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Il Divo: Ancora

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Label: Syco Music
Released: 2005
Time:
 44:49
Category: Classics
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ildivo.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2008.02.12
Price in €: 8,99



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[1] All by Myself (Solo Otra Vez) (Carmen/Rachmaninoff) - 3:54
[2] Isabel (Romdhane) - 4:16
[3] I Believe in You (Je Crois en Toi) (Elofsson/Kreuger/Magnusson/Plamondon/Saggese) - 4:01
[4] You Raise Me Up (Por Ti Seré) (Lovland) - 4:01
[5] Si Tú Me Amas (Larossi/Reid/Romdhane) - 4:09
[6] Hasta Mi Final (Hector/Mac) - 3:36
[7] Heroe (Afanasieff/Carey) - 4:17
[8] En Aranjuez con Tu Amor (Garcia) - 3:51
[9] Esisti Dentro Me (Romdhane) - 3:50
[10] Pour Que Tu M'Aimes Encore (Benzi/Goldman) - 3:53

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Il Divo:
Carlos Marín - Vocals, Vocal Arrangement
Urs Bühler - Voclas, Vocal Arrangement
David Miller - Vocals, Vocal Arrangement
Sébastien Izambard - Vocals, Vocal Arrangement

Henrik Janson - Acoustic Guitar, Arranger, Conductor
Dave Arch - Piano, Orchestral Arrangements
Jan Bengtsson - Flute
Mats Berntoft - Guitar
Esbjörn Öhrwall - Electric Guitar
Steve Pearce - Bass
Frizzy Karlsson - Guitar
Gustave Lund - Percussion
Steve Mac - Piano, Keyboards, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
Per Magnusson - Arranger, Keyboards, Programming, Producer
Chris Laws - Drums, Engineer, Digital Editing

Celine Dion - Vocals

Tuff Session Singers - Choir, Chorus
Ulf Janson - Arranger, Conductor
Isobel Griffiths - Orchestral Assistant

David Krueger - Arranger, Programming, Producer
Fredrik Andersson - Engineer, Mixing
Ren Swan - Engineer, Mixing
Daniel Pursey - Engineer
Mike Ross-Trevor - String Engineer
Andrew Dudman - String Engineer
Humberto Gatica - Vocal Engineer
Vlado Meller - Mastering
Francesco Cameli - Assistant Engineer
John III Baker - Copyist
Matt Brooke - Artwork
Walter Chin - Photography
Nicki LAmy - Session Coordinator
Richard Lancaster - Assistant
Devin Workman - Assistant
Rudy Pérez - Spanish Adaptation
Felix Pizarro Amador - Spanish Adaptation
Norman Perry - Merchandising
Steve Gertsman - Merchandising

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

2005 CD BMG Germany 673871
2006 CD Sony 73106
2006 CD Syco Music/Columbia 76914
2005 CD BMG 82876731062
2006 CD BMG 380089

2006 studio album that reflects the multi-national character of the group; the songs are not all sung in English, but drift between Spanish, English and Italian. However they are worded, all use the emotional Esperanto of love. The group's debut album, IL Divo hit the #1 slot on both Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com after a breakout career-defining appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (April 5, 2005) where the quartet performed its interpretation of Toni Braxton's ‘Unbreak My Heart (‘Regressa A Mi’). Highlights on Ancora include 'Isabel' a duet with Celine Dion and IL Divo's cover of Mariah Carey's 'Hero'. Columbia.



There are those who will tell you that Il Divo, the multinational quartet of sharp-dressed crooners, synthesize Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion to concoct something worse. And they will not be entirely incorrect. Yet it's hard to argue with a sensation that has entrenched itself so deeply so fast, and a first spin of Ancora makes it harder still: while predictable selections like "I Believe in You," a duet with Celine, and "You Raise Me Up," a Spanish-sung Josh Groban retread, ratchet up the treacle, the foreign-language tracks that are truly foreign lend this foursome enough Euro mystique to redeem them. Particularly melt-worthy is "Poor Que Tu M'aimes Encore," the closer. Singing in tongues, on the face of it, sounds like a bad idea. Ancora counters that with bold voices, brimming hearts, and its cover--if the songs aren't quite enough to seduce you, the singers might just do the trick.

Tammy La Gorce - Amazon.com



Unbearably handsome opera-pop quartet Il Divo deliver another amorous collection of European housecleaning ballads with Ancora, an album so riddled with Cupid's arrows that it requires its own storage unit. Once again, David Miller, Sébastien Izambard, Urs Buhler, and Carlos Marin bring the love in Spanish, English, and Italian, emoting over classical and opera standards, as well as some notable contemporary compositions. They fawn over Celine Dion - who can barely contain her own affections - on "Isabel," and make Mariah Carey's "Hero" sound like the rolling of credits over a Jerry Bruckheimer action/tragedy blockbuster, all the while maintaining the perfect pitch and impeccable showmanship that are their stock-in-trade. Fans who flocked to Il Divo's self-titled debut and 2005 Christmas Collection need no reassurances that their boys are in top form, as a recent appearance on Oprah brought the quartet into the homes of millions of potential converts, but in this age of manufactured goods over artisan rusticity, it's hard not to look at Ancora as the classical crossover equivalent of a bistro-style TV dinner.

James Christopher Monger - All Music Guide



Propelled by the enormous commercial success of their first two albums, the sensational pop-opera quartet Il Divo present their third surefire chart-topper in less than a year. Fans who savored the romantic allure of the group's 2005 debut (and their heartwarming holiday collection) will take just as much pleasure in Ancora, which has already proved a smash hit in Europe before this US release. Moving decisively into poignant, Spanish-language songs of love and loss that are a perfect vehicle for their expressive voices, the group keeps one foot in the classics with adaptations of themes from the masters -- "All By Myself (Solo oltra vez)," based on Rachmaninoff, and Rodrigo's "En Aranjuez tu amor," a favorite of Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli -- while also staking a claim to the more up-to-date with arrangements of Mariah Carey's "Hero" and Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up," boosting the romantic fervor through heartfelt Spanish lyrics. As a bonus, Celine Dion makes a guest appearance on "I Believe in You (Je crois en toi)" -- a gesture Il Divo reciprocates with the closing number, "Por que tu m'aimes encore," a touchstone of the Celine songbook. Backed by piano and lush string arrangements, with the added coloration of Spanish guitar on "Si tú me amas," Il Divo's latest ups the ante while staying true to the sentimental, operatically-inflected style that has thrust these four into "popera" stardom.

EJ Johnson - Barnes & Noble
 

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