The Essential Celine Dion

The Essential Celine Dion

by Celine Dion
The Essential Celine Dion

The Essential Celine Dion

by Celine Dion

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Overview

Following the first Celine Dion collection, All the Way: A Decade of Song, by roughly a decade, The Essential Celine Dion doubles almost everything about the initial collection: it covers two decades instead of one and has three discs, not one. It's almost an overcompensation for how All the Way concentrated on newer recordings at the expense of hits, but then again, Celine has had more hits in the ten years since All the Way, so it makes sense that Essential is a bigger, grander collection. The problem is, apart from her cover of Roy Orbison's "I Drove All Night," almost none of her new-millennium hits are as memorable as her singles from the '90s, so this triple CD doesn't offer too much of an enticement for fans to replace 1999's single-disc set. But for those listeners who are looking for an overview of Celine Dion's two decades as an international superstar, Essential fits the bill well as it has all her big adult contemporary hits -- "Where Does My Heart Beat Now," "Beauty and the Beast," "If You Asked Me To," "Because You Loved Me," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," and "My Heart Will Go On" -- all sequenced chronologically. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 09/13/2011
Label: Columbia / Legacy / Sony Legacy
UPC: 0886979487222
Rank: 2864

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Where Does My Heart Beat Now
  2. Beauty and the Beast [Duet with Peabo Bryson]
  3. If You Asked Me To
  4. Love Can Move Mountains
  5. My Love [Live Version]
  6. The Power of Love
  7. (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
  8. Because You Loved Me [Theme from Up Close & Personal]
  9. The Power of the Dream
  10. It's All Coming Back to Me Now
  11. All By Myself
  12. Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore
  13. Tell Him [Duet with Barbra Streisand]

Disc 2

  1. My Heart Will Go On [Love Theme from Titanic]
  2. To Love You More
  3. River Deep, Mountain High
  4. I'm Your Angel [Duet with R. Kelly]
  5. The Prayer [Duet with Andrea Bocelli]
  6. That's the Way It is
  7. A New Day Has Come [Radio Remix]
  8. I'm Alive
  9. I Drove All Night
  10. Taking Chances
  11. There Comes a Time
  12. Dance with My Father
  13. I Knew I Loved You
  14. [Untitled Track]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Celine Dion   Primary Artist
Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont   Vocals (Background)
Alanna Capps   Vocals (Background)
Joel Peskins   Oboe,Soloist
Ralph D. Morris   Violin
Philip Ingram   Vocals (Background)
Michael Thompson   Guitar,Guitar
Ulf Janson   Conductor,String Conductor
Rickey Minor   Bass (Acoustic)
Maxann Lewis   Vocals (Background)
Skylet Jett   Vocals (Background)
Cleytoven Richardson   Vocals (Background)
Dominque Messier   Drums
Katie V. Popov   Violin
John "J.R." Robinson   Drums
Eric Troyer   Vocals (Background)
Humberto Gatica   Orchestra
Jeanie Tracy   Vocals (Background)
Jeff Bova   Strings,Keyboards,Synthesizer Bass
David Foster   Piano,Keyboards
Claude Lamey   Keyboards
Katia Popov   Violin
Yvonne Gage   Vocals (Background)
Robin Robinson   Vocals (Background)
Jeffrey Morrow   Vocals (Background)
Robert Bowker   Vocals (Background)
Anthony Ransom   Vocals (Background)
Rob Trow   Vocals (Background)
Joan Walton   Vocals (Background)
Marc Languis   Bass
Jean Sebastien Carre   Bass
Nana Hedin   Vocals (Background)
George Martin   Conductor
Julie Gigante   Violin
Esbjoern Oehrwall   Guitar
Dan Shea   Keyboards
Wix   Bass,Keyboards
Henrik Janson   Conductor,String Conductor
Marc Dold   Guitar
James "Big Jim" Wright   Piano,Keyboards
Paul Jackson   Guitar
Glen Burtnick   Vocals (Background)
Bob Mathes   Conductor
Sara Parkins   Violin
Terry Wood   Vocals (Background)
Andy Duncan   Drums,Percussion
Steve Skinner   Keyboards
Tony Hinnigan   Penny Whistle
Yves Frulla   Keyboards
Cheryl Wilson   Vocals (Background)
Jeff Rothschild   Drums
Eddie Martinez   Guitar
Sarah Thornblade   Violin
Max Martin   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Ned Douglas   Keyboards
Tereza Stanislav   Violin
Anna Nordell   Vocals (Background)
Leah Haywood   Vocals (Background)
Konesha Owens   Vocals (Background)
Carl Carwell   Vocals (Background)
Alex Brown   Vocals (Background)
Todd Rundgren   Vocals (Background)
Lafayette Carthon   Choir Director,Vocals (Background),Keyboards
Paul Peabody   Irish Fiddle
Sue Ann Carwell   Vocals (Background)
Tim Pierce   Guitar
Josefina Vergara   Violin
Rory Dodd   Vocals (Background)
Sebastian Nylund   Guitar
Johnny Rutledge   Vocals (Background)
John Shanks   Bass,Guitar
Luis Conte   Percussion
Jerry Hey   Conductor
Rob Mathes   Conductor
Loris Holland   Keyboards,Choir Director
Roy Bittan   Electro-Acoustic Piano
Jimmy Bralower   Drums,Percussion
William Ross   Conductor
Will Wheaton   Vocals (Background)
Leslie Ellis   Vocals (Background)
Cathy Richardson   Vocals (Background)
Phil Palmer   Guitar
Kasim Sulton   Vocals (Background)
Kara DioGuardi   Vocals (Background)
Walter Afanasieff   Keyboards,Synclavier,Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jean McClain   Vocals (Background)
Kenny Aronoff   Drums
Andre Coutu   Guitar
Paul Picard   Percussion
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Dominique Messier   Drums
Kristian Lundin   Keyboards
Teddy Campbell   Drums
Kofi   Vocals (Background)
Chieli Minucci   Guitar
Guy Roche   Synthesizer
Dann Huff   Guitar
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Skyler Jett   Vocals (Background)
Terry Bradford   Vocals (Background)
Simon Franglen   Synclavier
Steve Buslowe   Bass
Andreas Carlsson   Vocals (Background)
Tomas Lindberg   Bass
Claytoven Richardson   Vocals (Background)
Christopher Neil   Vocals (Background)
Larry Jacobs   Vocals (Background)
Bashiri Johnson   Percussion
Clive Griffin   Featured Artist
Jacqueline Brand   Violin
Emanuel Kiriakou   Bass,Piano,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Doug Petty   Organ
Peer Astrom   Guitar,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

