Michael Dunford's Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy

This beautiful version, released in 1997 by Michael Dunford's Renaissance, has the classy vocals of the American singer and composer Stephanie Adlington and the inspired orchestration of Richard Brown, then musical director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The song, originally released by Renaissance in their 1975 LP "Scheherazade and Other Stories", was composed by Dunford & Betty Thatcher Newsinger.

Bela versão da canção clássica do Renaissance, composta por Michael Dunford e Betty Thatcher, aqui na interpretação (lançada em 1997) do Michael Dunford's Renaissance, com o vocal glamuroso da cantora e compositora americana Stephanie Adlington e a inspirada orquestração de Richard Brown, então diretor da Royal Shakespeare Company.

Related links
Renaissance: http://www.nlightsweb.com/index2.html
Stephanie Adlington: http://www.stephanieadlington.com/

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• Stephanie
• Adlington
• Michael
• Dunford
• Betty
• Thatcher
• Newsinger
• Renaissance
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• Ocean
• Gypsy

[dakwa1]

THis is one on my favorite songs by Renaissance.

I had never heard of Michael Dunford, but this orchestration and her voice did pay a beautiful tribute to one of the songs that made this band great.

[saikofan01]

@dakwa1 Yes, this song is a masterpiece! Michael Dunford, the main composer of Renaissance, started this project with Stephanie Adlington in the 90s. They released two discs, "The Other Woman" (1995, with many new songs by Dunford/Betty Thatcher) and "Ocean Gypsy" (1997, mostly with new orchestral versions of Renaissance songs).

[saikofan01]

Thank you for the comments! Stephanie is really unique, and I'll upload also "Love Lies, Love Dies", but it will take some weeks. In this particular version of Ocean Gypsy, there is a flute/orchestral part simply sublime, one of the most beautiful melodic and harmonic lines I have listened to: from 3:52, beginning with the flute, until 4:56.

[saikofan01]

It's one of my favorites too, it has great songs, like the one you mentioned, "Love Lies, Love Dies", "Lock In On Love" and others. It's fascinating the fact that all the female singers of the band have voices and styles so different, and all of them are simply amazing to listen. That is one of the things that enriches the Renaissance's legacy.

[jpirard]

She does it justice. I just prefer Annie. That's all. Stephanie IS a really good singer.

[SeattleLA]

@pelikaaann so, so true.

[pelikaaann]

Also a nice version-thank you .-))))))

[SteamFanHannover]

@pelikaaann: agreed

[pelikaaann]

Also a beautiful version-but I always like the original with Annie-she is the best...

[CrimsonKing589051]

@lflarry1

I am not sure I would call the original Ren version pure folk...sounds more like pop to me, all dressed and padded up to boot. Both the Blackmore's Night and this version are closer to folk actually. Annie's singing is far more "alive" and "into" the song and that makes all the difference to me, I can't find better words to put it. I don't really care about the style or interpretation but I do need a similar level of emotional involvement as the original to be satisfied.

[lflarry1]

@saikofan01 In my humble opinion......Very well put... I agree with you.

[lflarry1]

@CrimsonKing589051 Yes that's true.... Quite different styles. Then ther's also Candice Knight with Richie Blackmore doing this. I think that you like the more traditional Genre of pure medieval Irish-English Folk singing better than modern stuff.

[CrimsonKing589051]

@lflarry1

He didn't say she sucked, he said this version sucks. While that's a somewhat indelicate way of putting it, it's not too far off the mark because it's really plodding and tepid. Annie is so much more expressive it feels like a joke that the same song could be sung like this. I certainly cannot see both versions at the same time as special because there's night and day difference in quality. I am happy anyway for those who do, liking music is a little harder for me!

[lflarry1]

@nuclearG1 That's a bit harsh, isn't it?

Stephanie is more a Showtune/musical/jazz singer but she most certainly does "Not Suck" by any means.