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Stacey Kent - I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions / ginalovesjazz

It was just a matter of time before this was about to take shape: Stacey Kent recording with a full orchestra. The arrangements are by Tommy Laurence, the sessions took place in London up until May of this year and Jim Tomlinson produced the album which really suits her fine.

There are a lot of similarities to the big orchestral albums that Antonio Carlos Jobim recorded with the great Claus Ogerman (like "Jobim" from 1972 or "Terra Brasilis" from 1980) on the first two Jobim tunes, "Double Rainbow" and "Photograph". The lushness is there and the ostentatious flute/sax parts. But more modern sounds are featured here as well, like on the Rhodes-induced "La Rua Madureira", sung in French. Graham Harvey‘s Fender Rhodes playing on this one makes up for a nice change here because I think that full orchestra albums with vocals somtimes tend to be a bit too much.

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