Romanza

Romanza is the first compilation album by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, released internationally in 1997.

Although a compilation, Romanza is considered Bocelli's breakthrough album, and remains his most commercially successful to date, topping charts all across Europe and Latin America. With over 20 million copies sold worldwide, it is the best-selling Italian album of all time, and also one of the best selling albums by a recording artist.

Background

The album is a compilation of Bocelli's two previous pop albums, Il Mare Calmo della Sera, released in 1994, and Bocelli, released in 1995.

Promotion

North America

Being Bocelli's first album released in the United States and Canada, the album and Bocelli himself, were heavily promoted. This included Bocelli being featured in Hotel Bellagio's commercials in North America, as well as his voice being heard on its Fountain show.

PBS also played a big part in Bocelli' early success in the States, with the airing of A Night in Tuscany, Bocelli's first Great Performances special, of a concert filmed in 1997, in his native Tuscany.

Romanza (Paganini-Ponce)

Romanza is an instrumental composition for guitar recorded by Andres Segovia in 1944, and again in 1967. The piece was credited to Niccolò Paganini, but based on themes from Paganini's Grand Sonata in A Major Op.39:II, arranged by Manuel Ponce. The piece was also recorded by Julian Bream.

The piece is distinct from Segovia's own arrangement of two Robert Schumann songs also titled "Romanza", recorded 1952 for Decca on DL 9647. John Williams recorded a piece called "Romanza" in 1982 credited as "traditional".

References

Romanza (disambiguation)

Romanza (Italian: "Romance") may refer to:

Music

Classical compositions

Albums

Songs

See also

Note: the following entries are arranged in an etymological tree.