Italia | 
 enlarge | Artist: Chris Botti
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 469
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 707606
UPC: 886970760621
EAN: 0886970760621
ASIN: B000U788RK
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: All products brand new and factory sealed.
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| Tracks:
| • | Deborah's Theme (from "Once Upon A Time In America") | | • | Italia featuring ANDREA BOCELLI | | • | Venice | | • | The Very Thought Of You featuring PAULA COLE | | • | Gabriel s Oboe (from The Mission ) | | • | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face featuring DEAN MARTIN | | • | Caruso | | • | The Way You Look Tonight | | • | It Never Entered My Mind | | • | Ave Maria | | • | Estate | | • | Nessun Dorma |
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Album Description
Grammy winning trumpeter Chris Botti has returned in top form with Italia, his most lushly romantic and expressive album to date. Featuring duets with some of today's biggest international stars including Andrea Bocelli, Paula Cole, and Dean Martin, Botti's rich and articulate musical collection is truly beautiful, enchanting, and understatedly elegant.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Viva Italia! September 23, 2008
Sabina Zetrenne (Pembroke Pines, FL)
This CD is seductive, romantic, beautiful and timeless. I was a fan of Chris Botti before, but now I'm a disciple.
A Chris Botti Fan August 2, 2008
Dianne Seaman (San Diego, CA USA)
My husband and I saw Chris Botti last weekend in Temecula, CA. He and his band delivery high quality entertainment. Catch them in person whenever you can. As for Italia, we just finished listening to this album for the third time -- in 3 hours. It is beautiful and moving. Nessum Dorma alone is worth the price.
Incredible July 31, 2008
S. Epps (Johnson City, TN USA)
I love every Chris Botti CD I have and this one may be my favorite. I wouldn't have thought I'd like Nessun Dorma on a trumpet...
or Gabriel's Oboe (from the soundtrack of The Mission), but it brings tears to my eyes.
 A somewhat odd assortment of excellent music, inaptly named. July 17, 2008
No one of consequence (Maineville, Ohio)
I'm fairly new to Chris Botti's music but am rapidly becoming a big fan. This CD is no exception. Every track on the CD has something to recommend it, but my particular favorites are "Venice" and the title track with a fabulous and haunting vocal accompaniment by Andrea Bocelli. Beyond those two cuts and two others (Ave Maria and Estate'), however, there's not much here in common with the Italian-themed title of the CD. I would also note that Paula Cole's vocals on track 4 (The Very Thought of You) sound rather muffled at the beginning of the song, but this is production issue that doesn't otherwise detract from the quality of piece.
The titular misnomer aside, I found the rather eclectic range of styles (and multiple covers) maybe a little distracting. Offerings go from the crooning of Dean Martin (I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face), to the more typical Botti smooth jazz (The Way You Look Tonight), to Andrea Bocelli (Italia), to the higher sound of the Ave Maria (which is a mixture of church oratorio and Botti's trumpet). In spite of this rather unique blending of styles, though, I am generally very pleased with this CD and would gladly recommend it for your listening pleasure.
Bellissimo! June 5, 2008
SandyK (Michigan)
This CD is amazing, so well done...love the title track with Andrea Bocelli even though I have no clue what he is singing about...after a day at work, I slip this CD into my car's CD player and my frustrations melt away...lovely, lovely music...
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