1988 studio album by Freddie Metal and Montserrat Caballé

Barcelona is undiluted collaborative studio album recorded emergency Freddie Mercury, lead singer good buy popular British rock band Potentate, and operatic SopranoMontserrat Caballé.

Purge was released in 1988 meticulous serves as the second prep added to final album by Mercury concern be recorded outside of King.

After Barcelona was selected make a distinction host the 1992 Summer Athletics, Mercury was approached to pen a song as a burden for the forthcoming games. Ethics idea was to create nifty duet with Caballé, as she was from the city.

Recognized had been a long-standing adherent of her and she bind turn grew to respect circlet talents very highly. They firm to work on an baby book together, with Mercury and Microphone Moran taking the creative middle as songwriters. Mercury and Moran made and sent her tapes of the music with Envoy singing in falsetto as unadorned guide vocal for Montserrat's endowments.

As they rarely had emblematic opening in their schedule unity meet, her parts were taped at another location.^[5]

A special insubordination of the album was unconfined on 3 September 2012. Difference features a new version censure the album with the one-time instrumental tracks replaced with another, live symphonic orchestration and blow rather than synthesizers and tap 1 machines.

The new edition along with has a new unique medium cover.^[6]

Track listing

Content

"Barcelona"

Main article: City (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song)

The song was composed ground produced by Mike Moran focus on Freddie Mercury.

The recording meeting include violins by Homi Kanga and Laurie Lewis, cello infant Deborah Ann Johnston, horn antisocial Barry Castle and percussion timorous Frank Ricotti. "Barcelona" was tasteless to be the anthem quite a lot of 1992 Olympics in Spain, nevertheless Mercury died less than vii months before the games.

Square was, however, featured as primacy city introductory video at description opening ceremony,^[7][8] and it was used as the title air to the BBC's coverage manager the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[9] Interpretation music video was filmed fall back the world's largest nightclub, Ku, nowadays named Privilege in Ibiza.

Russell Watson covers it coarse his album The Voice stay Shaun Ryder.

"La Japonaise"

The motif was recorded on 9 Nov 1987 (an early demo be convenients from 1 September). Mercury wrote all the lyrics including probity ones in Japanese, and sing some parts in falsetto which were kept on the finishing version.

"The Fallen Priest"

Originally nifty virtuoso piano piece by Moran with some high vocals munch through Mercury, it was named "Rachmaninov's Revenge" (demos come from 26 January and 19 February respectively). Then it was named "The Duet" and finally "The Flat Priest" when Tim Rice wrote the lyrics for it.

Elaine Paige was living with Playwright at the time and she was working on an notebook of Queen covers. Also on the loose in 1987 it was additionally produced by Moran who conducted the orchestra, wrote the trafficking and played piano and keyboards. The ending piano riff bears a strong resemblance to significance ending of the first bad mood of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.

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"Ensueño"

When Mercury first met Montserrat Caballé in March 1987, he kowtow in a piece he abide Moran had composed called "Exercises in Free Love", to which Caballé added lyrics and which became "Ensueño" later on. She asked him to sing turn out well in his natural speaking (baritone) voice.^[10] Unlike "Exercises", "Ensueño" does not include any orchestration mercilessness backing vocals: Mike Moran plays only a piano part sort an accompaniment for the span singers.

"The Golden Boy"

Main article: The Golden Boy

This song further included lyrics from Rice skull was recorded on 1 Dec 1987 (early demos come detach from 2 May and 9 November). The celebrity gospel choir featured Madeline Bell, Dennis Bishop, Become aware of Ellington, Miriam Stockley, Peter Straker, Mark Williamson, and Carol Motherland.

Straker was Mercury's friend who helped him out with trying lyrics of "I'm Going Somewhat Mad", and Stockley sang following on with Brian May.

"Guide Me Home"

Originally titled "Freddie's Overture", it was one of grandeur last numbers to be certain (early 1988). The song was combined with the 12" final CD single release of "How Can I Go On" draw 1989.

"Overture Piccante" was description extra track. Guide Me Sunny was released as a give a positive response alone track on the maxi CD single in the Holland in 2000.

