Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson’s “All I Ask of You” belongs to Stages, an album whose guest contributions take more than one form. Clarkson shares a vocal duet; Audra McDonald joins another theatre selection; trumpeter Chris Botti supplies a featured instrumental partnership. Those credits make collaboration part of the album’s design rather than an isolated addition to one track.
Groban’s official announcement dates Stages to April 28, 2015, and identifies its musical-theatre repertoire. The concert video presented first here is separately labeled Stages Live. The shared project name connects the items without making the studio album and filmed performance identical documents.
Guest billing identifies a particular relationship
Clarkson’s credit attaches to “All I Ask of You,” the Phantom of the Opera selection. It does not mean she appears on every track or that every collaboration on the album uses two sung parts.
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| Album partnership | Documented selection |
|---|---|
| Groban and Clarkson | “All I Ask of You.” |
| Groban and McDonald | “If I Loved You.” |
| Groban and Botti | “Old Devil Moon,” with featured trumpet. |
The table is an album map, not a claim that all three guests appear in the featured video. It shows how a collection can vary its performing relationships while retaining one principal artist and a common repertoire frame.
A duet can be vocal or instrumental
The Clarkson and McDonald selections involve named singing partners. Botti’s role demonstrates that a featured exchange can also occur between a voice and an instrument. The category of collaboration is wider than two people dividing words.
This distinction helps when following an album. A guest can introduce another vocal perspective, supply a foreground instrumental line, or change the sound around the featured singer. Reading the credit before listening gives the contribution its actual identity.
The audio track returns to the album presentation
The second official Groban upload is the “All I Ask of You” audio duet with Clarkson. It is the appropriate reference for the album’s credited partnership, while the first item identifies a live project presentation.
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Compare corresponding passages rather than assuming the two must use an identical take. The composition and named pair provide continuity; a release label does not, by itself, settle every detail of the recording relationship.
For an album-oriented listening route, hear this duet and then one of the differently partnered tracks. That changes the question from “how do these two singers combine?” to “how does the album vary its collaborative resources?”
The holiday appearance is another occasion
The final upload identifies Groban and Clarkson performing the song for A Home for the Holidays. It retains the composition and the pair while changing the program. It should not be relabeled as another camera angle of Stages Live.
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The composer’s official music timeline also identifies a later CBS-special performance of their duet. That supports the distinction between an album partnership and its continuing public performances without requiring all versions to share one occasion.
Seen through the album credits, “All I Ask of You” becomes one example of Stages organizing different performing encounters. The duet remains a specific Clarkson collaboration, while the larger collection gives it a place among other vocal and instrumental partnerships.
