Name: Encore
Brand: Encore
SKU: 155135
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Encore

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Album: Encore
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Va Pensiero	More Info...
2)	Volare	More Info...
3)	The Prayer (With Lulu)	More Info...
4)	O Sole Mio	More Info...
5)	Ave Maria	More Info...
6)	Mattinata	More Info...
7)	Pelagias Song	More Info...
8)	You Are So Beautiful	More Info...
9)	Somewhere	More Info...
10)	Che Gelida Manina	More Info...
11)	E Lucevan Le Stelle	More Info...
12)	Magic Of Love (With Lionel Richie)	More Info...
13)	Catch The Tears	More Info...
14)	Lost In The Snow	More Info...
15)	Celeste Aida	More Info...
16)	Where My Heart Will Take Me	More Info...
17)	Pokarekare Ana (Live With Hayley Westenra)	More Info...
18)	Haere Ra (Now Is The Hour) (Live With H. Westenra/F.Tozer)	More Info...
2)	Volare	More Info...
4)	O sole mio	More Info...
5)	Ave Maria, op. 23, 2	More Info...
6)	Mattinata	More Info...
7)	Pelagia's song	More Info...
8)	You are so beautiful	More Info...
9)	Somewhere	More Info...
10)	Che gelida manina	More Info...
11)	E lucevan le stelle	More Info...
12)	Magic of love	More Info...
13)	Catch The Tears	More Info...
14)	Lost In The Snow	More Info...
15)	Celeste Aida	More Info...
16)	Where my heart will take me	More Info...
18)	Haere Ra (Now Is The Hour)	More Info...

Album: Encore
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Va Pensiero	More Info...
2)	Volare	More Info...
3)	The Prayer (With Lulu)	More Info...
4)	O Sole Mio	More Info...
5)	Ave Maria	More Info...
6)	Mattinata	More Info...
7)	Pelagias Song	More Info...
8)	You Are So Beautiful	More Info...
9)	Somewhere	More Info...
10)	Che Gelida Manina	More Info...
11)	E Lucevan Le Stelle	More Info...
12)	Magic Of Love (With Lionel Richie)	More Info...
13)	Catch The Tears	More Info...
14)	Lost In The Snow	More Info...
15)	Celeste Aida	More Info...
16)	Where My Heart Will Take Me	More Info...
17)	Pokarekare Ana (Live With Hayley Westenra)	More Info...
18)	Haere Ra (Now Is The Hour) (Live With H. Westenra/F.Tozer)	More Info...
2)	Volare	More Info...
4)	O sole mio	More Info...
5)	Ave Maria, op. 23, 2	More Info...
6)	Mattinata	More Info...
7)	Pelagia's song	More Info...
8)	You are so beautiful	More Info...
9)	Somewhere	More Info...
10)	Che gelida manina	More Info...
11)	E lucevan le stelle	More Info...
12)	Magic of love	More Info...
13)	Catch The Tears	More Info...
14)	Lost In The Snow	More Info...
15)	Celeste Aida	More Info...
16)	Where my heart will take me	More Info...
18)	Haere Ra (Now Is The Hour)	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Russell Watson (vocals); Alistair Gordon, Steve Butler, Judith Abbot (background vocals); Royal Philharmonic.
Producers: Russell Watson, Nick Patrick, Alistair Gordon.
Includes liner notes by Bill Borrows.
In 2001 this young British tenor became an international phenomenon with his platinum-plus debut album THE VOICE. With that blockbuster recording, he defined himself as the pop-opera crossover sensation of the 21st century. The appropriately titled follow-up ENCORE will likely be regarded with suspicion by those with their feet planted firmly in either the pop or operatic world. Those whose tastes fall somewhere in between are exactly the folks who've already made him a superstar, and it is for them that ENCORE was made.
Watson tackled material by Ultravox and Simon & Garfunkel amid the arias on THE VOICE, so it's no great shock to hear him taking on the Joe Cocker hit "You are So Beautiful" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (which sounds like it's been out there waiting for Watson for years). The really striking thing is how comfortable and convincing he sounds both on these pop-oriented tunes and on such operatic chestnuts as "O Solo Mio" and "Ave Maria." It's important to note that Watson did begin his career as a pop singer, but no one has ever straddled the great stylistic divide quite so successfully as he does on ENCORE.