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DiscountDelight - Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias / Myung-Whun Chung
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List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $9.75
Your Save: $ 9.23 ( 49% )
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Manufacturer: Philips
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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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Summary: An "experience" of sacred arias more than "listening" of sacred arias
Comment: I bought this CD's special edition with DVD, and I am impressed by bocelli's singing in this album. I have heard many voices singing sacred songs, and christmas songs, but very few singers can achieve the "sacred atmosphere" that bocelli devotes when he sings. He may not have a "strong" voice as opera singers, but I think singing these sacred songs, devoting the "sacred atmosphere" to the audience is much more important, the voice actually is just a tool that helps a singer to achieve the result. For real, I have heard some CD by some chorus that perform sacred arias, but they did not move me as much as this CD does, mostly not even close. Personally I like "O come all ye faithful", "silent night", all "ave maria"'s, "domine deus", "cujus animam" the most. When I listen Bocelli's singing I focus on what he tries to devote in singing more than his voice color, because in terms of voice color he surely cant be compared with pavarotti or domingo, so why compares? The way of listening him and listening real opera singers is different man. But the reason I gave only this CD four stars is that I have heard several sacred arias from this album performed by his voice teacher, the legendary tenor Franco Corelli. I tried not to compare both...but I cant, not because Bocelli sings bad, he is already excellent, just Corelli is TOO excellent that cant be described by human language (well I think even Pavarotti is not even close to Franco Corelli, but this is just my opinion). Anyway if you want to "experience" the true beauty of sacred arias, this CD is highly recommended. And this is also a very good sacred aria album for beginning listeners who want to broaden their musical taste to sacred arias.
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Summary: amazing talent
Comment: worth the price the songs are breathtaking and talent is indescribable
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Summary: Perfect arias for the perfect voice
Comment: These are just terrific. How does Andrea acheive the range he does, and the power he has, without sounding too heavy or too light? His voice sounds like the perfect voice for these perfect arias.
I have noticed one concern with the CD. I have heard several clicks scattered here and there in the songs -- but the CD is clean and I feel confident it is not the machine. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Summary: Bocelli's best CD
Comment: I think this is Bocelli's best CD, and highly recommend it to others, especially those who might think classical singing isn't for them. I first saw Bocelli in the DVD version of this same CD at a local shopping mall at Christmastime a few years ago, and just thought he looked cool standing there singing well. Eventually bought the Sacred Arias CD; loved it; played it over and over. Saw Bocelli live at the 15,000 capacity MCI Center in Washington in December 05 where he performed some of the same material; it was great; next day was dismayed to read snide newspaper review of "the man from Tuscany." Small voice? He filled up that auditorium in ringing tones, and delivered the goods. After seeing snide review rushed out to buy "best of Pavarotti" and "best of Domingo" CDs (used, on Amazon of course, to save money) for comparison. Liked Bocelli better. Also bought other Bocelli CDs, but like Sacred Arias best of all. I also cannot understand the put-downs of Bocelli vis-a-vis the other tenors. Pavarotti and Domingo are both singing hard on their CDs, as though engaged in a vocal athletic contest that each is trying hard to win. Why would I rather buy a Bocelli CD or go to a Bocelli concert than one by the others? The material? Maybe. But Bocelli has a more conversation tone in his singing (think Frank Sinatra versus Caruso) and has a straight-up noblility rather than continuous breathless desperation that I just like to listen to better. He's calm rather than frantic. His songs are moving rather than acrobatic and pyrotechnic. So although the opera snobs may rightly point out that the other tenor voices by their definition can achieve more (they can sing things other people can't sing), let them knock themselves out grooving with their favorites, but give me Bocelli to listen to.
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Summary: Beautiful
Comment: Andrea Bocelli's Sacred Arias takes the mind on a meaningful journey to a beautiful place.
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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
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