Sometimes I Dream

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Album Summary

Performers

• Carolyn Miller (Bamboo Flute)
• Sue Bredice (Bamboo Flute)
• Richard Hardy (Bamboo Flute)
• Mike Hamilton (Guitar)
• Mario Frangoulis (Bamboo Flute)
• Steve Wood (Guitar)
• Beth Wood (Voice)
• Daniel May (Piano)
• Mario Frangoulis (Piano)
• Josef Strunz (Guitar)
• Mario Frangoulis (Guitar)
• Thymios Papadopoulos (Clarinet)
• Ardeshir Farah (Guitar)
• Katerina Kyriakou (Guitar)
• Nikos Psarras (Guitar)
• Steve Crum (Trumpet)
• Carolyn Miller (Guitar)
• Manolis Karantinis (Mandolin)
• Sue Bredice (Guitar)
• Martha Zioga (Guitar)
• Anna Ioannidou (Guitar)
• Mario Frangoulis (Soprano Saxophone)
• Sue Bredice (Soprano Saxophone)
• Carolyn Miller (Soprano Saxophone)
• Justin Hayward (Voice)
• Steve Wood (Piano)
• Brent Lewis (Percussion)
• Brent Lewis (Drums)
• Nate Wood (Percussion)
• Mario Frangoulis (Drums)
• Jorge Strunz (Guitar)
• Jr. Pavel Verner (Cello)

Conductor

• May, Daniel

Ensemble

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Composers

• Steve Wood
• Antonio Vian
• Phil Palmer
• Nicola Piovani (1946 - )
• José María Cano (1959 - )
• Steve Wood / Jim Brandmeier
• Mario Frangoulis
• Justin Hayward (Vocals/Guitar) (1946 - )
• Nino Rota (Composer) (1911 - 1979)

Notes & Reviews:

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Personnel includes: Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward, Beth Fitchet Wood (vocals); Steve Wood (arranger, guitar, piano); Pavel Kuhn, Antal Stasek (conductor); Mike hamilton, Jorge Strunz, Ardeshir Farah (guitar); Manolis Karantinis (bouzouki, mandolin); Pavel Verner (cello); Richard Hardy (wooden flute); Steve Crum (trumpet); Daniel May (piano); Alan Deremo (bass); Nate Wood (drums); Crolyn Miller, Sue Bredice, Katerina Kyriakou, Martha Zioga (background vocals).

Principally recorded at Benaji Studios, Laguna Beach, California.

Personnel: Beth Fitchet Wood (vocals, background vocals); Justin Hayward (vocals); Steve Wood (guitar, piano); Jorge Strunz, Mike Hamilton, Ardeshir Farah (guitar); Richard Hardy (bamboo flute, woodwinds); Thymios Papadopoulos (woodwinds); Steve Crum (trumpet); Daniel May (piano); Nate Wood , Brent Lewis (percussion); Carolyn Miller, Sue Bredice (background vocals).

Recording information: Benaji Studio, Laguna Beach, CA; Rudolfinum Concert Hall; Sierra Studio, Athens, Greece; Studio Mulinetti, Italy; Vox Studios, Athens, Greece.

More seasoned in years than Josh Groban, this Rhodesia-born and Greek-raised and cultured tenor is a veteran stage performer well versed in everything from classical opera to popular musical theater, even Shakespeare. With Peter Asher as executive producer, the idea is to showcase the ethnic and multi-lingual diversity of an extraordinary artist while also nudging him into the mainstream of adult contemporary music. The good news is that he has an equal, relaxed facility for English, Spanish, Italian, and his native Greek, and like Groban, he even engages the hearts of listeners who can't understand the words (translations are included). The general technique is the slow groove beginning with subdued vocals, then a burst of passion and sizzle as the beat and production values pick up. Producer Steve Woods contributes a few new dramatic tracks (the best of these is the soaring, wistful "Vincerò, Perderò"), but it's even more interesting to hear what Frangoulis does with material based on Puccini (the seductive, exotic ballad "Sometimes I Dream") and classics from the film Life is Beautiful (the mystical "Buongiorno Principessa") and Nino Rota (an atmospheric, flamenco-tinged "Canzone Arrabbiata"). Rock fans looking for a connective thread will gravitate to the balmy Italian-to-English version of the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin," whose pop-classical flavor is perfect for an artist trying to bridge those two genres. Justin Hayward is on hand to sing along and nod his approval of this loving tribute. ~ Jonathan Widran

