If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a remarkable new album featuring classic Elvis vocal performances with brand-new orchestral accompaniment, along with a duet with Michael Bublé on Fever.
An exciting revisit of Elvis’ work, ‘If I Can Dream’ focuses on the iconic artist’s unmistakable voice, emphasising the pure power of The King of Rock and Roll. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, 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.”
Top comments
fuzzydunlop
17 Dec 154#7
The best singer that's ever walked the face of the earth in my opinion.
Don't like all the changes but worth it just for the subtle changes to the title track; superb.
Latest comments (19)
catalunya
17 Dec 15#19
Can't Help Falling In Love on this album is amazing, cant stop listening to it. <3
Heat added.
Cumbrian Hammer
17 Dec 151#18
Been a big Elvis fan since I was little.
I expected to hate this as I don't like people "messing around" with perfection.
But I really like this...bought it when it was half price download,so this is even better price.
You can't change the vocals of the best singer ever,but you can enhance the music,and I reckon it's been done very well....I expect there will be more albums to follow.
Liked it so much I also bought the vinyl lp version.
tiggerloveslife
17 Dec 15#17
Oh ok...didn't realise that thanks for letting me know....will really have to get off my stripey butt and look into the music an video side of things a bit more but was never that worried about them as I was really getting prime for the delivery side of things :wink:
the engineer
17 Dec 15#16
Don't forget though that although you have added to your library you can only listen to it as long as you are a prime member. If you let your membership lapse then you lose it all.
TN567
17 Dec 15#15
:laughing:
tiggerloveslife
17 Dec 15#14
Take it you've heard the "laughing" version of "are you lonesome tonight" as I did find that very amusing :stuck_out_tongue:
Hadn't got round to getting Live in Vegas yet but have just discovered it's another freebie on Amazon prime music so grabbed it and will have a listen later...cheers for the heads up :innocent:
TN567
17 Dec 15#13
As am I mate, quality album. Thered plenty of elvis on there too, another quality elvis album is elvis live in vegas, some amazing versions of classic tunes. He tries to be a comedian inbetween songs which is a bit lame but dont let that put you off, hes still the king
tiggerloveslife
17 Dec 15#12
Hi, Thanks ever so much for your help as it really is very much appreciated...I am a prime member but have never bothered looking at the music or video side of things as just took out prime for the free delivery side of things as I was sick of trying to make orders up to £20 to get free super saver delivery and there was only so much unwanted tat I could buy to make the orders up so eventually figured I'd be saving myself more than I was spending if I took out prime :wink:
Must admit I'm an Elvis fan (thanks to my Dad being a huge an when I was growing up) and have been quite impressed with this latest offering.
magicjay1986
17 Dec 151#4
Its a great album. Couple of strange additions (like Michael Buble) but for £2.99 its a steal.
TN567 to magicjay1986
17 Dec 15#11
Yeah I know, just F off wont ya buble ya pretentious bawbag. Im sure channel 5 are doing a special of all your xmas hits, or covers as their known
ally8971
17 Dec 15#10
Thanks O.P. was going to pay £10 for this for the old man. Will put the download on his tablet and make him a C.D. copy.
tiggerloveslife
17 Dec 151#8
If you have amazon prime apparently this is free...going to sound a bit thick here but no idea how amazon prime music works as only just started out with prime but saw it come up on item page for the CD with total of 0.00 for prime users so have added it to my library and don't seem to have been charged anything for it.
TN567 to tiggerloveslife
17 Dec 151#9
Im presuming you are a prime member. If so, then you need the amazon prime music app, I have the android version on my phone, you can get it for iphone, windows etc. Just download that, sign in with your amazon account and the king will be there to listen to on your device. You can also download songs and albums direct to your device for streaming offline which is good in theory but lately has become a pain
Hope this helps
Btw listen to "an american trilogy" on this album
:sunglasses::smirk::sunglasses:
fuzzydunlop
17 Dec 154#7
The best singer that's ever walked the face of the earth in my opinion.
Don't like all the changes but worth it just for the subtle changes to the title track; superb.
summerof76
17 Dec 15#6
Heat added :laughing:
spockie
17 Dec 151#5
Agree, Elvis sound as fresh as ever. Quality.
Yoofaloof
17 Dec 151#3
Not an Elvis fan either but heard a track on the radio yesterday...loved the orchestrations and sounds so fresh and now. May have to get this.
sweetpea10
17 Dec 15#2
I personally prefer the original recording.
the porter
17 Dec 152#1
I'm not an Elvis fan but I love this album it's quality
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Opening post
An exciting revisit of Elvis’ work, ‘If I Can Dream’ focuses on the iconic artist’s unmistakable voice, emphasising the pure power of The King of Rock and Roll. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, 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.”
Top comments
Don't like all the changes but worth it just for the subtle changes to the title track; superb.
Latest comments (19)
Heat added.
I expected to hate this as I don't like people "messing around" with perfection.
But I really like this...bought it when it was half price download,so this is even better price.
You can't change the vocals of the best singer ever,but you can enhance the music,and I reckon it's been done very well....I expect there will be more albums to follow.
Liked it so much I also bought the vinyl lp version.
Hadn't got round to getting Live in Vegas yet but have just discovered it's another freebie on Amazon prime music so grabbed it and will have a listen later...cheers for the heads up :innocent:
Must admit I'm an Elvis fan (thanks to my Dad being a huge an when I was growing up) and have been quite impressed with this latest offering.
Hope this helps
Btw listen to "an american trilogy" on this album
:sunglasses::smirk::sunglasses:
Don't like all the changes but worth it just for the subtle changes to the title track; superb.