David Campbell   String Arrangements
A. Carlsson   Composer
John Doelp   Executive Producer
Shari Sutcliffe   Contracting,Coordination
Dave Scheuer   Track Engineer
David Scheuer   Assistant Engineer,Track Engineer
Don Ketteler   Production Coordination
Gunther Mende   Composer
Chris Neil   Producer
Rick Bieder   Assistant Engineer
Ken Phillips   Production Coordination
Barbara Stout   Production Coordination
Charles Vasoll   Assistant
Rene Angelil   Management
Bill Ross   String Arrangements,Arranger,String Arrangements
Jon Avnet   Executive Producer
Ulf Janson   String Arrangements
Elizabeth Rodrigues   Composer
Ethan Shofer   Assistant Engineer
Fred Kelly   Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Jon Avner   Executive Producer
Simon Hurell   Engineer
Stu Brawley   Engineer
Tom Yezzi   Assistant Engineer
Vic Luprano   Executive Producer
Mark Everton Gray   Assistant Engineer
Mark Gray   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Steven Rinkoff   Producer,Engineer
Richard Zuckerman   Executive Producer
Paul Farberman   Music Business Affairs
Paul Mortimer   Assistant Engineer
Candy de Rouge   Composer
Linda Thompson   Composer,Composer
Mary Susan Applegate   Composer
Ethan Schofer   Assistant Engineer
Stephan Moccio   Composer
Stephen George   Programming,Programming
Luigi Caiola   Producer
Mia Dumont   Creative Consultant
Denise Truscello   Photography
Greg Bannan   Production Coordination
David Barratt   Production Coordination
Francois Lalonde   Vocal Engineer
Maria P. Marulanda   Art Direction
L. Leon Pendarvis   Composer
Emile Charlap   Contractor,Orchestra Contractor
Carole Bayer Sager   Producer,Composer
Ennio Morricone   Composer
Humberto Gatica   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Jeff Bova   Programming,Track Arrangement,String Arrangements
Jorgen Elofsson   Composer
Robbie Buchanan   Arranger
Jennifer Rush   Composer
Jimmy Jam   Arranger,Producer
Richie Jones   Remix Producer,Drum Programming,Additional Production
Jim Steinman   Composer,Producer,Track Arrangement
Barbra Streisand   Duet
David Foster   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Vocal Arrangement,Executive Producer
Erich Baron   Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Bill Leonard   Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Mario Lucy   Engineer
Kyle Bess   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Larry Schalit   Assistant Engineer
Mark Agostino   Assistant Engineer
Giles Martin   Assistant Producer
Manny Lacarrubba   Assistant Engineer
Victor Young   Composer
Vito Luprano   Executive Producer
Denis Savage   Mixing
Jim Annunziato   Track Engineer
David Gleeson   Engineer
Nik Karpen   Remix Assistant,Mixing Assistant
John Amatiello   Engineer,Pro-Tools
John Stalh   Assistant Engineer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
George Martin   Producer
Ren Klyce   Synclavier Programming
Rob Murphy   Assistant
Dan Hetzel   Engineer,Track Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Dan Shea   Programming,Sound Design,Drum Programming,Rhythm Programming
Dana Jon Chappelle   Mixing,Engineer
Henrik Janson   String Arrangements
Marc Dold   Programming,Additional Production
James "Big Jim" Wright   Producer
Patrick MacDougall   Remix Engineer,Mixing Engineer
William Ross   Arranger,Orchestral Arrangements
Junior Miles   Composer
Bob Mathes   Orchestral Arrangements
Marc Russell   Production Coordination
Andrea Bocelli   Duet
Andy Hill   Composer
Steve Skinner   Drum Programming
Simon Hurrell   Engineer
Chris Lord-Alge   Mixing
Jeff Rothschild   Mixing,Engineer,Programming
Frank Wolf   Engineer
Felipe Elgueta   Engineer,Synthesizer Programming
Edward Heyman   Composer
