Richard Carpenter has made a new album of Carpenters classics at London's prestigious Abbey Road Studios.
He has teamed up with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a new album, to be released via Universal. The album will feature his late sister Karen Carpenter's iconic vocals placed on top of brand new orchestral arrangements.
Edit: Hmmm, this article is a year old. I obviously just found out about this now. Apparently the whole album is on YT.
No problem. I wasn't that taken with it to be honest. Don't think it adds much to what is already there. Also the orchestra seems a bit removed in some tracks I thought. I'm not keen on these albums of old songs with new orchestral backing, and I see Rod Stewart has one coming out soon too.
Thanks for the comments. I'll still pick this up out of curiosity. I see there are a few other albums of theirs I never picked up. I'd like to be a completest when it comes to the Carpenters.
I'm sampling this on YT. I like it. Richard pretty much starts each song with a mini overture. I absolutely love his orchestrations. He should've gone into film scoring. The clarity of the original vocals are amazing as well.
