Alessandro Safina

Finally! At long last we have been given a great tenor voice singing modern, upbeat and highly commercial music.I have just about every Popera tenor CD out there, from all of Bocelli's releases to Watson, Frangoulis, Amante and even the Duetto disc of Alvarez & Licitra, but this one stands out above all, save Bocelli's Romanza perhaps.The music is superbly produced, the orchestration absolutely marvelous and the voice outstanding.Safinas' singing is that of a man in total control of his instrument and with the exception of his tendency to force his high notes, which makes him sound a bit constricted up top, his sound calls forth memories of some of the greatest dramatic tenors of days gone by. More than not his voice takes on the dark and powerful timbre of the late Maestro Franco Corelli and in softer moments he recalls memories of the young Carerras.I totally agree with a previous reviwer that Safina should be a household name not unlike the much publizised Bocelli.It is regrettable that, here in America, musical appreciation of the masses does not extend far beyond Hip-Hop, Country, Pop and various alternative forms of music. Even Blues and Jazz are becoming more and more "extinct" from the popular musical landscape.Opera and/or Pop-Opera are almost alien to the average American listener.The only gripe I have with this project is the inclusion of 2 instrumental tracks. Certainly Mr. Safinas repertoire is larger than 10 songs and his producers could have just as well included an aria or 2 rather than instumentals. If I buy a tenor CD I want a tenor on every track, not some undescript instrumental to help fill time.Thus the 4 star rating.Other than that, this is a great CD - even Bocelli and Popera detractors will be hard pressed to deny that, if nothing else, Safina is a real Tenor and that's saying alot.

In my opinion, Alessandro Safina is now the world's greatest tenor.If anyone has not heard of him and/or heard his incredible voice and song selections, he/she is missing out on being able to hear and appreciate him. Every one of Alessandro Safina's cds has demonstrated his wonderful voice and song selections.We would like Amazon to make more of his cds and dvds available for purchase on Amazon.com for those of us in the US.Amazon, we thank you for making a few of Alessandro Safina's few cds available to us. We hope you will be able to arrange for more of his cds, dvds, concert dvds, etc. available to us in the US.

I bought upon the suggestion of Amazon. If you are an Andrea Bocelli fan,I think he lacks the emotion filled voice of Andrea. I noticed that 90% of the songs were written by the same guy. But Amazon was correct-if you like Andrea you will like A.S. The first track is wonderful and seems destined to be a single. This guy DOES have a great voice and I will certainly give it fair share of rotation on the cd player. His music is very sweet and romantic. AND to my happiness the English translation is in the cover!!!!

I feel exactly the way another reviewer does: THe voice is beyond outstanding - it's amazingly beautiful, and the songs are beautiful,too........ but I can't hear the depth of emotion and spirituality that I hear in Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, and Fernando Lima. He does not seem to feel fully what he is singing. He just goes through the motion. May be his new albums are different???!!!!!

Beautiful voice and man.

No further comment necessary

Plays with great sound.

I stumbled onto this CD. I'm a big fan of the new Lyric-Pop-Classical type music and Alessandro blew me away. Excellent voice. Great range. Left me mesmerized. He now has a new fan. great music..

Love this !!!

特に、イタリア語での “Arrivederci America” （さよなら アメリカ）が良かったです。“Arrivederci” …until we meet again :-)アメリカ盤は、英訳歌詞カード付。