Chris Botti in Boston (CD/DVD)

Chris Botti (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B001PXYH6Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (155 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #3 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Concertos > General
  • #9 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > General
  • #17 in Music > Broadway & Vocalists > Vocal Jazz

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Ave Maria

2. When I Fall In Love

3. Seven Days featuring Sting and Dominic Miller

4. Emmanuel featuring Lucia Micarelli

5. I've Got You Under My Skin featuring Katharine McPhee

6. Cinema Paradiso featuring Yo-Yo Ma

7. Broken Vow featuring Josh Groban

8. Flamenco Sketches

9. Glad To Be Unhappy featuring John Mayer

10. Hallelujah

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Ave Maria (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo)

2. When I Fall In Love (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo)

3. Caruso (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo)

4. Seven Days (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo) featuring Sting and Dominic Miller

5. Broken Vow (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo) featuring Josh Groban

6. Flamenco Sketches (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo)

7. Hallelujah (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo)

8. I've Got You Under My Skin (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo)featuring Katharine McPhee

9. Cinema Paradiso (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo)featuring Yo-Yo Ma

10. The Look Of Love (Live at Symphony Hall - Video - LPCM Stereo) featuring Sy Smith

See all 39 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Special CD/DVD edition of the trumpeter's 2009 live release includes a bonus DVD that includes a two hour concert plus a . 40-minute Behind-The-Scenes bonus. Chris Botti In Boston finds the chart-topping Jazz trumpeter and special guests performing live at the historic Boston Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on September 18 and 19, 2008. Includes guest appearances from Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer, Katharine McPhee, Sting, Lucia Micarelli and Steven Tyler.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz + Rock + Boston Pops = Starry Starry Night, April 1, 2009

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Lilly Mae (Augusta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

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A front row seat to the best concert of the year. I love that artists are putting out CD/DVDs!!! Listening to Chris Botti's music is divine but watching him play is divin-est--I know thats not a real word but you get the idea :). Chris is a commanding presence on stage even when surrounded by stellar-stars like Sting, Steven Tyler, Yo-yo Ma, John Mayer and the sexy Katherine McPhee. He's confident and funny, and like all great performers, he takes your hand and navigates you seamlessly through the show. He remained calm even when, mid-song, a guy in the second row had a heart attack!! Apparently he lived (watch his hilarious intv. in the behind the scenes material)!

Then, of course, there is the music. Chris' version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is so hauntingly beautiful I cry every time I hear it. I had tons of favorites but his duet with Steven Tyler singing "Smile" is so fun to watch, maybe because the two-shot of them playing together is fantastically incongruous. His band kills on When I Fall in Love, which is another favorite. And as many times as I've heard Miles Davis' Flamenco Sketches I never tire of hearing Chris play it; or Time to Say Goodbye, or Caruso; or Seven Days, his duet with the sublime Sting (it's not possible that that man is nearly 60). I guess I love all the songs.

Spend the extra few $ for the DVD it's worth getting a peek of the rehearsal (with all the funny screw-ups and authenticity of unguarded stars) and the behind the scenes interviews with Chris and Sting and Yo yo Ma and Josh Groban....and then there's John Mayer's sweet Kodak moment. Priceless.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ear Candy, April 1, 2009

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D. Kanigan (CT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chris Botti in Boston (CD/DVD) (Audio CD)

I'm not certain that Chris Botti could release anything that I wouldn't rate a 5 so understand my bias. I have most of his audio CDs and I would rate this one near the top. Botti, in his own icy-cool signature, soulful and soothing sound - draws from jazz, pop and classical musical in his line-up. This CD was recorded at an event which took place on September 18th 2008 at Boston's famous Symphony Hall where Botti is joined by the Boston Pops Orchestra. In addition to new and seemingly even more compelling spins on his classic instrumental trumpet solos ("When I fall in Love"; "Time to Say Goodbye"; "Ave Maria"), Botti invites a unique cast of artists to join him on stage including Sting, Josh Groban, Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer and Katherine McPhee (American Idol) - with my favorites being "I've Got You Under My Skin" with Botti/McPhee and "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" with Botti/Sting and John Mayer's rendition of Sinatra's "Glad to Be Unhappy." Botti is at the top of his game in this performance - crisp, warm and soothing - and the man can hit and stick the high notes. Sit back, relax and be prepared to be entertained - - Botti has the magical ability to take you away to a happy place.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't settle for JUST the CD!, April 1, 2009

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David M. Bayer "Doc B in NC" (NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chris Botti in Boston (CD/DVD) (Audio CD)

I agree with all the positive comments ... won't repeat here. BUT ... be SURE to pay the extra $3.00 to get the CD/DVD option ... three bucks! It is a wonderful DVD ... very well done. Almost two hours on stage ... plus extras ... a LOT of stuff on this DVD!