Italia (album)

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Italia
File:Chris Botti Italia cover.jpg
Studio album by
Chris Botti
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
RecordedJuly 2006
Studio
GenreJazz
Length52:05
LabelColumbia, Decca
ProducerBobby Colomby
Chris Botti chronology
To Love Again: The Duets
(2005) 		Italia
(2007) 		Chris Botti in Boston
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star half.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1]

Italia is an album by Chris Botti that was released by Columbia Records on September 25, 2007. The album focuses on Botti's Italian roots with the title track "Italia" and songs such as "Venice" and "Estaté". Botti partnered with Andrea Bocelli on the song "Italia" and performed it with Bocelli during the 2007 concert at the Teatro del Silenzio. The song was released in 2008 on the DVD titled Vivere Live in Tuscany. Italia reached #1 on the Top Jazz album charts.[2] Later that year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Italia peaked at #27 on both The Billboard 200 and Top Internet Album charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Deborah's Theme"Ennio Morricone2:51
2."Italia" (featuring Andrea Bocelli)Chris Botti, David Foster5:34
3."Venice"Botti, Dean Parks4:31
4."The Very Thought of You" (featuring Paula Cole)Ray Noble4:53
5."Gabriel's Oboe"Morricone4:16
6."I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (featuring Dean Martin)Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner3:10
7."Caruso"Lucio Dalla3:59
8."The Way You Look Tonight"Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern4:16
9."It Never Entered My Mind"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers4:53
10."Ave Maria"Franz Schubert5:46
11."Estaté"Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino4:06
12."Nessun Dorma"Giacomo Puccini3:50

Personnel

Musicians

Orchestra

  • Jeremy Lubbock – conductor
  • Isobel Griffiths – contractor (1-5, 7-12)
  • JoAnn Tominaga – contractor (6)

Horns and Woodwinds

Strings

  • David Daniels, Jo Knight, Anthony Lewis, Martin Loveday and Anthony Pleeth – cello
  • David Johnson, Steve Mair, Steve McManus, Mary Scully, Allen Walley and Stacey Watton – double bass
  • Skaila Kanga – harp
  • Gustav Clarkson, Peter Lale, Donald McVay, Edward Vanderspar, Vicci Wardman and Bruce White – viola
  • Mark Barrow, John Bradbury, Michael Davis (leader), Jonathan Evans-Jones, Boguslaw Kostecki, Julian Leaper, Perry Montague-Mason, Jonathan Rees, Emlyn Singleton, Chris Tombling, Rose Warren-Green, Debbie Widdup, Paul Willey (second violin leader), David Woodcock and Warren Zilenski – violin

Percussion

Production

  • Bobby Colomby – producer
  • Matt Evers – associate producer
  • Haydn Bendall – recording
  • Steve Genewick – recording, mixing
  • Jake Jackson – recording
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Bill Smith – recording
  • Vlado Meller – mastering at Sony Music Studios (New York, NY)
  • David Bett – art direction
  • Meghan Foley – art direction
  • Fabrizio Ferri – photography

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ↑ Collar, Matt. Chris Botti: To Love Again: The Duets > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ Italia - Chris Botti - Charts & Awards - Allmusic (accessed July 20, 2011)
  3. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Chris Botti Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Chris Botti Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2008 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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