Dream With Me

Jackie Evancho | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2011
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Music Distribution
• ASIN: B004UB2WAQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (516 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #814 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #22 in Music > Christian > Pop & Contemporary
  • #57 in Music > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #65 in Music > Pop > Vocal Pop > General

Track Listings

1. When You Wish Upon A Star

2. Nella Fantasia

3. A Mother’s Prayer (Jackie Evancho and Susan Boyle)

4. Nessun Dorma

5. Angel

6. O Mio Babbino Caro

7. Somewhere featuring Barbra Streisand

8. All I Ask Of You

9. Ombra Mai Fu

10. Lovers

11. Imaginer

12. The Lord’s Prayer

13. To Believe

14. Dream With Me

Editorial Reviews

Produced by David Foster, Jackie Evancho’s Dream With Me fulfills the promise of O Holy Night, Jackie's major label debut, a seasonal collection which became 2010's #1 best-selling debut recording with sales exceeding 1 million units. Dream with Me features a repertoire of classical arias and pop classics handpicked to suit Jackie’s angelic voice. Her range is so great that she ably shifts from the Disney classic “When You Wish Upon A Star” to Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma.” Other highlights include two extraordinary superstar duets showcasing the young vocalist performing with music legend Barbra Streisand ("Somewhere" from West Side Story) and international phenomenon Susan Boyle ("A Mother’s Prayer") The album is produced by the legendary David Foster, a sixteen-time Grammy winner (including three Producer of the Year trophies) who has worked with Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Beyoncé, Prince, Barbra Streisand and many others. “I can say without a doubt that working with Jackie on Dream With Me was truly phenomenal. Her natural ability and the depth of her understanding of the musical process left me speechless. I think we have created a musical experience that will thrill audiences of every age. She was a pure joy to work with and I had a front row seat to one of the next great talents of our time,” said David Foster.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

236 of 244 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Miraculous June 14, 2011

By Thomas E. Davis TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:MP3 Music

I recall the chills I got when I first heard the 11-year-old Michael Jackson sing "I Want You Back." Here was a performer with all of the soul, talent, and musicality of an enormously gifted adult in the body of a child.

I have a similar thrill every time I listen to the angelic Jackie Evancho, a young prodigy with unlimited potential in both classical and popular genres. Regardless of how many times I've seen her television debut on "America's Got Talent" or her performances on YouTube, whether she's singing "Silent Night" with the Canadian Tenors or "The Star-Spangled Banner" a cappella at a hockey stadium in her hometown of Pittsburgh, I still shake my head in amazement.

Find and watch the short online videos from the Great Performances special "Dream with Me in Concert." Premiering on PBS, it's Jackie's first solo concert, featuring full orchestra and chorus and producer-arranger David Foster at the piano. Try not to be stunned by the perfect poise and preternatural professionalism of this 11-year-old lyric soprano as she covers Sarah McLachlan's song "Angel." She's only been singing for three years, yet it's clear that Jackie not only feels the music coursing through her; she comprehends the technical aspects of its production and understands how to make it seem effortless.

All the songs on "Dream with Me," Jackie's first full-length album, have the same power and purity as "Angel." I take special pleasure in the way she sings opera arias like "Nessun Dorma" (from Puccini's "Turandot"), "O Mio Babbino Caro" (from Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi"), and "Ombra Mai Fu" (from Handel's "Serse"). She demonstrates flawless diction and phrasing, an astoundingly mature tone, and pitch-perfect vibrato.

Yet Jackie's pop performances of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (from "Pinocchio"), "All I Ask of You" (from "Phantom of the Opera"), and "Lovers" (from the Chinese film "House of Flying Daggers") are just as enjoyable. And she co-wrote the album's beautiful title song! As a bonus, two renowned guests who know something about singing and appreciate talent when they hear it join Jackie in inspiring duets: Barbra Streisand on "Somewhere" and Susan Boyle on "A Mother's Prayer."