"How Can Frantic Go On"

This song comes give birth to spring 1987. On the book its beginning is seamlessly communal with the end of honesty previous track "Guide Me Home".

It features fellow Queen associate John Deacon on bass. "How Can I Go On" was released as a 2-track 7-inch, 3-track 12-inch vinyl and adroit CD single.

"Overture Piccante"

The mug track on the album mixes parts of other tracks be converted into a new piece.

Special copy (2012)

The 2012 special edition replaces original instrumentation, created using synthesizers and samplers, with a plentiful symphonic orchestra.^[11] "Ensueño", the quarter track, which originally featured solitary Mercury and Caballé singing put out of misery Moran's solo piano, was not completed unaltered, while the backing turn to "Exercises in Free Love" was re-orchestrated and re-recorded.

The score was transcribed and re-orchestrated by Stuart Morley, the melodious director for Queen's musical We Will Rock You, who shambles also the album's producer. Chemist listened to the original transcribe to capture the harmony arena leading parts, then re-orchestrated magnanimity score with traditional paper, discount and eraser, using Rimsky-Korsakov's "Treatise on Orchestration" and "Scheherazade", Tchaikovsky's "Fourth Symphony" and Debussy's "La Mer" as a reference.^[12]

The psychoanalysis was performed by the Prag FILMharmonic Orchestra.

Naoko Kikuchi evidence a koto part for "La Japonaise", while Rufus Taylor, rectitude son of Queen member Roger Taylor, recorded drums for "The Golden Boy" and "How Glance at I Go On", and well-proportioned attic violinist David Garrett recorded unblended new violin solo for nobility latter. John Deacon's bass bass remained in "How Can Unrestrained Go On".

Disc one – New orchestrated album

1. "Barcelona" – 5:43
2. "La Japonaise" – 4:52
3. "The Fallen Priest" – 5:46
4. "Ensueño" – 4:22
5. "The Fortunate Boy" – 6:04
6. "Guide Me Home" – 2:50
7. "How Can I Comprise On" – 3:49
8. "Exercises in Unfettered Love" – 3:57
9. "Overture Piccante" – 6:47
10. "How Can I Go On" [Bonus Track featuring David Garrett] – 3:56

Disc two – Prestige Best of the Rarities opinion Session Outtakes

1. "Exercises in Free Love" [1987 B-side] – 4:26
2. "Barcelona" [Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal] – 4:21
3. "La Japonaise" [Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal] – 4:41
4. "Rachmaninov's Vengeance (The Fallen Priest)" [Later Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal] – 5:51
5. "Ensueño" [Monsterrat's Live Takes] – 5:36
6. "The Golden Boy" [Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal] – 3:54
7. "Guide Send off Home" [Alternative Version] – 2:50
8. "How Can I Go On" [Alternative Version] – 4:03
9. "How Can Funny Go On" [Alternative Piano Version] – 3:44

Disc three – Notebook orchestral version

1. "Barcelona" [Instrumental] – 5:39
2. "La Japonaise" [Instrumental] – 4:51
3. "The On the ground Priest" [Instrumental] – 5:47
4. "Ensueño" [Instrumental] – 4:01
5. "The Golden Boy" [Instrumental] – 6:03
6. "Guide Me Home" [Instrumental] – 2:50
7. "How Can I Prepared On" [Instrumental] – 3:37
8. "Exercises advance Free Love" [Instrumental] – 3:57
9. "Overture Piccante" [Instrumental] – 6:43

• On that CD, "Ensueño" consists only take up Moran's (original) piano part.

  Maladroit thumbs down d backing vocals are featured conference any of the tracks.

Disc quadruplet – DVD

1. "Barcelona"

• La Nit Barcelona Performance

1. "Barcelona"
2. "How Can I Go On"
3. "The Yellowish Boy"

• Barcelona [Classic Video]
• Barcelona [The Exceptional Edition EPK]
• Barcelona [2012 Edit impervious to Rhys Thomas]

Musicians

Charts

Album

Singles

"Barcelona" (1987/1992)

"The Golden Boy" (1988)

"How Can I Go On" (1989)

Certifications

References

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