Also released in 1987 it was also produced by Moran who conducted the orchestra, wrote the arrangements and played piano and keyboards. Elaine Paige was living with Rice at the time and she was working on an album of Queen covers. Then it was named "The Duet" and finally "The Fallen Priest" when Tim Rice wrote the lyrics for it. Originally a virtuoso piano piece by Moran with some high vocals from Mercury, it was named " Rachmaninov's Revenge" (demos come from 26 January and 19 February respectively). Mercury wrote all the lyrics including the ones in Japanese, and sang some parts in falsetto which were kept on the final version. The song was recorded on 9 November 1987 (an early demo comes from 1 September). Russell Watson covers it on his album The Voice with Shaun Ryder.
The music video was filmed at the world's largest nightclub, Ku, nowadays named Privilege in Ibiza. It was, however, featured as the city introductory video at the opening ceremony, and it was used as the title music to the BBC's coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics. "Barcelona" was chosen to be the anthem of 1992 Olympics in Spain, but Mercury died less than seven months before the games. The recording sessions include violins by Homi Kanga and Laurie Lewis, cello by Deborah Ann Johnston, horn by Barry Castle and percussion by Frank Ricotti. The song was composed and produced by Mike Moran and Freddie Mercury. Main article: Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song)
The new edition also has a new unique album cover. It features a new version of the album with the previous instrumental tracks replaced with new, live symphonic orchestration and percussion rather than synthesizers and drum machines. Ī special edition of the album was released on 3 September 2012. As they rarely had an opening in their schedule to meet, her parts were recorded at another location. Mercury and Moran made and sent her tapes of the music with Mercury singing in falsetto as a guide vocal for Montserrat's parts. They decided to work on an album together, with Mercury and Mike Moran taking the creative lead as songwriters. He had been a long-standing admirer of her and she in turn grew to respect his talents very highly.
The idea was to create a duet with Caballé, as she was from the city. It was released in 1988 and serves as the second and final album by Mercury to be recorded outside of Queen.Īfter Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics, Mercury was approached to write a song as a theme for the forthcoming games. Barcelona is a collaborative studio album recorded by Freddie Mercury, lead singer of popular British rock band Queen, and operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé.
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