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The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere

Andrea Bocelli , Nathan East , Paolo Bighignoli , David Foster , Walter Afanasieff , Pierpaolo / Luciani, Paolo Guerrini , Elio Isola , Mauro Malavasi , Gloria Malise / Nuti , Francesco Sartori , Celso / Anastasio, Angelo Valli , Consuelo Velazquez , Giuseppe Vessicchio , Valerio Zelli , Celso Valli , Mauro Malavasi , Vince Colaiuta , Dean Parks , Mike Landau , Paolo Gianolio Audio CD
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Andrea Bocelli was born in Lajatico, in rural Tuscany, not far from the ancient city of Pisa. Fascinated by the passion and storytelling of opera and traditional Italian music, Andrea dreamed of following in the footsteps of his idols; celebrated Italian tenors including Mario Del Monaco, Beniamino Gigli and especially Franco Corelli. While a child, Andrea’s beautiful, natural voice had made him… Read more in Amazon's Andrea Bocelli Store

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  • Performer: Nathan East, Paolo Bighignoli, Vince Colaiuta, Dean Parks, Mike Landau, et al.
  • Conductor: Celso Valli, Mauro Malavasi
  • Composer: David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, Pierpaolo / Luciani, Paolo Guerrini, Elio Isola, Mauro Malavasi, et al.
  • Audio CD (October 30, 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Decca Records
  • ASIN: B000VH1AZQ
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews)
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ANDREA BOCELLI CELEBRATES A DECADE OF BEST-SELLING RECORDINGS WITH HIS FIRST-EVER GREATEST HITS COLLECTION, THE BEST OF ANDREA BOCELLI - VIVERE CD IN-STORES OCTOBER 30TH ON SUGAR MUSIC/DECCA September 11, 2007 - (New York, NY) -- For the first time during his historic career the world's best selling tenor, Andrea Bocelli, will be releasing a collection of his greatest hits. The Best Of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere, will be released on Sugar Music/Decca on October 30th, marking a decade of chart-topping albums that have made him a household name and beloved cultural figure the world over.

The Best Of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere will feature selections from Bocelli's wildly popular recordings including Romanza, certified 4 times platinum, Sogno certified 2 times platinum, and his most recent platinum disc, Amore. Highlights include "Time To Say Goodbye" his breakthrough smash with Sarah Brightman, "The Prayer," another duet made famous with Celine Dion, and the more recent Bocelli staples "Because We Believe" and "Besame Mucho" among others. Several new tracks are also exclusively available on Vivere, including new compositions by the renowned and accomplished David Foster, who also holds producing credits on the songs and was one of the creative forces behind Amore. Other notable guests on the disc include the acclaimed classical pianist Lang Lang and Latin singing sensation Laura Pausini.

2007 is already shaping up to be another banner year for Bocelli. In July, the superstar staged his first-ever, pop only, live concert set in the stunning hills of Tuscany, which will be broadcast on PBS this December. Andrea continues to be one of PBS' most visible artists, with this being the follow-up to the Emmy-nominated "Under The Desert Sky" special which aired in 2006. Bocelli also appears on the forthcoming new album from Chris Botti, Italia, to be released in September. This fall, Andrea returns to the U.S. for another round of high-profile promotional appearances, as well as several concerts in support of the greatest hits collection - dates to be announced soon. Vivere, meaning "to live," is certainly something Andrea Bocelli does to his fullest. Having sold over 55 million albums worldwide, he continues to display a singularly unique ability to straddle both pop and classical repertoire with sincerity, conviction, grace and his unmistakable soaring tenor. One of the most sought after performers in the world, he has recorded duets with the biggest names in music including Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Katharine McPhee, Kenny G and the aforementioned Brightman, Botti and Dion. Andrea also recently sang at the funeral service for one of his true heroes, Luciano Pavarotti, where he paid tribute to the great tenor with Mozart's ``Ave Verum Corpus.'' A media darling who has appeared everywhere from American Idol to the Today Show multiple times, he has been called "one of opera's most successful crossover stars" by The Wall Street Journal.

