PLACIDO DOMINGO Amore Infinito: Duets (2009 UK 12-track CD
album - 'Amore Infinito' is the new album by Plácido Domingo, who
calls it one of the most important recordings of his career. Before
Karol Wojtyla became Pope John
Paul II, he began writing poetry during years as a
quarry worker, playwright, actor, seminary student and priest. Now
Domingo, out of deep respect and reverence for 'the greatest human being I have ever
known', has created this collection of settings as a
personal affirmation of faith and tribute to the late Polish pontiff. With
lyrics in Italian, Spanish and English, these heartfelt melodies are
accorded a further degree of spiritual uplift by the orchestration of
Jorge Calandrelli [a central figure in the production of this album]
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Nick Ingman.
Along with solo songs, there are also a number of duets, for which
Domingo has invited as collaborators some of today's most exciting
vocal talents – Andrea
Bocelli, Josh
Groban, Katherine
Jenkins and Vanessa
Williams. Celebrating the eternal power of love, the
new album is also utterly contemporary. Comes complete with an
extensive lyric booklet)
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