The Platinum Collection (Il Volo album)

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The Platinum Collection
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Released12 February 2015
Genre
LanguageItalian, English, Spanish
Label Universal Music Group
Il Volo chronology
Buon Natale: The Christmas Album
(2013)
The Platinum Collection
(2015)
Sanremo grande amore
(2015)

The Platinum Collection is the first compilation by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo, released in Italy in February 2015 following their appearance at the 65th Sanremo Music Festival, in which their song "Grande amore" received first prize in the "Big Artists" category and will represent Italy in 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The album debuted and peaked at No.13.

Contents

It contains three previously released albums, Il Volo (2010), We Are Love (2012) and Il Volo Takes Flight - Live from the Detroit Opera House (2012).

Track listing

Disc 1
Italian Version - CD & digital download [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Il mondo" Gianni Meccia, Jimmy Fontana, Carlo Pes, Italo Greco4:21
2."E più ti penso" Ennio Morricone, Tony Renis, Mogol 4:47
3."È la mia vita"Pino Marino, Maurizio Fabrizio 4:09
4."'O sole mio" Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi 3:36
5."El reloj"Roberto Cantoral4:09
6."Smile" Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, John Turner 4:47
7."Notte stellata (The Swan)"Tony Renis, Camille Saint-Saëns 3:50
8."La luna hizo esto"Mark Portman, Diane Warren, Edgar Cortázar3:28
9."Per te" Marco Marinangeli, Josh Groban, Walter Afanasieff 5:03
10."Un amore così grande"Antonella Maggio, Guido Ferilli4:22
11."Painfully Beautiful"Diane Warren3:45
12."This Time"Kevin Griffin, Mike Busbee, Michelle Robin Lewis3:06
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Questo amore" Diane Warren, Marco Marinangeli 4:34
2."L'ultima volta"Max Calo, Raffaele Di Pietro3:33
3."I Bring You to My Senses"Diane Warren4:04
4."Beautiful Day" Adam Clayton, David Howell Evans, Paul David Hewson, Larry Mullen Jr. 3:16
5."Splendida" Jörgen Elofsson, Marco Marinangeli, William Ross 4:19
6."Historia de un amor"Carlos Eleta Almarán3:54
7."Luna nascosta" (Love Theme from the Movie Hidden Moon) Luis Bacalov, Humberto Gatica, Massimo Guantini, Tony Renis  
8."Il canto" (feat. Plácido Domingo) Luca Barbarossa, Romano Musumarra 4:28
9."We Are Love"Edgar Cortázar, Mark Portmann 4:30
10."Così" (feat. Eros Ramazzotti)Luca Chiaravalli, Eros Ramazzotti 4:15
11."Bienvenido nuestro amor"Edgar Cortázar, Mark Portmann3:42
12."Non farmi aspettare"Emiliano Cecere, Saverio Grandi4:03
Total length:48:17
Disc 3
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 Mazzucchi3:41
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:48:17

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Italian Albums Chart [2] 13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [3] Gold25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. "Il Volo (2010) IL VOLO Geffen" (in Italian). Rockol.it. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. "IL VOLO - THE PLATINUM COLLECTION (ALBUM)". ItalianCharts.com. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. "Italian album certifications – Il Volo – The Platinum Collection" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 14 November 2016. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "The Platinum Collection" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".