Julian Ovenden is known to millions as the dashing Charles Blake in TV drama, Downton Abbey, who regularly appeared on our screens. He is also recognised by many through his performances at the BBC Proms, and through his gifted stage work which has included stints on both sides of the Atlantic, most recently for his critically acclaimed performance in Oscar Hammerstein’s Showboat on Broadway. Julian Ovenden has become a name synonymous with both the stage and screen.
The new album Be My Love pays homage to the American musical songbook. Based on his love of great American composers and lyricists of the first half of the 20th Century, the album includes works from Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and the great partnerships of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Rodgers & Hart.
Be My Love was recorded in Frank Sinatra’s legendary Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles. The album was produced by Nick Patrick whose credits include the 2015’s No.1 Elvis Presley record, ‘If I Can Dream’, Placido Domingo, Il Divo and Katherine Jenkins. "