Il Volo Takes Flight

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Il Volo... Takes Flight - Live From Detroit Opera House
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Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
Recorded27 October 2011
Detroit Opera House
Genre
Length54:48
LanguageItalian, English
Label Geffen Records
Producer Tony Renis, Humberto Gatica
Il Volo chronology
Christmas Favorites
(2011)
Il Volo... Takes Flight - Live From Detroit Opera House
(2012)
We Are Love
(2012)

Il Volo... Takes Flight: Live from the Detroit Opera House is the first live album by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo. The album was recorded during one their first North American shows. It includes eight tracks from their debut album, Il Volo .

Contents

The album went gold in Mexico [1] and has sold more than 46,000 copies in USA [2]

Reviews

Jon O'Brien of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 saying, “[The album] showcase their impressively mature and warm romantic tones in front of a lush 66-piece orchestra and a receptive sellout crowd” He added it’s “a far more authentic proposition on record than their older counterparts, Il Divo [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Il Mondo" Gianni Meccia, Jimmy Fontana, Carlo Pes, Italo Greco4:09
2."Un Amore Cosi' Grande"Guido Maria Ferilli, Antonella Maggio3:20
3."Ti Voglio Tanto Bene" Ernesto De Curtis 2:44
4."Granada" Agustín Lara 3:59
5."E Piu’ Ti Penso" Ennio Morricone, Tony Renis, Mogol 4:54
6."'O sole mio" Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi 3:41
7."Non ti scordar di me"Ernesto Curtis, Domenico Furno 
8."This Time"Michael Busbee, K. Griffin, M. Lewis3:10
9."Smile" Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, John Turner 4:51
10."Mattinata" Ruggero Leoncavallo 2:43
11."Music Proibita" Stanislao Gastaldon 3:26
12."Mamma" Cesare Andrea Bixio 3:40
13."La Luna Hizo Esto (feat. Pia Toscano) "Edgar Cortázar, Mark Portman, Diane Warren 3:34
14."Notte Stellata [The Swan]"Tony Renis, Camille Saint-Saëns 3:54
15."Funiculì, Funiculà" Luigi Denza 3:26
Total length:54:49

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 95
Italian Albums (FIMI) [5] 37
US Billboard 200 [6] 85
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard) [7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard) [8] 9

Credits

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