Walter Afanasieff   Orchestral Arrangements,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Drum Programming,Rhythm Programming
Max Martin   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Matthew "Boomer" La Monica   Assistant Engineer
Eric Kupper   Keyboard Programming
Noel Hazen   Assistant Engineer
Ben Moody   Producer
Chris Brook   Assistant
Ric Wake   Arranger,Producer,Remix Producer,Additional Production
Mick Guzauski   Mixing
Sergey Rachmaninov   Composer
Alan Menken   Composer
Tom Kelly   Composer
Brian Malouf   Mixing
Francois Eric Lalonde   Assistant Engineer
Carl Carwell   Vocal Arrangement
Matt Marrin   Engineer
Tom Bender   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Todd Rundgren   Vocal Arrangement
Glen Marchese   Assistant Engineer
Aaron Zigman   Programming
Osie Bowe   Assistant Engineer
Diane Warren   Composer
Thomas R. Yezzi   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Sue Ann Carwell   Vocal Arrangement
Greg Thompson   Assistant Engineer
Tim Roberts   Second Engineer
Aldo Nova   Composer,Producer
Alan Bergman   Composer
David A. Stewart   Composer
Montez Roberts   Assistant Engineer
Dave Reitzas   Mixing,Engineer
Jeff Chestek   Engineer
Howard Ashman   Composer
Jean-Jacques Goldman   Composer,Producer
John Hanes   Engineer
John Shanks   Producer
Mark Hudson   Composer
Robert White Johnson   Composer
Peter Doell   Assistant Engineer
Jeremy Lubbock   Arranger
Peter Zizzo   Composer
Jerry Hey   Arranger
Rob Mathes   Orchestral Arrangements
Louis Biancaniello   Composer
Linda Perry   Composer
Roy Bittan   Producer,Piano Arrangement
Sam Waters   Composer
Jimmy Hoyson   Assistant
Phil Spector   Composer
Tyson Leeper   Assistant Engineer
Kenneth Edmonds   Producer
Alfred Bosco   Assistant
Tony Renis   Producer
R. Kelly   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Duet
Peter Sinfield   Composer
Jerry Wexler   Composer
Rich Tancredi   Arranger
Richard Marx   Composer
Rupert Coulson   Engineer
Kara DioGuardi   Composer
Quincy Jones   Producer
Bob Cadway   Engineer,Remix Engineer,Track Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Babyface   Composer
Billy Steinberg   Composer
Kevin Mills   Assistant Engineer
Billy Pace   Composer,Engineer,Producer
L. Thompson   Composer
Greg Pinto   Assistant Engineer
Kristian Lundin   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Chris Fogel   Assistant Engineer
Kurt Lundvall   Assistant Engineer
Christian B.   Programming,Additional Production
Claude Gaudette   Programming
Guy Roche   Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Chris Brooke   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Dan Certa   Engineer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing Engineer
Tony Gonzalez   Assistant Engineer
Paul Boutin   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Tony Phillips   Mixing
Taylor Rhodes   Composer
Stephen Moccio   Composer
Simon Franglen   Arranger,Producer,Synclavier Programming
Peabo Bryson   Duet
Andreas Carlsson   Composer
Simon Pressey   Assistant Engineer
Steve Peck   Mixing
Christopher Neil   Producer
Terry Lewis   Producer
Will Jennings   Composer
Lars Fox   Editing,Pro-Tools
James Horner   Composer,Producer
Ellie Greenwich   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Pat Thrall   Engineer
Emanuel Kiriakou   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Eric Carmen   Composer
Tony Black   Programming
Casey McMackin   Assistant Engineer
Greg Wells   Composer
Luther Vandross   Composer
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Jimmy Bralower   Drum Programming,Track Arrangement
Peer Astrom   Mixing,Musician,Producer,Instrumentation
Van Coppock   Assistant Engineer
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