Andrea Bocelli - Cieli Di Toscana [Bonus Track] (CD)

All Music Guide

In Cieli di Toscana tenor Andrea Bocelli pays tribute to his Tuscan heritage through performances of a number of romantic Italianlanguage songs, old and new, which relate to the Northern Italian region associated with high quality olive oil and unspoiled, pristine coastline. As such, Cieli di Toscana proves a sort of as Tuscan counterpart to Bocelli's album of Neapolitan standards, Sentimento. While powerhouse producer Caterina Caselli Sugar's arrangements are dated they smack of the Europop sound of the 1980s Bocelli's voice has such a warm and loveable personality that it is impossible for him to rub the listener the wrong way. In these relatively simple songs, Bocelli draws on his operatic skills as a singer only very sparingly, applying vibrato to notes when he is in need of more power or a more secure sense of pitch. Most of Cieli di Toscana is done in a pure, "pop" voice that's as clear and unpretentious as the olive oil produced by the region of which he is singing, and it is ...a joy to hear. Read more Less