(The) Golden Age of Light Music: Amor Amor

Advantages: Excellent cd for relaxing or romancing
Disadvantages: Doesn't include bottle of wine!

..., won many music awards including "Best single of the year in 1997 in Germany , "Best Italian singer" in 1998, he won the Golden Globe in Los Angeles with Celine Dion for their duet "The Prayer" the soundtrack of Warner Bros animated film "Quest for Camelot" Bocelli has made several pop albums such as "Andrea" as well as releasing operatic works including Puccini's La Bohieme, Tosca and II Travatore. Amore was released January 2006, it has 14 tracks, produced by David Foster, total play time: 57.38 mins, the cd inlay has a burgundy background with a side black and white portrait of Bocelli. For anyone that can understand Itallian, the lyrics are inside the CD booklet, for those that don't you can download the English translation of every song by visiting: WWW.abmusica.com/amore. Throughout the cd Bocelli incorporates (as well... Read review

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Disadvantages: None in my opinion

...Gustavo Adrian Cerati Clark, or simply Gustavo Cerati, as he is widely known in his native Argentina and the rest of Latin America, has long ago reached the stage of "rock legend". But this legend is well alive and not kicking… No, Gustavo Cerati does not kick; he exudes musical waves in vibrant rays that touch down on many people and warm them like the sun. I have been caressed by one of these rays a few years ago, and it is still shining within me, becoming brighter by the day. Born on the 11th of August 1959 in Buenos Aires, Gustavo started playing the guitar aged 8 and soon began singing in a church choir. Throughout his school years, he was known as "the Musician" of the school and so it was not a big surprise when in 1982, he formed a trio with two friends, which was to become one of Latin America's biggest ever rock bands... Read review

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Advantages: Susan Graham sings nearly everything
Disadvantages: She doesn't live next door to me...

...is an elegantly expressive singer (but will occasionally be too understated and comes off sounding cold). Tracks MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) 1. Voi che sapete che cosa e amor 2. No so piu cosa son cosa faccio Cherubino, the very horny young page of the Count and Countess Almavivas, is one of opera's great "trouser roles." In Track 1, Cherubino sings a rather corny song he wrote for the Countess as she looks on bemused by the amorous adolescent. Ms Graham's radiant tone makes Cherubino's adoration of the Countess easy to believe. The tempo is a mite slow for my taste; however, with the piece dragging toward the end. In track 2, Cherubino is explaining his life ambitions (basically to bed every girl in sight) to the maid Susanna. There is just the right mix of horniness and boyish naivete in this interpretation... Read review

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