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For the first time during his historic career the world's best selling tenor Andrea Bocelli will be releasing a collection of his greatest hits. The CD will feature selections from the Bocelli repertoire and include "Time To Say Goodbye" in duet with Sarah Brightman from the 4 time platinum selling Romanza CD, "The Prayer" in duet with Celine Dion from the 2 time platinum selling Sogno CD, plus Bocelli favorites "Because We Believe" from his most recent platinum recording Amore, "Melodramma" from Cieli Di Toscana and more. The release will also feature 4 new exclusive recordings: A duet with one of the world's most popular pianists Lang Lang and new David Foster compositions.

There will be a nationally televised concert special airing on PBS - Andrea's first full pop concert that was recorded in July with the Tuscan country side as a backdrop. The concert repertoire includes all the songs the will be on the forth coming Greatest Hits CD and features guests Chris Botti, Kenny G, Lang Lang and more. Look for PBS to broadcast this program multiple times during their upcoming December 2007 pledge period reaching over 10 million households.

"Vivere" translates from Italian to English as "To Live"

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65 of 74 people found the following review helpful
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Andrea Bocelli, the world's most popular tenor (and Best selling) and pop sensation as well, has recorded The Best of Andrea Bocelli, Vivere what is a wonderful collection of his crossover (semi classical pop) songs and is a must for every Bocelli fan. Every song on the CD is wonderful and all the hit songs have been re mastered (or remixed) and sound better than ever.

The Songs include a nice selection of some of Bocelli's best work (it would take a 10 CD set to give us all of his best work-both clasicl and Popular); Bocelli has a very beautiful voice, that expresses much emotion. His tone and diction are excellent and his Volume is much better then the critics claim, he voice is always moving, his singing touches one's heart and goes righ into ones soul. The tracks include Songo; from the Songo album; It may be his best song ever. IL Mare Calmo Della Sera from the Romanza album (and an Earlier Album with the tital IL Mare Clamo Della Sera); this was his first hit and was used my Todd Eldridge, figure Skater, in the Olympics and US championships. Canto Della Sera, from the Songo album; Besame Mucho, from the Amore album; Mille lune Mille Onde, (included on the Delux edition as an extra track and is the song used in the Brilla Pasta advertisement) from Cieili Di Toscana; Time to Say Goodbye-Con Te Partino (with Sarah Brightman), from the Romanza album; Vivo Per Lei (with Giorgia who is an Italian pop star with a wonderful voice) from the Romanza album; Melodrama from the Cieli De Toscana album; The Prayer (with Celine Dion, from the Songo Album and the Quest soundtrack, (as well as Celine Dion albums;) and Because We Believe from the Amore album, the great theme for the Olympic's in Italy.

The songs also include a new English/Italian version of Vivere called Dear To Live; with Laura Pausani a popular Italian singer. A wonderful song called La Voce Del Silenzio; a beautiful song called A TE; A very cool classical song with Lang Lang, on Piano, called IO CI SARO; and another song, very contemporary, called BELLISSIME STELLE which may be my favorite song on the CD.

The Deluxe edition comes with one extra songs as I mentioned above and also a bonus DVD that was 8 live songs from Bocelli's Statue Of Liberty concert, which was recorded back just after the release of the Songo album; and just after His Father died, the concert is very emotional and very beautiful. You can see the wonderful New York City in the background and the Twine towers standing proud. It is a wonderful DVD it looks fantastic and sounds fantastic. My only complete is that its not the whole concert. The whole concert has only been available from PBS as a VHS tape. The 8 songs are La Donna E Mobile; Di Quella Pira; Brindisi-Cavaileria Rusticana; O Soave Fanciull; Santa Lucia Luntana; Torna A Surriento; O Sole Mio; And Brindisi-La Travita. If you can I would pop the few extra bucks for the Deluxe edition and get the DVD.

