Enchantment

by Charlotte Church

Overview

"It's true that, because of my age, I don't have the life experience to sing about things like love and death," admits 15-year-old Charlotte Church in the press biography accompanying review copies of her fourth album, Enchantment. "But, as I get older, I find I can be a bit more of a narrator, telling the story and conveying the emotion of a song." Church is referring specifically to her transition to being more of a pop singer and less of a classical one on Enchantment, her first album to be released by the Columbia Records imprint of Sony Music rather than through Sony Classical. There are still some classical selections, notably a version of "Habanera" from Bizet's Carmen, but there are also plenty of show tunes, and, as Church acknowledges, such material often requires more of an emotional involvement, one she is not capable of conveying. Juliet, the Shakespearean character who formed the basis of Maria in the musical West Side Story, was only 14, but the emotions expressed in "Tonight" and "Somewhere," both included here, are very much about love and death, and they call for more than narration. And that's just as true of the Celtic traditional song "Carrickfergus," which laments a lover's inability to be united with her true love (oddly enough, the same subject as the traditional song "The Water Is Wide," which is also here). Lovely as her tone may be, Church simply doesn't sound very upset at the separation, and she sings the words "true love" without any emotional force. She is better at material concerning children and parents, "Papa Can You Hear Me?" from the movie Yentl and "A Bit of Earth" from the musical A Secret Garden. Maybe, then, better choices, along with increasing age, will solve her current problems of interpretation." ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/09/2001
Label:	Bmg / Sony Music
UPC:	0886977288425

Tracks

1. Tonight
2. Carrickfergus
3. Haba¿¿era
4. Bali Ha'i
5. Papa Can You Hear Me?
6. The Flower Duet
7. The Little Horses
8. From My First Moment
9. The Water Is Wide
10. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
11. The Laughing Song
12. If I Loved You
13. A Bit Of Earth
14. Somewhere
15. The Prayer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Charlotte Church   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Josh Groban   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jesse Cook   Keyboards,Drums,Guitar,Cowbell
Bruce Gaitsch   Guitar (Acoustic)
Craig Nelson   Bass,Bass
William Owsley III   Guitar
Paul Keogh   Guitar
Andy Findon   Flute
Frank Ricotti   Ethnic Percussion
Eric Rigler   Uillean Pipes
Art Avalos   Congas,Djembe,Shekere,Drums (Snare)
Chris Church   Violin
Mark Hammond   Bass,Drums
Ronn Huff   Conductor
David Foster   Keyboards
John Parricelli   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Michael Hart Thompson   Guitar
Sian Edwards   Conductor
John Clark   Penny Whistle
Philharmonia Orchestra   Orchestra
Maya Iwabuchi   Orchestra Leader
Mario Melo   Surdo,Djembe,Shaker,Tambak,Repique,Tambala
John "Sonny Boy" Clark   Penny Whistle
Michael Thompson   Guitar

Technical Credits

Jesse Cook   Producer,Percussion Arrangement,Arranger,Engineer
Sidney Torch   Arranger
Michel Legrand   Composer
Brian Tankersley   Engineer
Paul Bateman   Arranger
A. Testa   Translation
Alan Bergman   Composer,Lyricist
Tim Lauber   Assistant Engineer
William Ross   String Arrangements
Stephen Sondheim   Composer,Lyricist
Firooz Zahedi   Photography
Giles Baxendale   Management
Irving Azoff   Management
Jeri Heiden   Design,Art Direction
Ed Kaufman   Engineer
Jeremy Caulton   Executive Producer
Keith Thomas   Producer,Arranger,Producer,Synthesizer Programming
Francesca Tolot   Make-Up
David Streit   Mixing,Editing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Charlotte Church   Liner Notes
Jake Jackson   Assistant Engineer
Nick Ingman   Arranger
William David Brohn   Orchestration
Frank Gallagher   Arranger
Grace Row   Executive Producer
Charles Harbutt   Engineer
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Josh Groban   Performer
Tony Renis   Translation
Suzie Katayama   Orchestra Contractor
Felipe Elgueta   Mixing,Engineer,Synthesizer Programming
Humberto Gatica   Engineer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Mark Hammond   Drum Programming,Synthesizer Programming
Ronn Huff   Orchestration
David Foster   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Georges Bizet   Composer
James Shearman   Arranger
C. Walker   Adaptation
John Baruck   Management
Tom Consolo   Management
Andy Granger   Assistant Engineer
Kevin Jacobs   Digital Editing,Equipment Rental
Kevin Edlin   Assistant Engineer
Sam Babenia   Composer,Lyricist
Louise Ryan   Vocal Ad-Libs
Darryl Bush   Production Coordination
Peter Savic   Hair Stylist
Thomas McAninch   Copyist
Grace Kristopher Row   Executive Producer
Edmond Gondinet   Librettist
Andrew Granger   Assistant Engineer
Nigel G. Lewis   Engineer
Daryl Bush   Production Coordination
Mario Melo   Percussion Arrangement
Mats Bergman   Lyricist
L. Simon   Composer
Nigel Lewis   Engineer
Bill Whittington   Mixing,Editing,Engineer