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  • Performer: Andrea Bocelli
  • Orchestra: Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Composer: Giulio Caccini, Pietro Mascagni, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert
  • Audio CD (13 May 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Philips
  • ASIN: B00002ND9N
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,765 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in these categories:

    #1 in  Music > Opera & Vocal > Song > Tenor
    #12 in  Music > Opera & Vocal > Choral > Religious
    #18 in  Music > Opera & Vocal > Opera

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Ave Maria 3:45£0.79
Listen  2. Sancta Maria 3:33£0.79
Listen  3. Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846 2:59£0.79
Listen  4. Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 2:29£0.79
Listen  5. Panis Angelicus 3:31£0.79
Listen  6. Stabat Mater - 2. Cujus animam gementem 5:30£0.79
Listen  7. Messa da Requiem - 2. Ingemisco 4:07£0.79
Listen  8. Ave verum corpus, K.618 3:03£0.79
Listen  9. Wesendonk Lieder - Orchestration by Felix Mottl (1856 - 1911) - Der Engel 3:01£0.79
Listen10. Serse / Act 1 - Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fu 3:53£0.79
Listen11. Pietà, Signore 6:56£0.79
Listen12. Petite Messe solennelle - Gloria - Domine Deus 4:35£0.79
Listen13. Mille Cherubini in coro 3:52£0.79
Listen14. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht 3:05£0.79
Listen15. Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful) 2:51£0.79
Listen16. Gloria a te, Cristo Gesù 4:21£0.79

On this CD:
  1. Ave Maria
    Composed by Giulio Caccini
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  2. Cavalleria rusticana
    Composed by Pietro Mascagni
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  3. Ave Maria
    Composed by Charles Gounod
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  4. Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III'
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  5. Panis angelicus
    Composed by César Franck
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  6. Stabat mater
    Composed by Gioachino Rossini
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  7. Messa da Requiem
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  8. Ave verum corpus in D
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  9. Wesendonk Lieder
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  10. Serse, 'Xerxes'
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  11. Pietà, Signore
    Composed by Louis Niedermeyer
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  12. Petite messe solennelle
    Composed by Gioachino Rossini
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  13. Mille cherubini in coro
    Composed by Alois Melichar
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  14. Stille Nacht, 'Silent Night'
    Composed by Traditional
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  15. O come, all ye faithful, 'Adeste fideles'
    Composed by Traditional
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  16. Gloria a te, Christo Gesù
    Composed by Father Jean-Paul Lécot
    Performed by Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
    with Andrea Bocelli
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

When he was growing up, Andrea Bocelli recalls finding inspiration in a favourite 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 major 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 compartmentalise Bocelli into a singer of "operatic" versus "popular" styles: in truth his approach is at heart the same. Lack of colour 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 programme 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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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful voice, 26 Aug 2002
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Quite simply Andrea Bocellie's Sacres Arias is a stunning piece of work. Andrea has a beautiful voice. He moves me. Anybody who loves this sort of music will become totally entranced with this. I am often moved to tears when i play Andrea's voice. I would highly recemmend this cd.
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23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sixteen tracks of heaven  buy it!, 16 Feb 2000
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All sixteen tracks have inordinate beauty. The sacred arias wash over me in a musical flood.

I am absorbed.

The second Ave Maria is my favourite. As the blurb has it, Gounod adds a vocal line of indelible beauty over Bach's prelude.

"Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis peccatoribus - Holy Mary, pray for us sinners". Andrea Bocelli holds the sweet notes aloft like coloured ping-pong balls on columns of air, the voice savoured in the mouth, longer it seems than the composer intended.

He plays with these sounds, turning them, searching for the precise tone, the exact interpretation, teasing me. His timing is exquisite, his delivery adept in its empathy with his listeners. I'm servile, my being bequeathed to him.

At last the phrase is unleashed, spilling like a torrent of water. We are surfing, this singer and I, on a tidal wave of emotion: "Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae - now and in the hour of my death". But not until we reach the Amen, can I subside, drained, the tear unbidden.

Buy it! You won't be disappointed.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars After "Romanza" I was not quite so keen on "Opera Arias", 15 Aug 2000
After "Romanza" I was not quite so keen on "Opera Arias", I dont think that the recording quite captured the fine voice of Andrea Bocelli, however I am not put off, and will go on to look for more CD's with more of his songs.
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A CD that has so much beauty it moves you from beginning to end. His voice portrays so much emotion that you don't just appreciate the sound, you feel every note that he sings... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Way to go, Chung! Andrea Bocelli is DA BOMB!!!!!
Personally, my taste leans toward Andrea's lovely pop side, but I still like this album very much for some reason. Read more
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