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Excellent!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2020

It’s excellent. Everything is great about this CD. I bought another for a gift and it was really well received. So well done. Wish he’d come out with another in 2020. Just love his arrangements.

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iashutterbug

My friend found this kinda boring.

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2020

She'd seen him on a recorded TV special, with David Foster and wanted a CD...
I'm guessing she'd prefer to ''look at him'', playing, and then enjoy the music more.

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UncaLawwy

A Marvelous Work Despite the Distractions

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2008

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Musically, this is a superb work.

Conceptually, if you sit around and think about it too long, you'll go nuts. Why title the album "Italia" if you're going to include songs like "The Way You Look Tonight" or "It Never Entered My Mind," much less Paula Cole singing "The Very Thought of You" and (O.M.G.) Dean Martin singing "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"(Come 'ome, 'enry 'iggins!).

(Mind you, based on her collaborations with Botti, if Paula Cole turns out a standards album, I'm gonna be the first on my continent to pre-order it.)

That said, I still give it 4 stars because so many of the other cuts are stellar... including "Nessun Dorma", "Estaté", and the two Ennio Morricone compositions, "Gabriel's Oboe"and "Deborah's Theme."

Thank God for iPod!

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C Warner

soothing and sophisticated

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2013

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Performs with Paula Cole, remember her and the girl power song "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?". Some sexy pieces on this including with an eclectic range--from Paula Cole to Dean Martin to opera with Nessun Dorma. Rather sedate and I like that he's way cool at my age (around fifty) plus from the north west (Oregon). Ageless.

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H. Spijkerman

Trumpet for president

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2009

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When having an evening with good friends or family, this album suits the ambiance. I'd like the think of it as very pleasent musical wallpaper. Accompanied with a glass of schotch, your evening's complete. But when alone, increase the volume and simply enjoy Chris Botti's clear trumpetsound. A very tastefull way to play worldmusic.
Whether Chris plays his trumpet modestly or with great expression, he's always in key . I'm very happy with this album!!

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Harry

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017

very cool

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2007

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Very enjoyable, well-produced disk by jazz trumpeter Chris Botti. I found the Italian connection a bit tenuous, if only because I don't associate these interpretations with traditional Italian music. Be forewarned that the CD is more jazz than Pavarotti. But that certainly doesn't mean it isn't great listening. And the Botti-Dean Martin "collaboration" of "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" is an instant classic, and worth the price of the CD alone.

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