Title : Enchantment
Author : Church, Charlotte
Release Date : 20011009
Binding : Audio CD
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Editorial Reviews : Of course, we couldn't expect time to freeze its relentless path and forever preserve the Welsh sensation Charlotte Church in a chrysalis of precocious youth. And yet, at 15 and now taking bolder steps into expanding her repertory on Enchantment, the soprano remains a marvel of a prodigy. Here, she scours a wider range of sources than on her previous albums. Church moves with breathtaking ease from classic Broadway (West Side Story, Show Boat, South Pacific) to traditional Celtic, film ballads, and even a couple of high-operatic numbers. Church's straightforward approach to the melody of 'La Habanera' may not exactly be what Bizet had in mind for his Carmen, but fans will get double pleasure out of the singer's exquisite duet with herself on the haunting 'Flower Duet' from Delibes's Lakmé. What's more, there's a greater freedom of expression and sense of how to shape a phrase in many of these tracks--notice how much there is to savor, for instance, in 'The Water Is Wide' and 'Carrickfergus.' It all adds up to a widely varied course, demonstrating the continued growth of a singularly gifted young artist.
Buyer Reviews : When I heard Charlotte's first album, 'Voice of an Angel', I had expected her to be the consumate Diva by the time she was 18. However, her latest CD, Enchantment seems to have continued a downward slide where her albums are getting worse instead of better. As other have noted on this album, she does not have the strength or volume in her voice that she use to. If Charlotte is to continuing singing, then she will need someone who can write music for her so that the songs are equal to what her voice is. Otherwise, if she still trys to sing classic songs like which are in Enchantment without a voice to match, she will only continue to disappoint her fans.
