Verdi (album)
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Verdi is Andrea Bocelli
's seventh studio album
and fourth classical
album, of Verdi's most famous arias, released in 2000. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
, conducted by Zubin Mehta
, accompanied Bocelli for the album. The album was certified Gold in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America
and in Switzerland by IFPI
of Switzerland, Platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
, and Double Platinum in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
's seventh studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
and fourth classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
album, of Verdi's most famous arias, released in 2000. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. It was originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, and in Hebrew as התזמורת הסימפונית הארץ ישראלית The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit...
, conducted by Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
, accompanied Bocelli for the album. The album was certified Gold in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
and in Switzerland by IFPI
IFPI
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...
of Switzerland, Platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...
, and Double Platinum in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
Track listing
- Di quella piraDi quella piraDi quella pira is a popular tenor aria sung by Manrico in Act 3, Scene 2 of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Il trovatore.-Setting:...
- Ah sì, ben mio
- La donna è mobileLa donna è mobile"La donna è mobile" is the cynical Duke of Mantua's canzone from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto . The inherent irony is that it is the callous playboy Duke himself who is mobile...
- Di' tu se fedele
- Ella mi fu rapita!
- Possente amor mi chiama
- Se quel guerrier io fossi!... Celeste AidaCeleste AidaCeleste Aida is the romanza in the opera Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi. It is sung by Radamès, the young Egyptian warrior who wishes to be chosen as a Commander of the Egyptian army...
- Lunge da lei... De' miei bollenti spiriti
- Oh mio rimorso!
- La mia letizia infondere vorrei
- Mercé, diletti amici... Come rugiada al cespite... Dell'esilio nel dol
- Io l'ho perduta... Io la vidi e il suo sorriso
- Oh! fede negar potessi... Quando le sere al placido
- La vita è inferno all'infelice