Sacred Arias (Andrea Bocelli album)
1999 studio album by Andrea Bocelli
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Sacred Arias (Italian: Arie Sacre), is the sixth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
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| Released | November 9, 1999 | |||
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| Length | 62:25 | |||
| Label | Philips Records | |||
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Released in 1999, the album, featuring music composed in traditional Christian styles, is not only Bocelli's most commercially successful classical album to date with over 5 million copies sold,[1] but also the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history.[1][2] Bocelli was accompanied by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Myung-whun Chung.[3]
Track listing
- Vavilov (misattributed to Caccini): "Ave Maria"
- Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – "Sancta Maria"
- Gounod: "Ave Maria"
- Schubert: Ellens Gesang, Op. 52/6, D 839 – "Ave Maria"
- Franck: "Panis angelicus"
- Rossini: Stabat Mater – "Cujus animam"
- Verdi: Requiem – "Ingemisco"
- Mozart: "Ave verum corpus", K. 618
- Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91/1 – "Der Engel"
- Handel: Serse, HWV 40 – "Frondi tenere ... Ombra mai fu"
- Niedermeyer: "Pietà, Signore"
- Rossini: Petite messe solennelle – "Domine Deus"
- Schubert: "Wiegenlied", Op. 98/2, D 498 – "Mille cherubini in coro"
- Gruber: "Silent Night"
- Wade: "Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)"
- J.-P. Lécot: "Gloria a te, Cristo Gesù"
- Georges Bizet: "Agnus Dei" (Bonus)
- Eric Lévi: "I Believe" (Bonus)
Charts
Chart performance
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Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[7] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[8] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Belgium (BRMA)[9] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Canada (Music Canada)[10] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| France (SNEP)[11] | 2× Gold | 200,000* |
| Netherlands (NVPI)[12] | 4× Platinum | 100,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[13] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| Norway (IFPI Norway)[14] | Platinum | 60,000[15] |
| Poland (ZPAV)[16] | Platinum | 100,000* |
| Sweden (GLF)[17] | Gold | 40,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[18] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[20] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[21] video |
Gold | 50,000^ |
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| Europe (IFPI)[22] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
| Worldwide | — | 5,000,000[1] |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
Awards
In 2000, the album led Bocelli to receive an ECHO Klassik for "Bestseller of the year", as well as a 2000 Classical BRIT Award for "Album of the Year", and a Goldene Europa for classical music, in 2000.[23]
PBS special
A DVD of the concert, filmed in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, was also released in 1999.[24] The concert aired on the PBS program Great Performances. This broadcast was nominated in 2000 for an Emmy Award – Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program.[25] Sacred Arias Special Edition, a two disc set with CD and DVD was released in 2003.[26]
