Verdi (album)

Verdi
Studio album by Andrea Bocelli
Released 2000
Genre Classical, Opera
Label Philips
Andrea Bocelli chronology

Sacred Arias
(1999)		 Verdi
(2000)		 Cieli di Toscana
(2001)

Verdi is Andrea Bocelli's seventh studio album and fourth classical album, of Verdi's most famous arias, released in 2000. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta, accompanied Bocelli for the album.[1] The album was certified Gold in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America[2] and in Switzerland by IFPI of Switzerland,[3] Platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association,[4] and Double Platinum in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.[5]

Track listing

No. TitleOpera Length
1. "Di quella pira"  Il Trovatore 3:16
2. "Ah sì, ben mio"  Il Trovatore 3:18
3. "La donna è mobile"  Rigoletto 2:11
4. "Di' tu se fedele"  Un Ballo In Maschera 3:05
5. "Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti"  Un Ballo In Maschera 2:34
6. "Ella mi fu rapita!"  Rigoletto 4:37
7. "Possente amor mi chiama"  Rigoletto 2:57
8. "Se quel guerrier io fossi!... Celeste Aida"  Aida 4:09
9. "Lunge da lei... De' miei bollenti spiriti"  La Traviata 3:39
10. "Oh mio rimorso!"  La Traviata 2:54
11. "La mia letizia infondere vorrei"  I Lombardi 2:07
12. "Mercé, diletti amici... Come rugiada al cespite... Dell'esilio nel dol"  Ernani 6:58
13. "Io l'ho perduta... Io la vidi e il suo sorriso"  Don Carlo 3:50
14. "Oh! fede negar potessi... Quando le sere al placido"  Luisa Miller 5:12
15. "La vita è inferno all'infelice"  La Forza Del Destino 9:50

References

  1. ↑ Andrea Bocelli, Zubin Mehta To Release CD Of Verdi Arias, VH1.com, September 2, 2000 article.
  2. ↑ "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Verdi". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  3. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Andrea Bocelli; 'Verdi arias')". Hung Medien.
  4. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Verdi". Music Canada.
  5. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – The Verdi Album" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.