Sentimento

Sentimento is a collection of some of the most beautiful and passionate arias and songs in the classical repertory. The album looks back fondly to the beginning of the twentieth century. It was a time when many Italians were settling in the USA and the violin/tenor duet was extremely popular.
One of the most successful duets was between the world-renowned John McCormack (equally at home as an operatic tenor and ballad singer) and violinist Fritz Kreisler. Sentimento brings together this winning format, evoking memories of the era as well as "feelings of tenderness, passion, melancholy, yearning and love" as described by Lorin Maazel.

The tracklisting includes a powerful performance of "En Aranjuez con tu amor" by Rodrigo, "Mattinata" by Leoncavallo and the poignant "Sogno d'amore", which is an adaptation of Liebestraum No.3 by Liszt.

Please note: The SACD version contains 2 tracks which do not appear on the international CD version and also has the following features:
1. It is a Hybrid Disc = SACD Surround, SACD Stereo and CD Stereo (i.e. will play on all CD players and sticker will indicate this).
2. 5-channel 48kHz/24 bit PCM recording

The SACD Surround version adds an attractive space around the sound, giving an extra dimension to your aural experience. Both the SACD Surround and SACD Stereo versions offer higher resolution stereo than the CD (also on the disc), giving a more pleasing, easier-on-the-ear and natural-sounding audio than the conventional CD stereo. Andrea Bocelli himself is a great enthusiast of the extra quality SACD is able to bring to his recordings, and his Cieli di Toscana album was amongst the first SACDs to be released by Universal.