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Works Details

Wood, Steve : Vincerò, Perderò

• Performers: Carolyn Miller (Bamboo Flute); Sue Bredice (Bamboo Flute); Richard Hardy (Bamboo Flute); Mike Hamilton (Guitar); Mario Frangoulis (Bamboo Flute); Steve Wood (Guitar); Beth Wood (Voice)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.

Piovani, Nicola : Life Is Beautiful (La Vita é Bella), film score :: Buongiorno Principessa

• Performers: Daniel May (Piano); Mario Frangoulis (Piano)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Frangoulis, Mario : Sometimes I Dream (adapted from Puccini's 'E lucevan le stelle')

• Performers: Josef Strunz (Guitar); Mario Frangoulis (Guitar); Thymios Papadopoulos (Clarinet); Ardeshir Farah (Guitar)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.

Vian, Antonio : Luna rossa, for voice & orchestra

• Performers: Katerina Kyriakou (Guitar); Nikos Psarras (Guitar); Steve Crum (Trumpet); Carolyn Miller (Guitar); Steve Wood (Guitar); Mario Frangoulis (Guitar); Mike Hamilton (Guitar); Ardeshir Farah (Guitar); Manolis Karantinis (Mandolin); Sue Bredice (Guitar); Martha Zioga (Guitar); Josef Strunz (Guitar); Anna Ioannidou (Guitar); Beth Wood (Voice)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

José María Cano (1959 - ) : Naturaleza Muerta

• Performers: Mike Hamilton (Guitar); Carolyn Miller (Guitar); Beth Wood (Voice); Sue Bredice (Guitar); Mario Frangoulis (Guitar)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hayward, Justin : Nights in White Satin

• Performers: Steve Wood (Guitar); Mario Frangoulis (Soprano Saxophone); Mike Hamilton (Guitar); Sue Bredice (Soprano Saxophone); Carolyn Miller (Soprano Saxophone); Beth Wood (Voice); Justin Hayward (Voice); Richard Hardy (Bamboo Flute)
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Frangoulis, Mario : Ton Eafto Tou Paidi

• Performers: Daniel May (Piano); Mario Frangoulis (Guitar); Beth Wood (Voice); Carolyn Miller (Guitar); Steve Wood (Piano); Mike Hamilton (Guitar); Sue Bredice (Guitar)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.

Palmer, Phil : Non Sarà

• Performers: Beth Wood (Voice); Mario Frangoulis (Guitar); Mike Hamilton (Guitar)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

José María Cano (1959 - ) : Hijo de la Luna

• Performers: Brent Lewis (Percussion); Brent Lewis (Drums); Nate Wood (Percussion); Mario Frangoulis (Drums); Beth Wood (Voice)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Steve Wood / Jim Brandmei : Night Wants To Forget

• Performers: Richard Hardy (Bamboo Flute); Mario Frangoulis (Bamboo Flute); Steve Wood (Guitar); Beth Wood (Voice)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Rota, Nino [Composer] : Canzone Arrabbiata

• Performers: Ardeshir Farah (Guitar); Mike Hamilton (Guitar); Mario Frangoulis (Guitar); Jorge Strunz (Guitar)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

José María Cano (1959 - ) : A la Luna de Valencia

• Performers: Jr. Pavel Verner (Cello); Mario Frangoulis (Soprano Saxophone); Richard Hardy (Bamboo Flute)
• Conductor: Daniel May
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary