Il Divo: Ancora
CML call number: CD/POPULAR/Il
Personnel: David Miller, Urs Buhler, tenors; Carlos Marin, baritone; Sebastien Izambard, "vox populi" (voice ranges according to Il Divo's website; they are opera singers except for Izambard, who has a pop music background). In the liner notes the group "would especially like to thank … Simon Cowell"; the group is a "brainchild" of Cowell's, according to Wikipedia's article on Cowell.
Contents: All By Myself (Solo otra vez) (Rachmaninoff/Carmen); Isabel ("includes a musical adaptation of Pavane, Opus 50 by Gabriel Fauré"); I Believe in You (Je crois en toi), performed by Il Divo and Céline Dion; You Raise Me Up (Por ti seré); Si tú me amas; Hasta mi final; Heroe (Carey/Afanasieff); En Aranjuez con tu amor (Garcia; derived from Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo, not credited); Esisti dentro me; Pour que tu m'aimes encore.
According to the website, "Il Divo have taken opera into the mainstream on a global scale. [This seems to mean that they sing in Spanish, French, and Italian using an operatic vocal technique, though the repertoire is all pop.] … Their debut self-titled album has sold over 5 million copies. …"
Personnel: David Miller, Urs Buhler, tenors; Carlos Marin, baritone; Sebastien Izambard, "vox populi" (voice ranges according to Il Divo's website; they are opera singers except for Izambard, who has a pop music background). In the liner notes the group "would especially like to thank … Simon Cowell"; the group is a "brainchild" of Cowell's, according to Wikipedia's article on Cowell.
Contents: All By Myself (Solo otra vez) (Rachmaninoff/Carmen); Isabel ("includes a musical adaptation of Pavane, Opus 50 by Gabriel Fauré"); I Believe in You (Je crois en toi), performed by Il Divo and Céline Dion; You Raise Me Up (Por ti seré); Si tú me amas; Hasta mi final; Heroe (Carey/Afanasieff); En Aranjuez con tu amor (Garcia; derived from Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo, not credited); Esisti dentro me; Pour que tu m'aimes encore.
According to the website, "Il Divo have taken opera into the mainstream on a global scale. [This seems to mean that they sing in Spanish, French, and Italian using an operatic vocal technique, though the repertoire is all pop.] … Their debut self-titled album has sold over 5 million copies. …"
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