Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House Audio CD

Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House CD music Following in the footsteps of Il Divo and the Three Tenors, Il Volo offers soaring opera pop on the group's self-titled debut. Unlike those acts, however, the three members of Il Volo were in their teens when they recorded these songs, which include bona fide opera selections like "'O Sole Mio" -- which the trio was discovered singing on the Italian talent show Ti Lascio Une Canzone -- as well as standards such as "Smile" and new pop material, including a pair of songs penned by Diane Warren, "Painfully Beautiful" and "La Luna Hizo Esto." It's no surprise Il Volo appeared on American Idol and worked with Josh Groban producer Humberto Gatica on this album; it's polished, romantic music from talented young vocalists and perfectly targeted to classical crossover fans. ~ Heather Phares Audio Mixer: Humberto Gatica. Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London, UK; Capitol Studios, Hollywood; Forum Music Village, Roma, Italy; Lafx Studio, North Hollywood; Lion Share Studio, Los Angeles; Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood; Sound Garden Studio, Roma, Italy; Westlake Studios, Hollywood. Photographer: Marco Craig.

Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House music CDs Few modern singers understand the phrasing of singing the way Tony Bennett does. This second installment of his Duets pairs him with Aretha Franklin, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, and the late Amy Winehouse, among many others. Audio Mixer: Dae Bennett. Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Andrea Bocelli's Home Studio; Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ; Ben's Studio, Nashville, TN; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Manhattan Center Studios, New York, NY; Mariah Carey's Home Studio. Photographers: Josh Cheuse; Kelsey Bennett.

Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House songs Dream with Me, the long awaited full-length (non-seasonal) debut from "then" ten-year-old soprano Jackie Evancho, was produced by David Foster and comes stocked with all of the arias, show tunes, and pop classics one has come to expect from classically trained phenoms like Evancho, Charlotte Church, and Josh Groban. As far as classical-pop crossover collections go, Dream with Me hits all of the right notes, though there are few surprises or big moments to be found. Opening with an age-appropriate, sweetly sung rendition of "When You Wish Upon A Star," the collection offers up duets with Barbara Streisand ("Somewhere") and Susan Boyle ("A Mother's Prayer"), a lovely cover of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel," a pair of Puccini arias ("Nessun Dorma," "O Mio Babbino Caro"), and a handful of handcrafted originals from Foster and friends, resulting in a solid "official" debut from a rising star at the dawn of her career. ~ James Christopher Monger Recording information: Chartmaker Studio, Malibu, CA; The Newman Scoring Stage.

Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House album The vocal trio Il Volo perform a number of pieces during this live show recorded at the Detroit Opera House and originally aired in America on PBS. Il Volo's PBS special "Il Volo Takes Flight - Live from tne Detroit Opera House" had its initial airing in Detroit on Dec. 7th, 2011. The show was produced by Ken Ehrlich, Michele Torpedine and Steve Leber..

Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House CD music Recorded in Los Angeles and Rome under the watch of Grammy-winning co-producer Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis, the second studio album from dreamy teenage tenors Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble, better known as Il Volo, begins appropriately with a sweeping rendition of the Dianne Warren/Aerosmith power ballad "Questo Amore [I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]," dutifully extending the already lengthy 21st century bridge between commercial pop and classical. The trio, which first turned heads on the popular Italian talent show Ti Lascio una Canzone, brings an excitable, youthful bravado to the 12-track We Are Love's more pop-oriented offerings like Warren's newly written "I Bring You to My Senses," U2's "Beautiful Day," and the Mark Portmann-penned title cut, the latter two of which are the only songs sung in English. The more traditional, operatic/classically minded pieces, while seamless, soaring, and impossibly pretty in all the right places, lack the gravitas to truly make the listener swoon, a notion that's lent further weight when the great Placido Domingo steps in halfway through "Il Canto" and effectively steals the show. [A deluxe edition of We Are Love includes their 2011 five-song Christmas Favorites EP, which included both the English and German versions of "Silent Night."] ~ James Christopher Monger Audio Mixers: Cristián Robles; Humberto Gatica. Recording information: Air Studios, London, England; Czech Television Studios, Prague; Forum Music Village Studios, Roma, Italy; Isola, Milano, Italy; Lion Share Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Marfy Stent Studio, Gallarate, Italy; Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA; Sdi Media Studios, Berlin, Germany. Photographer: Christian Lantry. Arrangers: Chris Walden ; Jerome Leroy; Alterisio Paoletti; Luca Chiaravalli; Mark Portmann ; Paul Buckmaster; William Ross ; Randy Kerber.

Il Volo Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House music CDs Canadian 5-track EP. Universal. 2012. Track Listing of songs: Silent Night; Panis Angelicus; Christmas Medley: Jingle Bells Rock / Let ...