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by: George Frideric Handel, Giulio Caccini, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Cesar Franck, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Pietro Mascagni, Louis Niedermeyer, Franz Xaver Gruber, John Francis Wade, Jean-Paul Lecot, Myung-Whun Chung, Andrea Bocelli List Price: $18.98 Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $3.99 (21%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
EAN: 0028946260029 Label: Philips Manufacturer: Philips Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Philips Release Date: November 09, 1999 Sales Rank: 2658 Studio: Philips Disc 1:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - SACRED ARIAS - does not give that Christmas music feeling Looking for Holiday Music for a dinner party I went to Amazon and typed in Christmas CD. This CD came up as a Christmas choice. It doesn't sound very much like Christmas music to me. The value and shipping were very inexpensive so the sound of it was my only disappointment. Rating:  - Bocelli ChristmasCould listen to Andrea Bocelli for hours, and I did while wrapping a mound of Christmas presents. Great holiday CD. Rating: - the most hauntingy beautiful solace....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!!!!! Rating: - Wonderful musicWhat a wonderful CD! This is music I will listen to over and over - his voice is amazing! Rating: - Can't beat AndreaBetter than most of the tenors that have "bigger names" - but he has a pure and clear sound. |
