A Hymn for the World / Bartoli, Bocelli, Chung

Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Cecilia Bartoli (Composer), Andrea Bocelli (Composer), Myung-Whun Chung (Conductor), Orchestra dell'Accademia Santa Cecilia (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Accademia Santa Cecilia
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Charles Gounod, et al.
• Audio CD (November 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B0000041NW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,937 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #20 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > A to B > Bocelli, Andrea
  • #29 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Bartoli, Cecilia
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Editorial Reviews

BOCELLI ANDREA A HYMN FOR THE WORLD

Customer Reviews

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's music, not Hollywood, October 26, 2000

By 

Adam M Bruss (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Hymn for the World / Bartoli, Bocelli, Chung (Audio CD)

Ok everyone... Get over it, Bocelli and Bartoli only sing 4 of 16 selections. Is it just me, or has everyone lost their mind when trying to review this album!? This is absolutely beautiful music written by brilliant composers and performed extremely well by very well-accomplished musicians. Those of you who feel robbed by the lack of feature soloists obviously haven't experienced the pure joy and ecstacy a good chorale piece can bring because you've automatically closed your minds to the no-names who perform in this album. They are all wonderful musicians, and as such they deserve an enormous amount of credit. Take it from me, these people don't practice a half hour a day. If anyone has experienced life in a conservatory or music school, you'd know these people are practicing upwards of 4-5 hours a day. It makes me sick that people can no longer appreciate the purity of music as it has always been and still is today. Obviously they don't perform with absolute perfection (no one ever has... even Horowitz), but Chung did a fabulous job getting an absolutely gorgeous sound out of the choir which isn't exactly an easy task! Overall, very good album. As a final note: if you must, throw away the CD case documentation to get the picture of Bocelli, Chung, and Bartoli out of your mind. Just sit back and enjoy the clarity of tone and fabulous musicality of the entire album. Allow yourselves to fall in love with the music. Without that passion, there is no way any performer would have made it in the world, and you wouldn't be able to listen to such beautiful music.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music for a beautiful event, November 14, 2001

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Laura Wood (California USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Hymn for the World / Bartoli, Bocelli, Chung (Audio CD)

Enjoy this beautiful music performed by wonderful
musicians at an extraordinary event. Per liner notes,
"the visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to
Paris in August 1997, to celebrate an open-air Mass
as part of the Worldwide Days of Youth." You can put
yourself there while listening to these selections
that celebrate life. A surprise benediction touched
me.

29 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading advertising, March 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Hymn for the World / Bartoli, Bocelli, Chung (Audio CD)

To be sure, this album has some beautiful cuts. But that is overshadowed for me by the fact that while megastars Bartoli and Bocelli are featured so prominently on the cover, THEY ONLY SING ON 4 OUT OF 16 TRACKS. This kind of misleading advertising is reprehensible. If I hadn't purchased this while on vacation, I would have returned it