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It’s just been short of a year since Jonathan’s last outing with then partner in music, Charlotte (who herself released her own album this year too) but now it’s time for Jonathan to take centre stage with his own solo outing in the form of Tenore.
The opening tracks do sort of set the tone & style for the album, that being quite operatic and it shows with the likes of La donna è mobile from Rigoletto, followed by
Torna a Surriento & Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare) (though we’re used to hearing this at a slightly quicker tempo!)
Be My Love is the first track that we get to hear Antoine put that voice through English before head back into Italian with Parla Più Piano followed by Panis Angelicus
& Una furtiva lagrima from L'elisir d'amore
So Deep is the Night (Arranged from Chopin's Tristesse, Etude Op. 10/3) brings things back to a slightly lighter tone before to head into a little bouncy track with Arrivederci, Roma. Fanfare is called for with Core 'ngrato as well as with Granada before ending the album on a high with Love Changes Everything from Aspects of Love with a simple piano accompaniment leading in.
Overall, this album seems to suit Jonathan and feels much more natural than what we’ve heard in previous outings. Once again we can hear him growing in confidence and utilising that powerful voice. There are still some moments where he is a little rough but these are few and far between and just shows that he still has some things to learn. But that aside, the arrangement of the tracks have been sympathetic to his voice with neither drowning the other at any point.
Some may see the tracks as safe but to us, this album says, this is me. We look forward to seeing where or maybe what Jonathan gets up to in the future
Rating: 4/5
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