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Wasn't What I Expected!, March 31, 2000
I have spent a lot of time here reading all the different reviews of Andrea Bocelli's recordings and I do not really understand what is so important about his voice being technically perfect. I have listened to lots of opera music and have not had the same reaction as I have with Bocelli. My daughter first introduced me to Andrea Bocelli and I really wasn't that interested, thinking he was just another tenor. Was I ever wrong! I have enjoyed Pavarotti's Nessum Dorma, but when I heard Andrea Bocelli, sing it I wept, quite unexpectedly. I do think that perfection is highly overrated. Being technically perfect doesn't make you better, just more technical. I enjoy music because it moves something in me. Quite frankly Andrea Bocelli does that better than any other tenor I have heard. I will enjoy his opera music, his pop music and his sacred music because he moves me in a way I have never been moved before, and I think that his soul must be just as wonderful. Yes I do think that if God was singing that is what he would sound like!
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Bocelli nothing short of magical, November 19, 2000
I first heard Bocelli's rendition of Nessun Dorma from this album on an Air Canada flight three weeks ago, on their Operatic Flights audio channel. I knew nothing of the performer, the piece or the composer and have rarely connected with operatic music. I also neither speak nor understand Italian.
But I found myself in tears from hearing Bocelli's Nessun Dorma, and stayed on that audio channel to hear it once more on what was left of the flight from Toronto to San Francisco. I'm a 46-year old business man, with virtually no training in music or the arts. I not only felt the magic and depth of the music when I heard it on that flight but have felt its uplifting inspiration every single day after that (so far!)
I have since procured, and listened to, a number of different versions of the piece by other famous tenors. They're good or great, but Bocelli is EXQUISITE!
The critical comments of the professional reviewers may have some marginal merit in terms of specific technicalities, but should be set aside in favor of one's direct experience of the music. Our connection to music and the arts is much too primal and deep, beyond the merely intellectual and analytical faculties engaged by critics.
I'm heartened by the consistent validation of Bocelli's music by "lay reviewers" who have commented ahead of me. I would recommend this CD as a "must have," whether or not one is an opera buff (or snob), even just for that one track alone.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Purity of tone with true passion, August 23, 1999
Although a conservatory-trained musician, I never enjoyed opera until I heard Andrea Bocelli. His voice has a purity of tone that is far more compelling than the mega-vibrato of most opera stars. He sings each aria with a passion that clearly communicates the emotion of the operatic scene to the listener who may not understand the words. To me, his recordings are the epitome of what a performance should be-a musical experience that deeply moves anyone fortunate enough to hear it. Bravo!
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