Welcome To The Voice
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Welcome To The Voice | |
studio album by Steve Nieve | |
Released | May 4, 2007 (Germany) May 15, 2007 (US) |
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Recorded | Abbey Road Studios, London; Air Studios, London; Phil Manzanera's Gallery Studios; Avatar Studios, New York; Il Palagio, Italy. |
Producer | Pierre Mollard, Steve Nieve et Muriel Teodori. |
Label | Deutsche Grammophon |
2007 opera by Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori includes performances by Elvis Costello, Sting, Robert Wyatt, Barbara Bonney and The Brodsky Quartet.
Tracks
Title | Performer(s) | Length | |
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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, S. Nieve, 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 |
Notes
- Elvis played the lead role in a June 2000 concert performance, but he plays a smaller role on the CD version.
- The opera received four performances at Chatelet Theatre, Paris, France in November 2008. Elvis and Sting played their respective roles. Joe Sumner took on Robert Wyatt's part as The Friend.
Singers
Profane Voices
- Dionysos - Sting
- The Friend - Robert Wyatt
- Chief of Police - Elvis Costello
- The Workers - The London Voices and Le Chœur Des Amis Français
Sacred Voices
- Opera Singer - Barbara Bonney
- Ghost of Carmen - Sara Fulgoni
- Ghost of Butterfly - Nathalie Manfrino
- Ghost of Norma - Amanda Roocroft
Musicians
- The Brodsky Quartet - violin, viola, cello
- Steve Nieve - piano, moog synthesizer, and theremin
- Ned Rothenberg - clarinets, saxophones, shakuhachi, bass flute
- Marc Ribot - guitars
- Antoine Quessada - cymbals
- Sting - electric bass guitar
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