David Arkenstone & Charlee Brooks - Inamorata (2015)

With three Grammy nominations, Billboard New Age twenty hits, more than one million albums sold worldwide and fans, David Arkenstone raised as one of the best contemporary musicians of our time. His New Age fusion exhibits influences of Celtic music, jazz, and world music, and yet he has his own sound. He released his debut album 'Valley In The Clouds' in 1987 and since then more than thirty recordings to his credit. He takes his listeners on a journey to sonic tapestries that evoke every emotion.

For the 25th anniversary of his musical career, he released 'Loveren', which I discussed here, along with singer-songwriter Charlee Brooks. This new CD is its successor and also their cooperation 'Celtic Garden'. They go a little more out of the poprichting, with 8 original compositions and some covers. Arkenstone said: "On this one, we started out with the view point of doing more of a pop record Compared to our last one, or more-which was an epic fantasy record called 'Loveren'. "Inamorata" was a lot of fun for me because i tried music Usually I do not do, a little more pop in the vein That I have not really put on my records before. I came up with some piano themes, Charlee-which I shared with, and she came up with some wonderful lyrics, the best I've ever heard from her.
There are eight original songs in Addition to the themes from "Downtown Abbey" and "Game of Thrones," Zedd's 'Clarity' and Sarah Brightman's "Harem". This time out, we wanted to craft some Songs That Were more pop / crossover tunes, and we chose a few cover songs That We felt we could bring something fresh to. "

David plays the guitar, keyboards, piano and bouzouki, while Charlee sings and took care of the lyrics. David Davidson adds violin. The opener "Believe" is like a theme from a Disney movie. Beautiful orchestration and vocal in the style of Sarah Brightman. Then follows "Did I Make the Most of Loving You ', the theme from' Downtown Abbey ', again with beautiful music and singing. The title track is a romantic ballad, while the instrumental main theme from "Game of Thrones" has Celtic elements. Even more romance follows with 'Clarity', Russian composer Zedd. And slightly more advanced aforementioned Sarah Brightman's beautiful 'Harem' with an atmosphere from the Middle East. The instrumental closing "Lullaby for Belina 'is dedicated to Arkenstone's niece, who at that time was just born. This is again an album that was made with love, and that you can hear. This romantic outing in the pop genre is therefore pure magic!

Tracklist:

01. Believe
02. Did I Make The Most Of Loving You? (Theme From ‘Downton Abbey’)
03. Never Forget
04. Inamorata
05. Main Title (From ‘Game Of Thrones’)
06. Clarity
07. Beautiful Storm
08. Don’t Let Me Go
09. Harem
10. Invisible
11. Great Love
12. Lullaby For Belina