Bocelli (Album)
Bocelli is the second studio album of the Italian singer Andrea Bocelli. It was released in November 1995 and made it after a short time to reach the top places or even the Bestplatzierung in many European charts.
Content
Songs
The album contains eleven tracks, is predominantly populated with Italian songs. For this, the anti - war song Macchine da guerra counts. Particular successes were next to Con te partirò also Romanza - the later title of best-of- album Bocelli in 1997, in which the song is also included - and recorded Vivo per lei. Also this song was found two years later in the album Romanza again. In the album Bocelli he interpreted it only with pure Italian text with Italian singer Giorgia, like Bocelli had at that time a very young career. Both joined in 1994 at the San Remo Festival. The last track of the album, which also was Vivo per lei, Bocelli sang with Judy Weiss. It is this interpretation is probably best known, probably in Germany, because White sang in German. Later, a French version appeared with Helene Segara, a Portuguese and Spanish with Marta Sánchez. The last two songs had the title Vivo por ella, what has the reason that Bocelli song now interpreted not in Italian but in Spanish.
Although the Rhein-Zeitung Bocelli attested that he was one of the most successful and talented tenors of his time, this album contains no opera arias. These albums did not appear until later in Bocelli's career, such as the album Viaggio Italiano, the popular opera pieces enhthält, such as the aria Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini. Only the pieces Con te partirò and Time to Say Goodbye classical are designed, which is also the occupation by Brightman, a soprano explains.
The producer of the album, Mauro Malavasi, wrote a piece for the Romanza album. He was also active later for Bocelli, for example, for his album Sogno, released in 1999 on the international market and the performers also brought great successes. The Italian songwriter Panceri composed several songs, the versions of Vivo per lei contained on the album in cooperation with other song writers and the pop song Sempre semper with Felisatti. Also Bocelli was incorporated her own compositions in an album, they appeared under the title Voglio restare così who found himself on his first best-of album.
Occupation
Andrea Bocelli was accompanied musically by the same several musicians, however, were particularly active Mauro Malavasi as well as Joe Amoroso, who played an emphasis on piano and drums. Especially the number of violin players was very high, among others had Sternieri Sara and Laura Sarti on this musical level.
Thanks and Dedication
In addition to the many persons in which Bocelli thanked in the notes of the album, are also Luciano Pavarotti, Bocelli of 1992 "discovered " by iniziierte a duet with Bocelli Zucchero. Franco Corelli also stands out in the list of those in which Bocelli thanked forth, for Bocelli imagine Corelli an important teacher is in which Bocelli sang several times.
Bocelli added to his list yet, by hereafter he wrote Dedicato a tutti i miei amici (Italian for: " Dedicated to all my friends ").
Special attention deserves the subsequent quote Dobbiamo essere la voce degli uomini senza voce ... ( "We need the voice of the voiceless people be ... "), which could relate to the song because Macchine guerra, which - as already mentioned - an anti-war song.
Title list
Reception
Due to the still lesser prominence Bocelli at the international level, the album was released in limited editions, only in 1997, after Bocelli with other albums, especially Romanza achieved fame, the album was released again, this time under the label Universal.
The album contains two songs that Bocelli in the early stage of his career was able to record extraordinary success: Con te partirò and Time to Say Goodbye, which he sang together with Sarah Brightman. For this duet with Brightman he was awarded in 1997 together in Germany, it was carried out by the success of his second album's release.
In other countries, Bocelli was received several awards by the high placement of his album, such as the multi-platinum status in the Netherlands and Germany, but also in his native Italy reached Bocelli twice platinum status. Similarly, in Belgium prevailed Bocelli's album, in the Walloon part of the country it remained for 57 weeks in the charts, in the Flemish part even 66 In both parts of the country, the album reached number one in the national charts.
Bocelli had probably reacted calmly as you told him that his album internationally in proof of the highest charting courses. Bettina Greve, the former spokeswoman for Polydor announced that Bocelli there were actually more important, because [ ss] people listen to his music and like.