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Il Divo by: Il Divo List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $8.97 You Save: $5.01 (36%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0827969396322 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: April 19, 2005 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 826 MPN: 93963 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: "Il Divo have taught me more than I have taught them. I am actually intimidated and slightly in awe of their talent! I am more proud of this album than anything else i've ever been involved with, they are going to be huge." --Simon Cowell Amazon.com: While not exactly classical crossover's take on The Monkees, this international quartet of young male vocalists from America, France, Spain, and Switzerland shares a similar genesis. Assembled after a long talent search and audition process, they were teamed with pop producers Per Magnusson and David Krueger (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys) and Steve Mac (Charlotte Church, Kelly Clarkson) and turned loose on a slate of classical-pop favorites, with a dramatic, dynamically nuanced read of Toni Braxton's signature "Unbreak My Heart" setting the standard. While the deceptive ease of their harmonies belie the group's disparate nationalities and talent search roots on the melodramatic "Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui," Morricone's glorious Mission theme, "Nella Fantasia" and the cascading "Passera," the album's pop-oriented material is a decidedly more mixed bag ."Everytime I Look at You" and "Feelings" (not Morris Albert's) soar gracefully, while "The Man You Love" seems more a throwback to the producers' boy band roots. The standard "My Way" and a lovely, bonus cut Italian version of "Unchained Melody" close the album out on a high note, even if their safe familiarity doesn't offer the promising quartet a sufficient musical challenge. --Jerry McCulley [NOTE: A DualDisc version including DVD is now available.] More Divine Crooners to Explore
From the Label: Il Divo are four exceptional young men with formally trained voices who take popular songs, old and new, to another level where the historic rift between pop and classical music is finally healed. The band were formed after a worldwide search which took more than two years. Consisting of an American, Frenchman, Spaniard and a Swiss, Il Divo spent the first half of 2004 in London rehearsing and recording. Some of their songs will be familiar like "Nella Fantasia" (based on Gabriel's Oboe from Ennio Morricone's penned score of The Mission) and a unique and powerful version of Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart". The four principles share the lead throughout, combining to deliver choruses whose awesome power is matched by their tonal delicacy. Passion and restraint they show to be an irresistible aphrodisiac. Reflecting the multi-national character of the group, the songs are not all sung in English but drift between Spanish, English and Italian. However they are worded, all use the emotional Esperanto of love. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Enjoyable, but not incredibleDo you like to listen to music on your Walkman as you take your daily stroll? Do you like background music during a nice dinner, or while you are reading? Do you enjoy lush harmonies? Then this recording is for you. Do you want music you can analyze and categorize? Then pass this one up. For me, the pluses of the disc: For the most part, the orchestrations support and complement the singers. The four part harmonies are delightful. The minuses: It all sounds alike. Nothing on the recording reaches out and grabs your attention. "Unchained Melody" and "My Way" begin as if they are going to be different; then they quickly gravitate into the sameness. Don't throw the recording away. Just listen to it under the right ... Read More: Rating:  - Il DivoMy new favorite singers! They're so great, I get chill bumps listening to them. I hope to collect all their recorded music. Rating: - hotgot these as gifts in 2006. very hot guys with hot voices to match. i have all of their cds now. Rating: - My WayWhen my day is going the wrong way, I simply put on my headset and turn on Il Divo and listen to this album because of the very last song, "My Way". That is how I get through back in control of the worst of the situations - my way. It puts everything back in perspective. Rating:  - AverageI was not as pleased with this cd as I hope to be, but it is an okay compilation. Perhaps other cds by this artist are better? The artists are talented but some of the songs are lacking. |
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