124 reviews
Sales Rank: 3849

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.4

MPN: 462600
UPC: 028946260029
EAN: 0028946260029
ASIN: B00002ND9N

Release Date: November 9, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Disk in excellent condition. Case has some scuffing. Liner notes intact and in very good condition. Ships from NY.

Tracks:

•	Caccini/Mercurio: Ave Maria
•	Mascagni: Sancta Maria
•	Gounod: Ave Maria
•	Schubert: Ave Maria
•	Franck: Panis Angelicus
•	Rossini: Cuius animam
•	Verdi: Ingemisco
•	Mozart: Ave verum
•	Wagner: Der Engel
•	Handel: Ombra mai fu
•	Niedermeyer: Pieta signore
•	Rossini: Dominus Deus
•	Schubert/Mercurio: Mille Cherubini in coro
•	Gruber/Mercurio: Silent Night
•	Wade: Adeste Fideles
•	Gloria a te, Cristo Gesu

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Editorial Reviews:

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

Customer Reviews: Read 119 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful music February 17, 2008
Trainer (New Jersey)
What a wonderful CD! This is music I will listen to over and over - his voice is amazing!

5 out of 5 stars

Can't beat Andrea August 4, 2007
Avid Reader
Better than most of the tenors that have "bigger names" - but he has a pure and clear sound.

5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful music January 12, 2007
Ariadne (Virginia, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is my second copy of this CD, I burned the first one out!!
Andrea Bocelli has a very gorgeous voice that is a gift from above. His voice is not affected or braggadoccio but naturally magnificent. I could and do start my day listening to this spiritually uplifting CD almost everyday. It is a wonderful way to get off to a pleasant peaceful start, but also a nice way to come home in the evening if you have a CD player in your car. I highly recommend it to all.

5 out of 5 stars

Andrea Bocelli-Sacred Arias August 25, 2006
Nancy E. Schweitzer (PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Excellent listening. Voice quality and tone is superb. Brings tears to my eyes when I envision listening to this in a church setting.

4 out of 5 stars

An "experience" of sacred arias more than "listening" of sacred arias April 28, 2006
Billy (San Diego, CA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

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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