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Concerto: One Night in Central Park tells the story of the free concert on the Great Lawn of New York's famous park given by the internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli. The landmark event took place on Thursday, September 15 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by its music director Alan Gilbert. Special guests on the night included Tony Bennett, Bryn Terfel and Celine Dion, who performed with Bocelli to tens of thousands of fans--despite inclement weather.
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40 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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Five ENCHANTING Stars! What a night of marvelous music by Andrea Bocelli & friends on the Great Lawn in Central Park before an enthusiastic audience! On this 2011 recording, the 53 year old master tenor virtuoso, the biggest selling artist in classical music history, sings many of his most famous and marvelous operatic arias and once again demonstrates his ability to 'cross over' with ease, with an all-star international cast of individual guests, supported by maestro Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic with the Westminster Symphonic Choir. All performances are uniformly excellent and range from tour de force arias from well-known operas by the likes of Verde and Pucinni to inspired familiar religious favorites ("Amazing Grace" and "Ave Maria"), jaunty popular English and Italian hits, songs from movie soundtracks, and a movement from Joaquin Rodrigo's masterwork concierto. Indeed, the operatic arias "La donna è mobile", "Di quella pira", "O soave fanciulia", "O Sole Mio", a fabulous "Vicino A Te S'acqueta" with Grammy-winning Puerto Rican soprano Ana Maria Martinez; and the showstopper of Act 1 "Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici" (with the trio of South Africa's Zulu soprano phenom Pretty Yende, Ana Maria again, and Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel) are sublime performances. In addition, there are other performances of note: the soaring version of the Golden Globe-winning duet with Celine Dion of "The Prayer", and Andrea singing the English lyric to the haunting Ennio Morricone love theme from Sergio Leone's epic spaghetti western "Once Upon A Time in the West". Other favorites are the lively, but bumpy duet with Tony Bennett on "New York, New York", Chris Botti on trumpet and David Foster's piano on "More" (the theme from the movie "Mondo Cane"), and Scottish violin star Nicola Benedetti's blazing passages on "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor" from Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez". And perhaps best of all, Andrea's true solo 'goose bump' show stopper "Nessun dorma" which elicits screams from the audience on the altissimo passages as the choir joins in later. What a great night of music! Bravo, Andrea and friends! My Highest Recommendation. Five MARVELOUS Stars! (17 tracks; Time ~ 73m:10s)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I just love this man's voice. His CDs are wonderful value and rarely duplicate numbers. So lovely to hear him singing mainstream numbers so beautifully and the atmosphere is electric when Tony Bennett and Celine Dion (among others) add their voices.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you are a fan of Andrea Bocelli then buy this album. His voice is just, simply phenomenal. The duets with Tony Bennett and Celine Dion are fantastic and he sings good renditions of 'Amazing Grace' and 'Nessun Dorma'. Also, the famous song 'Time to say goodbye' is there for good measure, although it is not as good as the version with Sarah Brightman. It is still an album I would recommend anyone buying.
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A concert to remember
This is a real bargain buy. We watched the concert and immediately searched Amazon for a recording. To our delight this recording at a very good price.
Published 1 day ago by P. Hancock
Andrea's the best
Such a wonderful voice. The concert must have been brilliant, and a privalege for anyone that was fortunate to be able to attend.
Published 1 month ago by The bolt.
Pleasant listening
I enjoyed listening to this item - Concerto: One Night in Central park. The range of different types of songs made it really pleasant to listen to and the audience seemed to like... Read more
Published 1 month ago by scallopseagreen
andrea bocelli
This CD is an excellent compilation- it has a good mix of songs
and some BRAT PACK numbers - really uplifting.
and some BRAT PACK numbers - really uplifting.
Published 2 months ago by dink
Brilliant
He is such a great artiste that I almost felt as if I was there.If he comes to the UK I definitely will!
Published 3 months ago by Mr. C. R. Wright
songs
good price good songs bought for the wife she loves it i like a few of the tracks opera not my cup of tea
Published 4 months ago by D. booth
concerto
Delivery excelllent- Christams present and recepient loved it and I am sure they will be playting it frequently- not much more can be said
Published 4 months ago by Bob S
stick to opera,Andrea
I caught some of the live show in a rainy central park on a late night tv show and on the strength of what I saw,bought the cd. Read more
Published 4 months ago by john a charlish
Only Good as a Souvenir if you were there.
Mr. Bocelli was not in the greatest voice but then nor was anybody else. The recording is thin and the duets are unbalanced. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Paul H. Green
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I have ordered quite a number of CDs from Amazon and always find that they arrive within a few days, through the Post Office and my local postwoman manages to get them through my... Read more
Published 4 months ago by sevinor
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