The Quartet Sessions

The Quartet Sessions
Studio album by Mark Vincent
Released	18 October 2013
Genre	classical music
Length	39:58
Label	Sony Music Australia
Mark Vincent chronology
Songs from the Heart (2011) The Quartet Sessions (2013) Best So Far (2014)

The Quartet Sessions is the fifth studio album by Australian tenor, Mark Vincent. The album was released through Sony Music Australia on 18 October 2013 and peaked at number 16 on the ARIA Charts.

This album features interpretations of classical and pop favourites from Beyoncé, Christina Perri, Coldplay and Green Day

Vincent said; “I’ve recorded four albums so far with big orchestras, I wanted to do something different for my next album and I wanted to surprise my audience. At first I thought that a quartet record would be crazy to do, but it works. It’s incredibly hard to make a record like this. When you sing with a string quartet you need to sing to perfection. There is no room for mistakes.” On the selection of songs, Vincent said; “I’m an artist that listens to all kinds of music: pop, rock, any genre. A lot of my friends aren’t into classical music. I wanted to open up the classical music genre to more young people, so I recorded these songs in a classical way. If you listen to ‘Burn For You’, ‘Halo’ and ‘Jar of Hearts’… no opera artist has recorded those kinds of songs before.” ^[1]

Track listing

CD/DD

1. "Halo" - 4:23
2. "Runaway" (feat. Sally Cooper) - 3:52
3. "Bésame Mucho" - 3:53
4. "Suddenly" - 2:32
5. "Viva La Vida" - 4:10
6. "Jar of Hearts" - 4:26
7. "Maria" - 2:44
8. "Look Inside" - 3:38
9. "Burn For You" - 4:08
10. "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" - 2:35
11. "Book Of Love" (feat. 2Cellos) - 3:27

Charts

Weekly Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
scope="row"	Australian Albums (ARIA)[2]	16
Australian Artist Album Chart[3]	4
Australian Classical Album Chart	1

Year End charts

Chart (2013)	Position
ARIA Classic Albums Chart[4]	7

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	18 October 2013	CD [5] digital download [6]	Sony Music Australia	88765477702

References

1. "Artist profile - Mark Vincent". www.theharbouragency.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
2. "Australiancharts.com – Mark Vincent – The Quartet Sessions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
3. "ARIA Report w/c 28th October 2013 issue1235" (PDF). pandora.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
4. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Classical Charts – 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
5. "Best So Far by Mark Vincent". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
6. "The Quartet Sessions by Mark Vincent - iTunes". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2016.