Safina

I'm a classical singer and I believe Safina is the best classical tenor I've ever heard. He is a crossover artist and some may have a little difficulty because he sings almost exclusively in Italian. He is fluent in English and I don't know why there aren't more songs in English. I first heard him sing with Sarah Brightman on her Symphony CD and was blown away by that voice. I'm buying all of the rest of his CDs for my birthday. He's miles beyond Andrea Bocelli and I'm a loyal Bocelli fan.

the sames songs diferent cover from otehr CD s of him I find out after purchasing 3 of his cd two to 3 new songs and the rest teh same as the other, shipment and time received way too long ...thanks anyway

Since we first found a CD of Alessandro Safina in a bargain bin we have been great fans. This is a truly great voice and one you never tire of. This album has a wonderful and varied collection of songs that everyone will enjoy - check out his DVD "Live in Italy" as well. It is incredible!!

Beautiful voice, Really a shame he is not as well known as Bocelli and Pavarotti. Hopefully will become better known.

We Love Alessandro's voice and his work is something we would like to have more of. Thanks PS Any Concert DVD's out there?

awesome song,, he can really sing

I have heard A. Safina before and love his voice. When I checked for this CD on amazon Ialso read what other people said who bought this CD, and all gave excellent reviews, soI bought it. And he has an amazing voice.

I'd seen "Alessandro Safina" in record stores several times, and finally picked up a copy out of curiosity. I'd never heard of Alessandro before, but now I realize what I've been missing out on! Safina (from Siena, Italy) has a fantastically powerful, sensual tenor voice that puts many contemporary classical crossover tenors (Andrea Bocelli, Russell Watson, Josh Groban) to shame.Safina's voice is in a league of its own. The opening track "Music of the Night" features a Latin guitar, choir, and a percussion-enhanced finale that breathe new life into an old favourite. On "Music of the Night" Safina's voice becomes a gentle, crooning plea--I was nearly left in tears, for Safina clearly outshone all the performances of "Phantom" I'd ever seen in Toronto (five) *and* all of the cast recordings. If they ever make that "Phantom of the Opera" movie based on Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, they should cast Alessandro Safina instead of Antonio Banderas--he's beautiful (he's been dubbed "the singing George Clooney" for his resemblance to a certain American actor) and he has the voice of an angel!His voice can be darkly sensual, rough velvet, evident on "Luna (Only You)," an amazing piece that opens with a sultry jazz (female) solo that dissolves into Safina's commanding tenor. It is the most electronic/dancelike of the fourteen songs on "Safina," with a pronounced drumbeat. Gorgeous background piano accompaniment and sweeping strings cradle Safina's voice without overpowering. A background choir chants near the end of the song, which blends Safina's and the female soloist's voice along with piano notes that trail off into silence."La Sete di Vivere" is a slower, gentler song, again accompanied by piano, strings and synth. "Aria e memoria" begins with a melancholy wavelike rhythm, building into a gently affirmative chorus. "Siena" is an ode to his hometown, sung in the softest of seductive whispers that becomes a full-voiced declaration. "Il Mirto E la Rosa" opens with a sultry flamenco guitar solo that shimmers in the moonlight, until the piano softly creeps in and the sonic tension builds with the addition of a synth backbeat, until the chorus erupts into a passionate whirl of sounds and colour."'Stu Bbene" is tinged with flamenco flavour and awash in gentle strings and piano. Safina sings as if his voice is a fragile glass bauble here, so delicately until he reaches the chorus that we are once again surprised and thrilled when he unleashes the full power of his tenor voice. That is his general attack mode with most of the songs here, and it works. Soft, crooned intros melt into full voice, sometimes taking us by (breathless) surprise.The two instrumental "Ehyeh" and "Diva Mea" are very interesting additions. "Ehyeh" is actually the background instrumentals to "Il Mirto E La Rosa" and "Diva Mea" is the backing track to "Luna" complete with female vocalist and choir. Very uplifting tracks that sound like film music and are beautiful even without the vocals, "Ehyeh" in particular as the flamenco guitar really shines as a solo. Finally "Aria e Memoria--We'll Be Together" is a duet with Chrissie Hynde. It is the same song as "Aria E Memoria" from earlier in the album, this time as an English-Italian duet with Chrissie's voice in the foreground. Very powerful and effective.Alessandro has also released a Spanish version of this album, "Junto a ti" and performed backing vocals on a song from the "Moulin Rouge" soundtrack, "Your Song" with Ewan McGregor. Try to catch his PBS Great Performances special that was filmed on location in Italy, "Alessandro Safina in Concert: Only You." As far as I know it is not available on video or DVD. My only wish is that I'd picked up this CD sooner--I had no idea what I was missing out on! Move over Bocelli, this is the *real* operatic/pop tenor of Italy!

Listened to Alessandro Safina the other day singing with Elton John "Your Song" fell in love with his voice and decided to buy this CD. Easy listening and there is a lovely song with Chrissie Hynde, Aria E Memoria. All the songs are wonderful and Alessandro Safina is always in my car. Not disappointed and would recommend this CD to anyone interested in a beautiful tenor voice.

nice enough album and he does have a lovely voice, but i did'nt think there were enough really strong tracks to make me say I want to play that again straight away.I first heard Alessandro in a fantastic duet with Sarah Brightman(it's on her Symphony album) and i suppose i was hoping for more really strong tracks like that.

Love this cd he is a wonderful singer

Bought for my dad. Nice interesting music and different to our usual collection - kind of electro-classic.

excellent service. had this cd before and it went missing so decided to get another one and pleased I did.