Jackie is blessed with loving parents and professional advisers who have allowed her to discover her gift and pursue her dreams yet retain her childish joy and enthusiasm for music. She doesn't know how to feign happiness or put on the airs of a diva. She is who she is: an international phenomenon in the form of a darling little girl who is having the time of her life and only wants you to enjoy it, too. And millions of people like me can't help but respond to her radiant smile and perpetually sunny personality by falling in love with her and her miraculous voice.

An exclusive edition of "Dream With Me" with four additional tracks is available at Target stores. The songs are "Someday," "The Impossible Dream," "A Time For Us," and "Mi Mancherai" (the theme from the Italian film "Il Postino").

107 of 116 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Jackie's voice will take her to great heights ... "I'm basically living the dream and that there's more to come." June 14, 2011

By D. Fowler TOP 50 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

In a recent interview Jackie Evancho claimed, "I'm basically living the dream and that there's more to come." Perhaps if she were simply a big fish in a small pond that would be unrealistic, however, for a young woman who had was the "top selling Debut Artist of 2010," the statement has a ring of truth to it that many of us hope comes true. "O Holy Night," which came out in November if 2010, easily achieved platinum status for Jackie, a so called "soprano prodigy." Little could anyone know that it all began in 2008 when her mother bought her the "Phantom of the Opera" DVD and Jackie began to sing. It's simply the stuff that legends are made of. In this case, a music legend in the making.

David Foster, the producer of this album, an extremely accomplished man in his own right having garnered sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, says that Jackie "tackled this gigantic piece of music and in my opinion she totally pulled it off." Anyone who has heard this album or will hear it in the future, no doubt will agree with him. His talents and ability to mentor her are undoubtedly helping her talent emerge and will soar her to new heights.

One of the things that appealed to me was the mix of genres, something that will not "type cast" her to a larger audience. There are two duets with the much beloved superstars, Barbra Streisand, and Susan Boyle. Both are awe inspiring and the blend of an innocent, but magnificent voice of a prodigy with that of a more mature artist is quite telling. I feel that her voice is subtly maturing and becoming stronger (slowly, but it is perceptible). The promise of her becoming a superstar will be evident to the listener. Either one of these duets is worth the entire price of this album, but I bought it because of all three artists. Can anything get better than this?

Obviously, Jackie will not be an artist who will slowly disappear from the music scene, but is one who not only will continue to inspire her audience, but herself. She sparkles when she sings and as so many people have commented,her talent is a gift from God and she brings a bit of heaven to Earth. There are those who wish to analyze each song and they will, something I won't attempt to do. I simply want to sit back and enjoy Jackie's amazing gift and think about where her voice will take her and where she will take us.

84 of 90 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful album demands an instant replay June 14, 2011

By Haydon

Format:Audio CD

Being a UK admirer of Jackie's voice, I've had the pleasure of living with this album for more than a week (it was released to coincide with BGT).
To say it grows on you is an understatement. To hear these songs together as in one concert-like experience is a joy that leads to repeated playings.

Her voice is, of course, superb on all these tracks. What I have never appreciated, until now though, was the musical mastery of producer/arranger, David Foster. This album is assured instrumentally, but it is a masterpiece of sequencing. Every song seems to be in its right place flowing perfectly into the next. (He didn't fall into what might be the obvious trap of putting Nessun Dorma last).

It starts with the childlike optimism of When You Wish Upon a Star and follows a contrasting path through Jackie's world of arias, duets, pop, show and film songs.

It seems to get more about Jackie as it reaches the final three or four songs (the ones least known by fans). I haven't seen a translation of Imaginer, but when the piano starts to play it's hard not to give in to the emotion this piece evokes. The beauty of this melody, the playing, her voice, the Rachmaninov-like interlude and the Morricone-like finish are breathtaking.

When she sings The Lord's Prayer you know she is singing from her heart. From then on you feel that Jackie is expressing her thoughts and hopes as Every-child through the last two songs, To Believe and Dream With Me (which she co-wrote).
It is altogether very moving and almost demands an instant replay.