This is a great CD (and or set) for any Bocelli fan, for the fan because it has the 5 new songs (4 new and one alternative version). And is a great set for new fans because it has many of his hits. this would be a good first CD for someone new to Bocelli.
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81 of 111 people found the following review helpful
The benchmark of excellence. October 30, 2007
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Andrea Bocelli, the blind and popular Italian tenor who, since making his stage debut in 1994, has sold millions of CDs worldwide, has released a collection of his greatest hits.
Never mind that he is "not very good" and his high notes can evoke "strangulation".
You might pity some music critics, who were faced with a nasty dilemma some months ago. Were they to fall in with the many fans of Mr Bocelli for whom he is evidently the next Pavarotti and echo their adulation? Or should they write what they believed - that his singing is flawed - and be accused of snobbery?
After a concert, the New York Time critic quoted "The tone is rasping, thin and, in general, poorly supported... "Even the most modest upward movement thins it even more, signalling what appears to be the onset of strangulation...
To his credit, Mr Bocelli sings mostly in tune. But his phrasing tends toward carelessness and rhythmic jumble, and the little barks and husky vocal expletives that are the mother's milk of Italian tenordom sound faded and unconvincing. The diction is not clear".
"Passion? Yes. Power. No," wrote a reviewer of the Associated Press.
"Bocelli's voice - though robust in spirit and precisely in tune, even in the upper register - had a thin quality that never opened up".
But he made sure simultaneously to acknowledge the unwavering loyalty of Mr Bocelli's fans. "Was the audience disappointed? Not in the least. They loved it".
A flawed voice, after all, can be corrected in the cocoon of a recording studio and hence perhaps the success of his CDs.
His first was released in 1995, one year after he appeared live for his debut in Verdi's Macbeth.
Yet, pulling Mr Bocelli from future live performances might not be recommended. If his voice can be thin, his force of personality apparently isn't.
It is an appeal based in part on the attractiveness of someone who has overcome obstacles. Born with a rare form of glaucoma, Mr Bocelli lost his sight entirely at age of 12 after a football accident.
This short diversion - about his LIVE performances at the Opera and his studio recordings - aside, for the first time during his historic career the world's best selling tenor, Andrea Bocelli, has just released an excellent collection of his greatest hits "Vivere" (Italian for "to live"), which marks a decade of chart-topping albums that have made him a household name and beloved cultural figure the world over. Four new tracks have been included.
On this collection Andrea Bocelli, as on his previous CDs, shows his nice blend of operatic talent and sincerity, without the same operatic style to obstruct the ability to enjoy the music or his voice.
..."There are some engaging, even captivating techniques in the arrangements which demonstrate distinct skill: textures are built up slowly and with patience, the harmonic variations verse-to-verse are sometimes imaginative, and the orchestrations - from the string writing to the Bond-esque glissando bass guitar - are occasionally classy..(BBC)
While some compare him to Pavarotti or other more famous opera singers, I'd have to disagree in that there's something more heartfelt and less forced about Bocelli's style. This man takes pleasure in singing, and it clearly resonates through every song he sings.
He brings light and shade, purity of tone and technical assurance to the tracks, and to the duets with Italian Laura Pausini, Celine Dion and Sarah Brightman, among the others.
After listening to this album non-stop about twenty times over, I'm completely convinced that Italian is the most romantic language on the planet; of course, Andrea Bocelli's beautiful voice doesn't hurt either...
Get a hold of this disc and treat yourself to something subtle, passionate and musical.
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...is to go song-by-song (or rather, track-by-track).

1. La Voce del Silenzio: This is a cover of an Italian love song previously recorded by Mina and Dionne Warwick, and the first of five new recordings made specifically for this album. Simple, but lavish.

2. Sogno: Track 3 on the 1999 album of the same name. It's sweet and sentimental at the same time, and Bocelli's performance only adds to it instead of taking anything away.

3. Il Mare Calmo della Sera: The opener of his true debut (1994 album of same name) and Track 4 on Romanza. Powerful, but very well sung.

4. Dare to Live (Vivere): This is a reworking of Bocelli's own duet with Gerardina Trovato, from the 'Romanza' and IMCDS albums, this time with Laura Pausini singing the newly translated English lyrics. Different from the original, but good...possibly the best on this CD so far.

5. Canto della Terra (Album Version): Opener on 'Sogno.' It pays tribute to humanity and the earth itself (as the song indicates). This is a 'new mix' by Humberto Gatica, as is one of the older songs below. Well done.

6. A Te: A self-written composition that employs smooth jazz instrumentalist Kenny G for the second time in Bocelli's recording career (they'd worked together on the song 'Mi Manchi,' from the Andrea Bocelli - Amore CD). This is good, too.

7. Besame Mucho: Taken from the 'Amore' album, this is one of his few attempts at a 'sensual' number. It's actually very soothing more than sensual, and a well-timed interpretation to boot.

