Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028947810711 Label: Universal Classics Manufacturer: Universal Classics Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Universal Classics Release Date: November 03, 2008 Running Time: 52 minutes Sales Rank: 199 Studio: Universal Classics
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk ReviewIncanto is the first studio album from Italian operatic star Andrea Bocelli since 2006's Amore, stop-gapped of course by last year's Vivere. Now twenty albums deep and heading for 70 million sales worldwide, there doesn't seem to be much Bocelli can do wrong, though perhaps key to his success is his refusal to rest on his laurels--to always present a considered and varied selection of material. On Incanto he again offers a well-selected mix of folk songs, operatic evergreens and musical hits. Opening with a stunning collaboration with singer Veronica Berti, 'Un Amore Cosi Grande' ('A Love So Great') the album gets off to an impassioned start. A romantic thread is weaved through 'O Surdato Nnammurato', Cesare Andrea Bixio's 'Mamma', and 'Voglio Vivere Cosi', while album highlights include Neopolitan classic 'Santa Lucia' and the 19th century folk song 'Funiculi Funicula'--an ode to the first funicular on Mount Vesuvius. Add to that the soaring 'Because', and the sweeping 'Era De Maggio' (featuring Anna Bonitatibus) and you have what is arguably Bocelli's best collection since Romanza. --Danny McKenna
Rating: - Sublime
This is an outstanding album that finds Bocelli in wonderful voice. There's not a bad track here, with the emphasis on the great Neapolitan canzones. If one discounts Caruso as THE singer of such songs as a native of Naples, they have seldom been sung better. The song selection is excellent, with every one having a high "hummability" factor.
Bocelli appears to be a tenor at the height of his powers. The ending to Funiculi Funicula is breathtaking but a mere precursor to brilliance with the ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant!
How wonderful that Andrea has left the "Vegas type" songs behind!! This album is superb and we listened to it 3 times in succession before stopping. Every song (old & new to us) was up to the high standard we expect and love to hear. These are the type of popular semi-operatic songs that Andrea can sing so much better than old Englebert hits!
