The Bargain Nexus - Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias / Myung-Whun Chung

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028946260029 Label: Philips Manufacturer: Philips Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Philips Release Date: 1999-11-09 Studio: Philips
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: the most hauntingy beautiful solace.... Comment: from start to finish a wonderfuly dismal and solemn collection of religious arias. Best suited at a funeral or during a serious session of misanthropy and introflection. A definate must have for serious opera fans!!!!! Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful music Comment: What a wonderful CD! This is music I will listen to over and over - his voice is amazing! Customer Rating: Summary: Can't beat Andrea Comment: Better than most of the tenors that have "bigger names" - but he has a pure and clear sound. Customer Rating: Summary: Beautiful music Comment: This is my second copy of this CD, I burned the first one out!! Andrea Bocelli has a very gorgeous voice that is a gift from above. His voice is not affected or braggadoccio but naturally magnificent. I could and do start my day listening to this spiritually uplifting CD almost everyday. It is a wonderful way to get off to a pleasant peaceful start, but also a nice way to come home in the evening if you have a CD player in your car. I highly recommend it to all. Customer Rating: Summary: Andrea Bocelli-Sacred Arias Comment: Excellent listening. Voice quality and tone is superb. Brings tears to my eyes when I envision listening to this in a church setting. More Reviews
Editorial 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