Second Nature is the second album by Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.-Early life and education:...

, released on 18 October 2004, in the UK. It charted at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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 and at number 1 on the UK Classical Album Chart.

The album was released as La Diva in 2005 in the US and Canada.

Track listing

1. "Time to Say Goodbye"
2. "Caruso
   Caruso (song)
   "Caruso" by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla in 1986. It is dedicated to Enrico Caruso, an Italian tenor.-Unclear meaning of the song:Controversially, the song simply tells about the pains and longings of a man who is about to die while he is looking in the eyes of a girl who was very dear to...
   
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3. "Va Pensiero
   Va, pensiero
   Va, pensiero is a chorus from the third act of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi, with words by Temistocle Solera, inspired by Psalm 137...
   
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4. "House of No Regrets"
5. "O Sole Mio"
6. "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor"
7. "Seguidilla
   Carmen
   Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
   
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8. "Song to the Moon
   Rusalka (opera)
   Rusalka is an opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. Rusalka is one of the most successful Czech operas, and represents a cornerstone of the repertoire of Czech opera houses...
   
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9. "Vide Cor Meum
   Vide cor meum
   "Vide Cor Meum" is a song composed by Patrick Cassidy based on Dante's "La Vita Nuova", specifically on the sonnet "A ciascun'alma presa", in chapter 3 of the "Vita Nuova".-Composition:...
   
   " (with Rhys Meirion
   Rhys Meirion
   Rhys Meirion is a Welsh opera and concert singer.Meirion was born in Porthmadog, Gwynedd. He worked as a primary school headteacher at Ysgol Pentrecelyn near Ruthin before leaving in 1997 to study opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London...
   
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10. "Calon Ian
    Calon Lan
    Calon Lân is a Welsh hymn, the words of which were written in the 19th century by Daniel James to a tune by John Hughes ....
    
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11. "Hymn to the Fallen
    Saving Private Ryan (soundtrack)
    Saving Private Ryan is the original soundtrack, on the DreamWorks Records label, of the 1998 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Giovanni Ribisi and Tom Sizemore...
    
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12. "Barcarolle"
13. "Laudate Dominum
    Laudate Dominum
    Laudate Dominum are the opening words of Psalm 116 or 117 in Latin. As with the other Psalms, "Laudate Dominum" is concluded with a trinitarian doxology when used in Roman rite...
    
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14. "O Holy Night
    O Holy Night
    "O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
    
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15. "You'll Never Walk Alone
    You'll Never Walk Alone
    You'll Never Walk Alone is a song from the musical Carousel, a pop standard and football club anthem, for example that of Liverpool F.C.You'll Never Walk Alone may also refer to:* You'll Never Walk Alone , studio album...
    
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Canadian track listing

1. "Time To Say Goodbye"
2. "Caruso"
3. "Va Pensiero"
4. "House of No Regrets"
5. "O Sole Mio"
6. "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor"
7. "Séguédilla"
8. "Song to the Moon"
9. "Calon Lan"
10. "Hymn to the Fallen"
11. "Laudate Dominum"
12. "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Certification

In the UK the album has been certified as Platinum (300,000) by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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