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Sogno consists entirely of new compositions, much of which are deliberately skewed toward the pop audience whom Andrea Bocelli was well on his way to earning in the spring of 1999. In other words, it's an album that seems to be a progression, at least on the surface, but it's also a consolidation of the crossover audience that he wooed over the course of the late '90s. Sogno pulls off that trick, balancing Bocelli's opera background with modern pop and Italian music. That stance alone — finding a middle ground between classical and modern pop music — will alienate the purists (who, truth be told, haven't been all that thrilled with Bocelli in the first place), but this doesn't discredit the music. True, there are moments on Sogno that don't work as well as others, but overall it flows nicely and maintains a fine balance between pieces that suggest opera without actually being opera, and adult contemporary songs such as "Nel Cuore Lei" (a duet with Eros Ramazzotti) or the Celine Dion duet "The Prayer," which was originally featured on the soundtrack for The Quest for Camelot. The most interesting moments are songs like "Come Un Fiume Tu," a collaboration with Ennio Morricone that manages to not only find a middle ground between those two extremes, but to push forward, as well. Songs like these keep Sogno fascinating, but it's the adult contemporary-flavored numbers that stand to bring in a larger, pop-oriented audience, who will then likely explore the rest of Bocelli's catalog. For skeptics, however, the very presence of pop-leaning numbers will confirm their doubts.
Performances
Composer
Title
Year
Time
Francesco Sartori / Lucio Quarantotto Canta della terra 4:02
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, Joy Singers of Venice, More Performance Details...
David Foster / Carole Bayer Sager The Prayer, song (for the film Quest for Camelot) 4:30
Performed by: Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, More Performance Details...
Giuseppe Vessicchio Sogno, song 4:03
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Guido Corti, Paolo Bighignoli, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
Enzo Gragnaniello 'O mare e tu, song 4:36
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Dulce Pontes, João Ferreira-Rosa, Ciccio Merolla, More Performance Details...
Pieromarras A volte il cuore 4:44
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
Mauro Malavasi / Pierpaolo Guerrini / Andrea Bocelli Cantico 4:01
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Guido Corti, Rossella Calvi, Domenico Servucci, More Performance Details...
Mauro Malavasi Mai piú così lontano 4:20
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
Francesco Sartori / Lucio Quarantotto Immenso 4:51
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Rudy Trevisi, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
B. Zambrini / D. Cogliati Nel cuore lei 3:48
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Eros Ramazzotti, Bruno Mariani, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
Tullio Ferro / Giuseppe Servillo Tremo e t'amo 4:51
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
Patrick Abrial / Giuseppe Servillo I Love Rossini 3:56
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Rudy Trevisi, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
Ennio Morricone / S. Bardotti Un canto 4:35
Performed by: Fabrizio Barchi, Andrea Bocelli, Accademia Musicale Italiana, Accademia Polifonica di Roma, More Performance Details...
Ennio Morricone / Lucio Quarantotto Come un fiume tu 4:47
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Cecilia Chailly, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details...
Mauro Malavasi / Andrea Bocelli A mio padre (6 maggio 1992) 4:00
Performed by: Mauro Malavasi, Andrea Bocelli, Bruno Mariani, Orchestra Filarmonica Lituana, More Performance Details... | |
