... I am addicted to Il Divo now along with my wife!
WHO ARE THEY?
David, Sebastien ( looks so like my brother!), Urs and Carlos. They come from Geneva,Paris,New York and Madrid. Good looking guys and they look and try to be cool, divos (male divas in Italian you see) I like their style. ... Read review
Since IL DIVO released their debut album in 2004, they have gone on to become one of the ... more
biggest acts in the world, selling 5 million albums across the globe and reaching number 1 in 13 countries.Encore features a specially shot performance set in the beautiful Teatro Romano de Merida in Spain. Featuring Si Tu Me Amas, Isabel, O Holy Night, Heroe, and All By Myself (Solo Otra Vez) from Ancora this stunning performance shows IL DIVO at their breathtaking best.In a 60 minute documentary, IL DIVO Revealed, exclusive to this DVD, Carlos, David, Sebastian and Urs reveal for the first time their feelings on their transformation into global superstars, recording Ancora, their plans for the future and their debut world tour!Also featuring the videos for Regresa A Mi (Unbreak My Heart) and Mama, this is the definitive collection for every IL DIVO fan.IL DIVO IN MERIDA:Si Tu Me AmasIsabelO Holy NightHeroeAll By Myself (Solo Otra Vez)
Giulio Andreotti is one of the most powerful politicians of the Italian post-war era. ... more
Twenty-two times minister; seven as head of the government, Andreotti’s life and political career have been crossed by both triumphs and scandals, with its unflappable protagonist never losing his temper or his renowned sense of irony. Director Paolo Sorrentino (THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE, THE FAMILY FRIEND) provides a portrayal of the adventurous and somewhat spectacular life of Giulio Andreotti, that is farcical and committed, surreal yet profound. Showing off all his visionary talent, Sorrentino builds a film that is sharply entertaining as it is thought-provoking and lush. IL DIVO won the Jury Prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Advantages: Fantastic album,no "bad" songs,excellent voices Disadvantages: None if you like the combination opera-pop
...before. I am addicted to Il Divo now along with my wife!
WHO ARE THEY?
David, Sebastien ( looks so like my brother!), Urs and Carlos. They come from Geneva,Paris,New York and Madrid. Good looking guys and they look and try to be cool, divos (male divas in Italian you see) I like their style. They are not as the pop boy bands. They look serious and respected.
All of them had their own careers, before they ... ...the divine voices of the Il Divo made this song one of my favourites in the album.*****
Nella Fantasia
Ennio Morricone and Il Divo! Fantastic song. It takes you away. In this song, the voice of David stands out! What a voice!*****
Passera
Another Italian song that if you allow it, it can take you to the narrow roads of Florence and Venice. Very romantic song. I liked it very much.****
My wife was going on and on about how wonderful this new group-IL DIVO- are in their video clip on Classic FM TV so I logon to 101cd.co.uk and ordered it for her, the day that their cd was released.(1st of November). (£8.95. They accept paypal.)
5th of November and the cd still not with us.
This afternoon I had to go for some shopping to the local Asda and as I pass from the cd section I saw their cd so I decided to buy it there and then (with £9.77) and surprise my wife. I thought I could cancel my order as after 5 days I think their service there in 101cd.co.uk is really slow.
I picked my wife with the car. I had the first track on the cd player. She was really happy and she was quiet all the way home listening to them. 7 hours later, the cd is still playing in the house non stop. We prepare our meal, listening to it, we eat with it, we drunk our coffee with it. We did everything with it!
Its so easy listening, so relaxing, so smoothing, soothing, comforting like none of the cd’s I have heard before. I am addicted to Il Divo now along with my wife!
WHO ARE THEY?
David, Sebastien ( looks so like my brother!), Urs and Carlos. They come from Geneva,Paris,New York and Madrid. Good looking guys and they look and try to be cool, divos (male divas in Italian you see) I like their style. They are not as the pop boy bands. They look serious and respected.
All of them had their own careers, before they join this scheme and all of them were quite happy with what they were doing. But they left everything to form this band. How wise that proved to be!
THE CD
The picture on the front, demonstrates their coolness and in the booklet the rest of the pictures build this image. Also in the booklet you will find the lyrics of all the songs. I tried to give it a go (to sing!) with one of the Italian songs but my Greek accent didn’t go down well according to my wife! Anyway, you can follow if you feel like.
The SONGS
Unbreak my heart(Regresa A Mi) What a song this is. What a tasteful version of the known song. That song made my wife to like them, and their video clip was the most wanted on the classic fm tv last week. Warm and clear loud voices make this song to stand out and its an excellent introduction to the rest of the Album. *****
Mama If you leave away from your mother and you have long time to see her, this song can easily bring tears to eyes! A song written by the Swedish Quiz & Larossi that has fantastic, thought provoking lyrics. The combination of good lyrics and the divine voices of the Il Divo made this song one of my favourites in the album.*****
Nella Fantasia Ennio Morricone and Il Divo! Fantastic song. It takes you away. In this song, the voice of David stands out! What a voice!*****
Passera Another Italian song that if you allow it, it can take you to the narrow roads of Florence and Venice. Very romantic song. I liked it very much.****
Everytime I look at you Romance in all its grace. Soothing song, that took me away as well. In this song the voice of Sebastian stands out more. I think Sebastian is the less opera-voice of the band and can do really well as a solo pop singer.****
Ti Amero & Dentro Un Altro Si Time for Urs to show us what his voice's like and what a result in both songs! He has a great voice ,powerfull and steady.These songs were so relaxing, so comforting. Really nice songs. They will touch you.****
The Man you love. I find myself singing it to my wife! Excellent song, fantastic lyrics and music. When the lyrics turned to Spanish I just said to my wife:’ This is how you make a perfect song to sound even better’. Very nice, romantic and touching. A man will definitely sing it to the woman he loves. One of my favourites.*****
Feelings Written by a Swedish in English originally and it performed with Italian lyrics. Another romantic song.*****
Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui & Sei Parte Ormai Di Me Two excellent songs, louder than the rest of the album and more opera-like songs. That doesn’t mean that they weren’t good. They were great. I think Il DIvo help a lot in making opera more appealing to the masses. The voices of Carlos and David are really fantastic when they perform the extended part of the lyrics. They keep going forever!****
My Way ( A Mi Manera) Better than Frank Sinatra? Different. But very very nice version. I really liked it.*****
OVERALL OPINION. I will recommend this cd to all. It’s a classic cd. A cd that you can put on repeat and never get bored of it. I am listening to it for 7 and a half hours non stop and still goes great. Buy it from 101cd.co.uk for £8.95 with free delivery if you don’t bother as of when you will have it. 5 days after I paid, I still wait for my copy which I decided to give to my mother-in-law as a present. She has joined the club as well! Also play.com for £8.99 with free delivery too. I haven’t seen it in cd-wow.com.They don’t have it! What are they doing?
At the booklet,at the end they have several thank you’s. I liked the last thank you to Simon Cowell. “ ….This is the achievement of your vision. Thank you for daring so big.”
…I am doing the same! Thank you Simon!PS. It's great to be back to ciao after such a long time....
Advantages: Rich, powerful and seductive voices Disadvantages: You have to be in the right mood - romantic
...and pop stars. Il Divo is a manufactured boy band with a slight difference. Their introduction as a new international operatic vocal group did little to raise public interest. Yet Il Divo ‘s debut on Parkinson, 18th September 2004, singing their newly released single “Regressa Mi”, hit the British music market by storm (including me): the album, released by S Records on 1st November 2004, selling 130,00 copies in its first week, knocking Robbie Williams ... ...are and what is Il Divo? A Vocal Group: The idea for the group was conceived in 2001. After a worldwide search lasting for two years, Il Divo was born. Translated as Divine performer, Il Divo consists of four good-looking young men with heavenly voices. Each of the four take the lead singing role for different tracks combining to deliver powerful and harmonious choruses.
Two tenors and a baritone (and a vox populi): Three members of the group have ...
MAFARRIMOND 22.01.2005
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Advantages: easy on the ears as well as the eyes Disadvantages: some lyrics impossibly corny
...you look at my other Il Divo review (or any more recent ones), I get better! Thank you**
I saw 'Il Divo' before I heard them, so was probably biased into liking their music - they are nice boys - but even so, they sound fantastic together. In fact, I taped the whole of 'Miss World' to catch them singing in the middle (then got caught up watching MW instead, it's hilarious, kept expecting Sandra Bullock to come on stage). But I digress...
~ Who ... ...(French) and David (American). They were put together by the infamous Simon Cowell who apparently has said he thinks they're his best achievement.
Anyway, It's interesting that they have become famous at the same time as 'G4' on the X-Factor - interesting and unfortunate for G4 since they blow them away in terms of technique and professionalism (though granted they've not been asked to sing live for votes). They're like 'G4' for grown-ups (but grown ...
dakota196 14.12.2004 (05.12.2005)
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Advantages: Look gorgeous and sound fantastic Disadvantages: none
Il Divo - yipee. I have received their album as a Christmas present from my husband and therefore all Christmas Carols were banned during lunch Christmas Day to allow for this group of four gorgeous singers to serenade me. Who are they?
David (American), Sebastien (French) Urs (Swiss) and Carlos (Spanish). They are not nor do they try to be 'pop' band style singers. They look serious and should be respected, as all had very successful careers before ... ...be quite as romantic as Il Divo manage to make it sound.
9. Feelings
Another romantic song, beautiffuly sung.
10. Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui More Opera than others on the album, but brilliant none the less. Perhaps Opera will become the new Pop.
11. Sei Parte Ormai Di Me
Beautiful opera song, louder than others on the album but great.
12. My Way ( A Mi Manera)
Move over Frank, your time is up. Different but superb version of teh classic song. ...
rachelkanga 28.12.2004
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Advantages: Relaxing beautiful harmonies and vocals Disadvantages: None that I found
I ordered this through Amazon £8.99- as we recently moved to Spain there are not many international music stores here yet. When it arrived I rushed straight to the depot to collect it ripped it open and put it straight into the cd player in the car - I then spent the next hour in the car park listening to it at full pelt . The vocals are stunning the harmonies are exquisite. Listening to "Mama" cannot help but put a lump in your throat actually it ... ...are wonderful, "Passera" is also amazing as is "Everytime I look at you", and "The man you love" . The combinations of the four voices are a perfect match and blend stunningly with each other - The 12 tracks on the cd are compiled with English Spanish and Italian lyrics - with a cleverly adapted rendition of Unbreak my heart ( Toni Braxton) in Italian/ Spanish and also of Frank Sinatras "My Way" . I was completely captivated by the whole ambience ...
makeup4brides 01.04.2005
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Advantages: the most moving voices of our time Disadvantages: most of it is in italian
...But hold your breath because Il Divo are in a class that is totally to themselves it would be mpossible to compare them to any other group or operatic artist of toady or from yesteryear.
If you don't believe me get down to your local library and hire this out... or loan it off a friend I am confident you will have goosepimples during most of those tracks. Unbreak my Heart (italian)
Mama (a beautiful operatic piece dedicated to the sacrifices of ...
Minty23 12.04.2005
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I love music and play quite a few instruments myself, it's a complete passion of mine. In my eyes words can't justify how tremendous theses guys really sound however I will attempt.
Some info on IlDivoIlDivo are modern Opera geniuses, they are four guys from different parts of the world that sound fantastic and a big thanks to Simon Cowell for launching them.
The guys are David, Sebastien, Urs and Carlos:
David Miller: Born 14/04/1973 in San Diego California, his voice is a tenor and he graduated from Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio where he took a BA in vocal performance and a master's degree in Opera.
Sebastien Izambard: Born 07/03/1973 in Paris France, his voice is a vox populi. Sebastien can play piano and guitar like myself, he's a self taught singer and a songwriter.
Urs Toni bushler: Born 19/07/1971 in Switzerland ...
Advantages: Stunning vocals, superb orchestral score Disadvantages: If you like to sing along, then you will need to brush up on your Italian and Spanish!
The origins of IlDivo
The origins of IlDivo (meaning devine male performer in Italian) is unique. The group were formed by the pop Mogul, Simon Cowell, who decided to assemble a classical group after listening to a duet by Andrea Boticelli and Sarah Brightman. After a two year world wide search, Urs Toni Buhler (Swiss), Carlos Marin (Spanish), Sebastien Izambard (French) and David Miller (American) were named as the successful artists and IlDivo was born.
Artists' biographies
David had been performing in leading operatic roles for the last 10 years starring in Broadway productions of La Boheme. He holds a Masters degree in Operatic theatre.
Sebastien, is a self-taught singer and songwriter who plays guitar and piano.
Urs, who started singing with a hard rock band, and has also performed with the Netherlands opera ...
IL DIVO gives the classical/pop crossover a twist, via a quartet of singers whose vocal chops and model-like looks make them four times the heartthrob threat of predecessor Andrea Bocelli. Masterminded by AMERICAN IDOL's Simon Cowell, Il Divo resonates with an international appeal, thanks to the disparate backgrounds of Sebastien Izambard (France), Urs Buhler (Switzerland), Carlos Marin (Spain), and David Miller (United States). Further solidifying the pop quotient is the involvement of Britney Spears/Backstreet Boys producers Per Magnusson and David Krueger. Lush orchestral arrangements are applied to Spanish-language readings of Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a Mi)" and Frank Sinatra's signature "My Way (A Mi Manera)," enhancing the romantic sweep of the originals. Although much of Il Divo's repertoire is performed in Spanish or Italian, the group also offers up the English-language tunes "Mama," "The Man You Love," and "Every Time I Look at You," which features swelling strings and light piano. As a bonus, the album includes a hidden track--an Italian version of "Unchained Melody," which is tailor-made for Il Divo's bold, dramatic phrasing.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Regresa A Mi (Unbreak My Heart)
2.
Mama
3.
Nella Fantasia
4.
Passera
5.
Everytime I Look At You
6.
Ti Amero
7.
Dentro Un Altro Si
8.
Man You Love
9.
Feelings
10.
Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui
11.
Sei Parte Ormai Di Me
12.
A Mi Manera (My Way)
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