A Great Operatic Voice Singing Uplifting Songs

Advantages: A Nice Mixture Of Tracks
Disadvantages: None

...Former lawyer Dr. Andrea Bocelli is one the world's most popular classical and operatic singers and his easy listening style of singing and choice of many popular songs to sing has brought classical style singing to the masses. Andrea is blind and it has been a long debated scientific discussion amongst musicologists as to whether blindness enables musical artists to better understand sound. Romanza is his third album and reached number 6 in the UK album charts. It is a greatest hits album released in 1997 and co-produced by no less than 5 producers. Although the album didn't reach No.1 in either the USA or the UK it has become one of the highest selling albums of all time selling something like 17 million copies worldwide to date. The style of the album is an easy listening classical genre in my opinion. Track 1, Con Te Partiro is...

bella6789 08.03.2009 · Read review
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Ethereal voices

Advantages: Surreal, peaceful, hypnotic, magic
Disadvantages: Nono other than shedding the odd tear

..."One only sees clearly through the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes". Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Do I like opera? Not really. As much as I appreciate its cultural value it was never present in my life and I was never drawn to it. In the mid 90s however there would be an Italian singer from Tuscany that would change my view of opera. Born in 1958, Andrea Bocelli invaded the European music charts with his hit song ?Con te partiro? ? a mix of opera, classic and pop music. This was the first song I heard by this truly unique artist. I doubt any other singer (Enya can actually) can emanate so much peace and sentiment when they sing. Like many great artists Bocelli?s rare musical talent manifested itself from a very young age and he started having piano lessons from the age of five, followed by flute and saxophone. Born...

lazuli77 15.09.2004 · Read review
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Tremendous Tenor from Tuscany

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

...and face every challenge with passion. I try to always be optimistic by interpreting the real meaning of a quotation from the French novelist Antoine de Saint in "The Little Prince" 'You see clearly only through your heart, the essential is invisable to your eye'" Wow, well said - I thought I would just slip that one in! As a child he played the organ in church, in 1970 he won his first song competition "Margetierita d'oro" in Viareggio with "O sole Mio" In the 1980's he became believe it or not a state appointed defense attorney for a year, then he decided to dedicate himself solely to music where he took music lessons from Beltarini, until Beltarini died in 1997 aged 83. Andrea married Enrica - June 27th 1992. In the summer of 1993 he toured throughout Europe with Zucchero the Italian rock star who first heard Bocelli on a demo...

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Review of Amore - Andrea Bocelli

Music for romance......

Advantages: romanitc, passionate, fiery
Disadvantages: Not to all tastes

...are here with me, with me, with me, with me. Vivere (To Live) combines the voice of a female artist, Gerardina Trovato with that of Bocelli, although in this case I feel that the blend fails somewhat. Her voice, rather than drawing attention to Bocellis vocal skills, seems to take over the song, and she seems overly loud and harsh for what would otherwise be a very inspiring sing about the fact that even though life i difficult at times, it can be beautiful if you cherish each moment and experience. Lyrics: I live copying yesterday and am always immersed in my troubles, but troubles are not real life, only a reflection of life in a mirror. Per Amore (For Love) starts out at a gentle melodic pace, with a crescendo halfway through, as Andrea begs the woman he loves but can not have to think about what sacrifices she has ever made...

Thehonesttruth 27.01.2005 · Read review
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Why oh why...

Advantages: A beautiful voice...
Disadvantages: but not up to his usual high standard.

...... and thank God for such an extraordinary voice. How to describe such a voice... ANGELIC... simply the voice of an angel, and with it, the raw passion akin to the devil's own. And that's what it's all about...passion, pure and simple. When I first heard him sing, my first thought was; "If God could sing, he would have Andrea's voice." What an incredible talent for such a modest man. So why have I not given this cd a good rating... simply because it was NOT the true Andrea Bocelli. The songs (which another reviewer has already enumerated) do not do Andrea's voice justice... they just don't stand up to the quality of the songs on an earlier cd called Romanza... actually, none of Andrea's cd's have been able to hold their own against Romanza. It's such a shame... truly. How can any cd compare to Romanza... impossible. The true Andrea...

GoFigure 22.02.2007 · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

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San Andreas

Advantages: Massive Game, Great Graphics
Disadvantages:

...GTA San Andreas Well this is the next great game in the series of GTA. It is so much bigger and better than the one before it. It allows for so much more interaction in the game. Now being able to do things such as going to the gym and play games etc it is just beyond all other gaming experiences. I have found that the game is just totally massive there are three different islands which are all huge. I've had the game for over a year and still seem to be finding things to do. The main aim of the game is to get respect. You can do this by completing missions and advancing in the game. Another way in which to get respect would be to have great stamina and muscles etc. The game has so much detail involved it's quite incredible. You start off at the beginning of the game trying to find your way home on a bicycle; this is the very...

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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Advantages: fantastic free roaming experience, great sound and graphics, endless enjoyment
Disadvantages: Not many

...major release is San Andreas, which was initially released on the PS2 but has since been released on both the PC and the Xbox. I am surprised about the delay in launching to PC and XBox as I always believed GTA was originally designed for the PC. But delays aside, Rockstar finally brought out their famous GTA San Andreas on other platforms which meant that it reached a much wider audience, and the result was astounding. I remember shortly after it was released on PS2 all I would ever hear about from fellow gamers was San Andreas and how it has changed the gaming world. Having now completed the game twice (once with cheats, and once without) I remain convinced that this is one of Rockstars greatest releases.... ever. To be honest, San Andreas is a dramatic improvement on its predecessors, Vice City and GTA III, although they were both...

TheHairyGodmother 12.03.2007 · Read review
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GTA San Andreas: The Ultimate RPG?

Advantages: Entertaining; challenging; gripping; enjoyable
Disadvantages: Likely to offend if taken too seriously

...Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the eighth game in the GTA series, and the third of the current 3D format. It follows Vice City, and fans of this game will note several references throughout San Andreas, most notably the reappearances of Ken Rosenberg and of Kent Paul (Danny Dyer), who for San Andreas have added Macca (Shaun Ryder) to their line-up. Allusions are also made to GTA III and GTA: Liberty City. San Andreas is the last game in the GTA III spin-off series. The game begins in the fictional town of Los Santos, in the early 1990s. You are Carl Johnson, AKA CJ, a young man with a troubled background who ran away to Liberty City after his younger brother was killed, who returns to his home following the murder of his mother, caught up in gang violence, in order to attend her funeral. Upon his return to the town he is immediately...

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