Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music
Entertainment, has announced the release of If I Can Dream: Elvis
Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, worldwide on October 30,
2015. The remarkable new album features
classic Elvis vocal performances with brand-new orchestral accompaniment, along
with a duet with Michael Buble, and appearances by Il Volo and Duane Eddy.
An exciting
revisit of Elvis' work, If I Can Dream focuses on the iconic artist's
unmistakable voice, emphasizing the pure power of The King of Rock and Roll.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London with acclaimed producers Don Reedman
and Nick Patrick, the 14-track album features Elvis' most dramatic original
performances augmented with lush new arrangements by The Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra. "This would be a dream
come true for Elvis," Priscilla Presley says of the project. "He
would have loved to play with such a prestigious symphony orchestra. The
music…the force that you feel with his voice and the orchestra is exactly what
he would have done." Don Reedman
also commented, "Abbey Road Studios and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
are as good as it gets and Elvis deserves as good as it gets."
The album
features a scintillating duet with best-selling jazz-pop singer Michael Buble
on "Fever." The album also includes additional contributions by Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Duane Eddy adding his signature sound to
"An American Trilogy" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and
Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo lending their outstanding vocals to
"It's Now or Never." As
arranger Nick Patrick said, "This is the record he would have loved to
make." If I Can Dream also
highlights Elvis Presley's diverse musical tastes and appreciation for great
vocalists spanning a variety of genres from standards to opera.
If I Can
Dream is part of the ongoing ELVIS 80th Birthday Celebration in 2015, which has
been commemorated with a newly-redesigned website, www.ElvisTheMusic.com, the
release of The Complete '60s Albums Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 on iTunes
(August 7), and the launch of "Direct From Graceland: Elvis at the
O2," the largest Elvis retrospective ever mounted in Europe.
If I Can
Dream: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Track
listing
Burning Love
It's Now Or
Never
Love Me
Tender
Fever (feat.
Michael Buble)
Bridge Over
Troubled Water
And The
Grass Won't Pay No Mind
You've Lost
That Loving Feeling
There's
Always Me
Can't Help
Falling In Love
In The
Ghetto
How Great Thou Art
Steamroller
Blues
An American
Trilogy
If I Can Dream
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