8. Mille Lune Mille Onde: A 'Cieli di Toscana' selection that doesn't appear on the standard American release of this album, but is available on the Deluxe Edition and other releases of this CD. Mellow, sensual, and appealing.

9. Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) (with Sarah Brightman): Everyone knows this song. It was his first of three #1 hits (he recorded it solo first), but not even the most curmudgeonly listener can deny it's just as brilliant as it was back in 1995-97.

10. Io Ci Saro: Chinese pianist Lang Lang's performance on this song, when paired with Bocelli's vocals and backed by an almost movie soundtrack-resembling score, makes for another timeless musical number on this track.

11. Romanza: Title track of 1997 album. Again, well arranged and well sung.

12. Vivo per Lei (with Giorgia): Bocelli sang this song with many different women (who in turn sang them in their own native languages). This is the all-Italian version, which he would sing with Heather Headley on his 2008 release, Vivere Live in Tuscany [DVD/CD], and it's still as good as it was when he originally sang it with German singer Judy Weiss on his 1995 Bocelli CD.

13. Melodramma: Taken from his 2001 Cieli di Toscana album, this song captures his heartfelt emotions about lost love in 4 minutes. Brilliant.

14. Bellissime Stelle: The mood suddenly shifts to midtempo funk dressed with symphonic styles and even a full choir heard at the end, but the end result is amazing, as usual.

15. The Prayer (with Celine Dion): Second track on the Sogno CD. Very sentimental, indeed, but remarkable.

16. Because We Believe: The closer on the 'Amore' CD served two purposes - one of which was as the theme to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, and the other of which became 'Ama Credi e Vai' as a duet with Gianna Nannini for the 2006 World Cup. Its powerful message and soaring, almost Viennese Waltz-style arrangement, make this a winner and a fantastic finish to this album.

FINAL VERDICT: I don't seem to find anything wrong with this Greatest Hits album (the second he has not counting his 2000 Japan-only 'Per Amore' release), and whatever may be wrong with it is practically miniscule. Although nothing from his 'Andrea' album is included here, the Japan release of this album (available on Japanese online stores) has 'Dell'Amore Non Si Sa' with Hayley Westenra and 'Somos Novios' with Japanese singer Rimi Natsukawa, both as bonus tracks. Overall, this just might be his second best album only to 'Romanza,' and maybe the best album by a male artist released at any time in 2007, but all of his pop albums have been top-notch. You have to give him credit. It's not like he's doing stuff that will turn away so many of his fans forever.

Final Grade: A (in everything)
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Good but Live in Tuscany better
I bought this CD because I really liked the Blu Ray of his performance in Tuscany. The song selection was better, I would buy that album instead.
Published 3 months ago by L. Richardson
The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere - Excellent CD
Got this as a gift for my Mom. Both she and my Dad just love it! Would recommend this CD to anyone.
Published 4 months ago by Karen Fogle
Loving the CD
This CD is a great addition to our collection. We have really enjoyed the duets as well as the solo performances by Mr Bocelli. Read more
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Published 4 months ago by Darlene Smook
Perfect gift
My husband gave this to me for our 20th anniversary (among other things) and it was perfect. Romantic, gorgeous and reminded me of the time we saw Bocelli perform. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Janice
Very convenient
Quick download. Songs are great, but a couple are less known and them being in another language besides spanish/english doesn't help the fondness grow. Read more
Published 8 months ago by lima
Beautiful, but!
All the songs are beautiful but if you have other cds by Bocelli- make sure you are not just buying another of the same thing. I already had all of these songs!!
Published 11 months ago by A. fantacone
One or the other
I am new Bocelli fan so when I saw 3 CD's for the price of two I went for it. I recommend Best of or Amore, not both. A number of same tunes on each. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. applebaum
Vivere
I hate to say that I found `Vivere' to be disappointing `best of' collection of Andrea Bocelli. Maybe this is because I was expecting more opera aria's, but whatever the reason... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Spider Monkey
Really great...
When you listen to this amazing album, you will be charmed by the fabulous voice of Andrea Bocelli...
Sound quality of CD is very good...Just listen and enjoy it...
Published 12 months ago by ORHAN VARISLI
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