Sacred Arias (CD & DVD Special Edition) / Andrea Bocelli

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Album Summary

Performer

• Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)

Conductor

• Chung, Myung-Whun

Ensemble

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Composers

• Giulio Caccini (1551 - 1618)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Éric Levi
• Steven Mercurio
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Louis Niedermeyer (1802 - 1861)
• Jean-Paul Lécot
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Notes & Reviews:

This album is also available on VHS.

This limited edition package includes the SACRED ARIAS DVD, an enhanced CD with the original SACRED ARIAS music plus 2 bonus tracks, a 14 photo picture gallery, and downloadable wallpaper images.

When Andrea Bocelli lowers his chin and begins to sing, something happens. The very distinctive voice with the slightly reedy middle register is given to tender, almost boyish crooning, then opens up to a golden stage tone and zooms effortlessly into the stratosphere, which is impressive enough, but what really seems to define Bocelli is a certain following of instinct, or a will to do, despite serious training, what he wants to do with his voice, not just what an "opera star" would do in any given musical situation.

Bocelli uses his flexibility to great effect in SACRED ARIAS, whispering his prayers and letting his praises soar, often within the context of a single piece. The recital, as if following a priest's advice at confession, starts with four Ave Marias, the familiar Bach/Gounod and Schubert, along with the one from Mascagni's 'Cavalliera Rusticana' and a pop entry by Steven Mercurio that sounds a bit like Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are." Other classical favorites include Franck's stirring "Panis Angelicus," Mozart's ravishing motet "Ave Verum Corpus" and, amazingly, "Der Engel" from Wagner's 'Wesendonck Lieder' which may refer to a more earthly kind of angel than the other pieces on this disc.

REVIEWS:

Opera News (2/00) - "...the program [with few exceptions]...follows a reasonable course through the familiar sacred paths....reservations aside, Bocelli is a gifted, appealing and artistic singer...his lengthy program ...will not disappoint his large following..."

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Works Details

Caccini, Giulio : Ave Maria

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1600

Mercurio, Steven : Sancta Maria (based on the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana)

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Franck, César : Panis angelicus

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat mater :: Cujus animam

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1841

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Ingemisco

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Wagner, Richard : Wesendonck Lieder :: Der Engel

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1857-1858

Handel, George Frideric : MEDLEY :: Frondi tenere...Ombre mai fu

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

Niedermeyer, Louis : Pietà, Signore! for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1825-1860

Rossini, Gioachino : Petite Messe solennelle :: Domine Deus

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1863

Schubert, Franz : Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, schlafe, holder süsser Knabe"), song for voice & piano ("Mille Cherubini in Co

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 11/1816

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Lecot, Jean-Paul : Gloria a te, Cristo Gesù

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Bizet, Georges : Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1872

Levi, Éric : I Believe

• Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal