Voice

Personnel: Alison Moyet (vocals); John Parricelli (guitar); Julian Leaper, Maciej Rakowski, Simon Baggs, Paul Willey, Rolf Wilson, Gordon Buchan, John Bradbury , Roger Garland, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslav Kostecki, Rita Manning (violin); Vicci Wardman, Peter Lale, Andrew Parker , Bruce White (viola); David Daniels , Paul Kegg, Martin Loveday, Anthony Pleeth (cello); Julian Jackson (harmonica); Nicholas Bucknail (clarinet); Jamie Talbot (saxophone); Derek Watkins (trumpet, flugelhorn); Anne Dudley (piano, electric piano, glockenspiel); Alasdair Malloy (marimba, glass armonica, percussion); Chris Laurence (double bass); Ralph Salmins (drums).
Audio Mixer: Roger Dudley.
Recording information: Angel Studios, London, England.
Photographers: John Williams & the Tick Tocks ; David Scheinmann.
Arranger: Anne Dudley.
The title of Alison Moyet's 2004 release, VOICE, indicates to listeners where the focus of this set falls. On this dizzyingly eclectic collection of tunes, which flits from Gershwin ("The Man I Love") to Elvis Costello ("Almost Blue") to Henry Purcell ("Dido's Lament: When I Am Laid in Earth"), Moyet's textured singing and stirring delivery are front and center, making VOICE the definitive representation of her vocal gifts. Moyet and her accompanying orchestras are given an extra boost here by the tasteful, lush arrangements from producer and composer Anne Dudley.