Carly Paoli, Live at Cadogan Hall

Recent Classic BRIT nominee Carly Paoli will be releasing a new album on August, 24th. “Live at Cadogan Hall” is a celebration of her debut concert at the same venue earlier this year. The mezzo-soprano is accompanied by a the Abiah Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Grammy award-winning Steven Mercurio. Special guests include world-renowned flautist, Andrea Griminelli, and Tring Park 16 (winners of the BBC’s Songs of Praise Choir of the Year 2016).

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Critic David Mellor wrote: “Here she displayed not only her near-flawless technique but also her fearlessness; every phrase, however high-lying, was confidently launched and effortlessly achieved. Her attractively fast vibrato gives warmth and color to everything she sings.”

Along with the live tracks, the album also features a new studio recording of “Liberty.” It is written by Grammy-winning songwriter Walter Afanasieff, and features the London Symphony Orchestra and The Invictus Games Choir., the song was recorded at Abbey Road and Strongroom Studios. “Every so often a song comes along that has a powerful message. This is such a song and although it wasn’t part of the Cadogan Hall evening, it belongs in an album that celebrates incredible music.” Proceeds from the song will go to Help for Heroes.

 “I wanted you to hear the concert in the same order that the audience in the theatre did. When my Musical Director, Liz Hetherington and I put the programme together, we had no limitations in mind of what we should or shouldn’t include. We simply had a determination to showcase music from different genres, songs that I love and that we thought you would too and songs that allowed me to do what makes me happy; perform great music in front of an audience.” – Carly Paoli

Tracklisting:

1 Music of Heaven
2 Still Dream
3 Se Tu Fossi (Cinema Paradiso)
4 I’ Te Vurria Vasà
5 La Ville de L’Amour (A medley of songs inspired by Paris)
6 Song to the Moon (Měsičku na Nebi Hlubokém) (from ‘Rusalka’)
7 Someone Like You (from ‘Jekyll and Hyde’)
8 True Love’s Kiss (A medley of songs from Disney movies)
9 Nella Fantasia (Based on Ennio Morricone’s theme from ‘The Mission’)
10 Where or When
11 Over the Rainbow

Bonus Track:
12 Liberty

“I have so many wonderful memories of that night in February, but if I had to choose one that would sum up the whole evening it would be this one. Singing, Over the Rainbow accompanied by the Abiah Symphony Orchestra and conducted by the brilliant Steven Mercurio. As the lyric says, …and the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true.”

Natasha Barbieri, Editor

Editor

Creator of Classical Crossover Magazine. For Natasha music has always been closely tied to her faith. At age 18, Natasha made her opera debut playing the part of the mother in Menotti’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ with the Eastern Festival Opera. At 20, she was a winner of the 2011 Young Artist Competition at Andrews University. Natasha graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s of Music. Natasha has released a series of Holiday singles “A Place Called Home” (2020), “One Little Boy,” and “The Perfect Year” (2021). In 2021, she was nominated for the ‘Future Classic Women Awards’ show on Men’s & Women’s Radio Station. Natasha is the creator and editor of ‘Classical Crossover Magazine’ a venture that has allowed her to interview many of the top stars in the genre including Sarah Brightman, Celtic Woman, Mirusia, Paul Potts, and more. During the covid-19 pandemic, she created an online concert series for the magazine that has seen her perform in the same line-up as Alex Sharpe, Lucy Kay, Barbara Padilla, Classical Reflection, and more on the virtual stage. In 2022, Natasha was included on the charity album “Stars of Classical Crossover: Christmas” in benefit of the Wallace & Gromit Children’s Charity.