Vivere Live in Tuscany

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Vivere live in tuscany
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Live album (with DVD)by
Released29 January 2008
Recorded5 July 2007
Venue Teatro del Silenzio, Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy
Genre Pop, classical
Label Sugar Records
Producer Humberto Gatica, Tony Renis
Andrea Bocelli DVD chronology
Under the Desert Sky
(2006)
Vivere Live In Tuscany
(2008)
Incanto The Documentary
(2008)

Vivere Live in Tuscany is a live album and DVD of a pop concert by classical Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. The concert was performed at Bocelli's Teatro del Silenzio in Lajatico, Tuscany, July 2007. In this DVD he performs duets with Sarah Brightman, Elisa, Laura Pausini and Heather Headley, and collaborates with Chris Botti, Lang Lang and Kenny G. It was certified Triple Diamond in Brazil, by the ABPD, with over 375,000 copies sold in the country. [1]

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. "Italia" featuring Chris Botti on trumpet
  2. "La Voce del Silenzio", duet with Elisa
  3. "Canto della Terra", duet with Sarah Brightman
  4. "Mille Lune Mille Onde"
  5. "Romanza"
  6. "Se la Gente Usasse Il Cuore" (bonus studio recording)
  7. "Domani" (bonus studio recording)

DVD

  1. "Melodramma"
  2. "Romanza"
  3. "A Te" featuring Kenny G on soprano sax
  4. "Vivo per Lei", duet with Heather Headley
  5. "Io ci Sarò" featuring Lang Lang on piano
  6. "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C♯ minor" performed by Lang Lang
  7. "La Voce del Silenzio", duet with Elisa
  8. "Dancing", performed by Elisa
  9. "Canto della Terra", duet with Sarah Brightman
  10. "Bellissime Stelle"
  11. Medley: "Besame Mucho", "Somos Novios" (It's Impossible), "Can't Help Falling in Love"
  12. "Because We Believe"
  13. "The Prayer", duet with Heather Headley
  14. "Italia" featuring Chris Botti on trumpet
  15. "Dare to Live" (Vivere), duet with Laura Pausini
  16. "Sogno"
  17. "Il Mare Calmo della Sera"
  18. "Time to Say Goodbye" (Con te Partirò), duet with Sarah Brightman

Sales and certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2]
video
Gold7,500^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [3]
video
3× Diamond375,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [4]
album
Silver60,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. "Brazilian video certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere Live in Tuscany" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "British album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere Live in Tuscany". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 10 February 2020.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Vivere Live in Tuscany in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.