New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Andrea Bocelli, one of the most celebrated singers of all time, speaks emotively of a particularly poignant moment in his career, the One Night in Central Park concert. A childhood dream come true; the event marked Bocelli's global significance and ongoing journey as a superstar. Now, in the summer of 2021, Bocelli embraces ten years since the all-star extravaganza. The special remastered album, Concerto: One Night in Central Park, captures the charming, but raw, nature of a live album that was lovingly recorded in New York on 15
September 2011.
It also features exceptional new renditions, including a brand-new recording of O Sole Mio. The new album will be released via Decca Records/Sugar on 10th September, shortly followed by celebrations that look back over ten epic years.
Dedicated to the memory of his beloved father, who had never had the chance to cross an ocean, Bocelli speaks fondly of his family's encouragement when he was just a budding artist. One Night in Central Park was, and is, a dream fuelled by the power of fatherly love, now revisited and reinvented especially for 2021.
The night's impressive cast included fellow legends
Celine Dion, Tony Bennet,
David Foster and
Chris Botti - all of whom represented high-level artist mastery. The astounding venue held over 70,000 adoring fans and over 200 musicians that proudly adorned the legendry Great Lawn. With the world-renowned Italian tenor at the centre of everyone's gaze, Bocelli spoke of his worry that the performance would be cancelled due to the threatening grey clouds above. Even so, with much relief and excitement, the night went on.
"I wanted to go to my dressing room to say a few prayers, together with Filippo Sugar and the rest of those present. I also mulled over the great honor I had, to be singing together with many of my wonderful peers, right where my great friend and Maestro,
Luciano Pavarotti, had performed 18 years earlier." -
Andrea Bocelli
Concerto: One Night in Central Park will be released on remastered CD, Fan Edition CD / DVD, Limited Editon Fan Edition CD/DVD + Poster, 180g gold vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray.
Tracklist:
LA DONNA E' MOBILE - Rigoletto
DI QUELLA PIRA - Il Trovatore
AVE MARIA CENTRAL PARK VERSION
VICINO A TE S'ACQUETA -
Andrea Chénier - Duet with Ana María Martínez
AU FOND DU TEMPLE SAINT - Les Pêcheurs de perles - Duet with Bryn Terfel
O SOAVE FANCIULLA - La Bohème - Duet with Pretty Yende
LIBIAMO NE' LIETI CALICI - " La Traviata" with P. Yende, B Terfel, A.M. .Martínez
AMAZING GRACE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Duet with Tony Bennett
THE PRAYER - Duet with Céline Dion, with
David Foster on piano
MORE (Ti guarderò nel cuore) with
Chris Botti on trumpet and
David Foster on piano
YOUR LOVE (Once upon a time in the west)
NEL BLU, DIPINTO DI BLU (Volare ) with
David Foster on piano
FUNICULI' FUNICULA' with
Andrea Griminelli on flute
EN ARANJUEZ CON TU AMOR - Concierto de Aranjuez with Nicola Benedetti on violin
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE ( Con te partirò) duet with Ana María Martínez
NESSUN DORMA - Turandot
'O SOLE MIO (BONUS TRACK).
