Bryn Terfel Andrea Bocelli Elvis Costello - Pure Classics (19 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Bryn Terfel, Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Costello
Pure Classics
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Sogno D'Amore (after Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3) - Bocelli, Andrea
2. For the Stars - Costello, Elvis
3. Va, pensiero [From Nabucco] - Verdi
4. Memory [From Cats] - Eliot, T.S.
5. Non ti scordar di me, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib) - de Curtis, Ernesto
6. A First Drop Off, First Kiss [From a Beautiful Mind] - Horner, James
7. Shenandoah, folk song
8. September Song, song for voice & piano (from "Knickerbocker Holiday") - Weill
9. Someone to Watch Over Me, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical) - Gershwin, George
10. Gymnopedie for piano No. 1 - Satie
11. Granada, for voice & orchestra (with chorus ad lib) - Lara, Agustin
12. Medley: Maria / Tonight
13. Un bel dì vedremo [From Madama Butterfly] - Puccini
14. Cessa di più res [From the Barber of Seville] - Rossini
15. Wheels of a Dream [From Ragtime]
16. Rock Island, 1931 [From Road to Perdition] - Newman, Thomas
17. Burn it Blue [From Frida] - Goldenthal, Elliot
18. Fuego - Huljic, Tonci
19. Main Theme [From Star Wars]

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CD Details

All Artists: Bryn Terfel, Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Costello, Giuseppe Verdi, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ernesto de Curtis, James Horner, American Traditional, Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Erik Satie, Agustin Lara, Leonard Bernstein, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Stephen Flaherty, Thomas Newman, Elliot Goldenthal, Tonci Huljic, John [Film Composer] Williams
Title: Pure Classics
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Decca
Release Date: 10/14/2003
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028947241324

CD Reviews

Mostly a decent CD

Russell H. Warren | Racine, Wisconsin | 10/29/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I wonder how many people saw the ad for this CD on TV and ordered it right away without looking further into the contents. Brightman? Bocelli? Pavarotti? Florez? Watson? All Three Tenors? All on one CD? Sounded like a winner in the ad. They don't mention the Main Title from Star Wars. Nor do they mention (even Amazon doesn't show it!), that Anne Sofie Von Otter's performance is actually a duet with Elvis Costello, who simply does not have the chops or vocal gifts that most of the other artists on this CD are blessed with. In fact, that song is positively dreadful, and it's all because of Costello's vocally-strained style. What the hell is he doing on this CD? The rest of this CD is generally fine, but certainly do not expect a CD full of classical music, and be prepared to skip song #2 every time you play the CD."