Il Giornale regarding the project - in Italian