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Andrea Bocelli - Verdi (2000)
	Album details
	Label:     Ref#: classical-0001 Date: 2000   Category: classical Length: 1:00:48     Format: CD     Audio: Stereo     Genre: Vocal
Notes/Reviews
When he was growing up, Andrea Bocelli recalls finding inspiration in a favorite recording of sacred music performed by tenor legend Franco Corelli. Bocelli--who in the meantime has come to inspire millions of fiercely loyal fans himself--returns to the genre as the guiding theme of Sacred Arias, the release of which coincides with the first English-language biography of the singer. These performances are filled with the singer's phenomenally well-known vocal signature: his flair for long, sweetly floating high notes and the gentle sense of cadence he brings to a melody. It's a mistake to compartmentalize Bocelli into a singer of "operatic" versus "popular" styles: in truth his approach is at heart the same. Lack of color and control in his phrasing remains a drawback, but the emotional empathy Bocelli evokes is never in doubt. The arias collected here sample some of the most famous devotional pieces: Schubert's "Ave Maria" and Mozart's transporting "Ave Verum," as well as an arrangement of "Silent Night" in which Bocelli tries out his English. There's also a decidedly odd choice of bedfellows for a program of "sacred" music, such as a song from Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder (whose "angel" is the object of an overpoweringly erotic attraction) and Handel's figurative ode to a tree, "Ombra mai fu." Still, Bocelli sings with an unfeigned directness that is sure to expand his already enormous following even further. --Thomas May
Songs/Tracks
1.   Di Quella Pira (Il Trovatore)  3:16 2.   Ah, Sì, Ben Mio (Il Trovatore)  3:18 3.   La Donna è Mobile (Rigoletto)  2:11 4.   Di´ Tu Se Fedele (Un Ballo In Maschera)  3:05 5.   Ma Se M´è Forza Perderti (Un Ballo In Maschera)  2:34 6.   Ella Mi Fu Rapita! (Rigoletto)  4:37 7.   Possente Amor Mi Chiama (Rigoletto)  2:58 8.   Celeste Aida (Aida)  4:09 9.   De´ Miei Bollenti Spiriti (La Traviata)  3:40 10.   Oh Mio Rimorso! (La Traviata)  2:54 11.   La Mia Letizia Infondere Vorrei (I lombardi)  2:07 12.   Mercé, Diletti Amici (Ernani)  6:58 13.   Io La Vidi e Il Suo Sorriso (Don Carlo)  3:50 14.   Quando Le Sere Al Placido (Luisa Miller)  5:12 15.   La Vita è Inferno All´Infelice (La Forza Del Destino)  9:51
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