Jonathan Ansell - Tenor at the Movies

[roger]

Jonathan Ansell, a former member of G4, is releasing his debut solo album on February 18th. According to Chantelle on the AAI forum, one track will feature Hayley, and another will feature All Angels. I am not able to confirm that at present but I'm sure someone will in due course.

The album can be pre-ordered at Amazon UK from where the following track listing comes:

1. Now We Are Free
2. My Own True Love
3. Here's To The Heroes
4. Chariots Of Fire
5. Prayer In The Night
6. Vois Sur Ton Chemin (Les Choristes)
7. Down To The River To Pray
8. Godfather
9. Romeo And Juliet
10. Manon Des Sources
11. Cavalleria Rusticana
12. Che Gelida Manina
13. Cinema Paradiso
14. La Califfa


www.jonathan-ansell.co.uk/index.htm

Roger

[Dave]

Hi Roger,

That's good news!

I have it on good authority (of possibly the biggest Jonathan Ansell fan in the world ) that it's:

Un Giorno Per Noi (Romeo and Juliet) with Hayley Westenra!

and

Vois Sur Ton Chemin with All Angels.

The information is on Jonathan's new official website www.jonathanansell.com/ Cool!

Cheers, Dave

[Stephany]

Thank you Roger and Dave for this excellent news.

I am absolutely delighted to hear that All Angels will be singing with Jonathan on the track 'Vois sur ton Chemin'. It's from the (brillant) French movie 'Les Choristes' and it's a gorgeous song. I look forward to hearing the girls' French accent You can listen to the original version of the song HERE.

I don't know Jonathan Ansell but his CD sounds very interesting! I love movie soundtracks and I recognize most of the songs from the tracklisting.

Another breakthrough for UCJ?

Stephany

[Oksana]

Wow! I've always loved that song so much, especially the piano version by Dana Atherton. I can't wait to hear Hayley's rendition! Hopefully it'll be released over here, though that's not likely.

Oksy

[Richard]

Hello folks!

This album looks very interesting, and I'll definitely buy it for the tracks with Hayley and All Angels.

Richard

[Nordly]

that sounds really cool!

[Stephany]

Hi everybody!

There's a review of Jonathan's album on Classical X.
It contains very positive comments on All Angels and Hayley's performances.

Jonathan Ansell - Tenor at the Movies
I think I will rename this album as ‘Tremor at the Movies’ as the ground may well start to shake in the cinema as new kid on the ‘solo’ block Jonathan Ansell releases his debut album ‘Tenor at the Movies’ later this month (Feb 18). No more security and backing from his mates in G4, now it’s time for this usher to stand at the front and play the lead role in his very own epic.

I was never a big fan of G4; don’t ask me why; maybe because of the clinical mass-marketed approach to their promotion or that they always seemed to be a group of three and one singer! That’s no disrespect to the other members, but Jon was always the front man, the one that stood out from the others. I wasn’t even that blown away by his voice in the beginning to be honest and at times found it to be quite grinding. So when I was asked to review his debut solo album I must admit I was a little way back in the enthusiasm queue!

The CD is a mix of big movie themes and scores, some very well known, if only by their soundtracks but it was a good start on the ‘first impressions’ front.

‘Here’s to the Heroes’ is from the Kevin Costner film ‘Dances with Wolves’. Jon’s performance to John Barry’s Oscar winning score is powerful and emotional and gives us an insight in to how his voice has developed and how much more of a warmed texture it now has.

The Gladiator track ‘Now We Are Free’ by Hans Zimmer is full of passion; the song never fails to lift the listener throughout. There are better versions, but the song really helps to show off Jon’s range and the feeling he is now able to put in to a performance.

With the famous ‘Parla Piu Piano’ from ‘The Godfather’ we get a new very soft flowing vocal from Jon, he easily gives that all important Sicilian edge to the song.

In ‘Un Giorno Per Noi’ he gets to play Romeo with Juliet being performed by a flawless Hayley Westenra. A duet well suited, we get a feeling of raw emotion as their voices entwine in love and passion, thankfully poison-free at the end!

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My least favourite track on the CD is ‘Race to the End’ from ‘Chariots of Fire’, no real reason, just didn’t click with me, although a good performance by Jon if a little bit G4’ish.

However, across all 13 tracks the best one for me has to be ‘Vois Sur Ton Chemin’, the theme to ‘The Choristes’ performed with classical girl group ‘All Angels’. This haunting but cheeky jaunt around the forest of the mind has Jon commanding a sensual ballet of spine tingling moments. Shame its such a short track, I could listen to it all day long.[/color]

I like this album; it has to be a great start to Jon’s solo career and it’s sure to go down well with his already flourishing fan-base which is bound to expand even further. With an excellent mix of well-known classics, his A&R / producer need a good pat on the back.

Don’t get me wrong, his voice has still got a lot of maturing to do, but with the right guidance both with his voice and career, he may well go down is history standing shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Bocelli, Jose and Pav![/Size][/quote]
Stephany

[Sing]

I was a very big fan of G4 and think Jon has a brilliant voice. I can't wait to get the album. I think the duet with him and Hayley will be brilliant!

Sing x

[sal]

I'm looking forward to hearing this album. Having visited his new website - www.jonathanansell.com - I must say I'm very impressed - the video looks great

[chungchungxavier]

Wow ! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

He is nice eye candy for sure !

[roger]

According to the Classical Jazz January Newsletter, Jonathan will perform live on GMTV tomorrow morning on ITV1.

Roger

[Martin]

roger said:

According to the Classical Jazz January Newsletter, Jonathan will perform live on GMTV tomorrow morning on ITV1.

Roger

Yep, it was absolutely correct. He appeared at approx. 7.40am this morning and gave a good performance if you like that sort of thing.

Martin.

ps I suppose a quarter of G4 is G?

[Martin]

A question for Roger or Dave - as both Hayley and All Angels are appearing on the album, is he by any chance now managed by Bedlam? Or is it just a coincidence?

Martin

[roger]

Not that I know of, Martin. Hayley has also appeared on a new album by Mario Frangoulis and, last year on one by Helmut Lotti but they're not Bedlam's artists either.

Roger

[Dori]

This is exciting!! Something new from Hayley yet again. Can't wait to hear more about it.

Dori