Encanto del Mar

Encanto del Mar
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2014
GenrePopular song, folk music
Length50:37
LabelSony
ProducerRobert Sadin
Plácido Domingo chronology
Verdi Baritone Arias
(2013)
Encanto del Mar
(2014)
My Christmas
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Encanto del Mar is a 2014 album of Mediterranean songs by Plácido Domingo.[2][3] Singing in the baritone range, Domingo performs songs from diverse countries and regions around the Mediterranean Sea in eleven different languages, typically with simple accompaniments.

Track listing

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  1. "Mediterráneo" - Spanish
  2. "Estate" (Bruno Martino and Bruno Brighetti) - Italian
  3. "En Méditerranée" - French
  4. "Aranjuez" - Spanish
  5. "Anghjulina" - Corsican
  6. "Torna a Surriento" - Neapolitan
  7. "No potho reposare" - Sardinian
  8. "Lamma bada" - Arabic (from Andalusia)
  9. "Adio Kerida" - Ladino
  10. "To Yasemi" - Greek (from Cyprus)
  11. "Reginella" - Neapolitan
  12. "Layla layla" - Hebrew
  13. "El cant dels ocells" - Catalan
  14. "Del Cabello Más Sutil" - Spanish
  15. "Plaisir d'amour" - French (by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816))

Chart performance

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Spain[4] 24
US Latin Pop Albums[5] 6
US Top Latin Albums[6] 18

Personnel

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  • Plácido Domingo - lead vocals
  • Jelena Ciric - vocals
  • Barbara Furtuna - vocals
  • Cyro Baptista - percussion
  • Ira Coleman - bass
  • Hector del Curto - bandoneon
  • Gjorgi Dimcevski - violin
  • Mark Feldman - violin
  • Yacine Boulares - soprano saxophone
  • Bridget Kibbey - harp
  • Rhani Krija - percussion
  • Patrick Messina - clarinet
  • Chico Pinheiro - guitar
  • Mário Rossy - bass
  • Vincent Segal - cello

References

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  1. ^ Manheim, James. Plácido Domingo: Encanto del Mar - Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  2. ^ Por una infección de vejiga y en las vías respiratorias Plácido Domingo, obligado a suspender sus funciones de "Il trovatore"
  3. ^ Hola Plácido Domingo lanzará en octubre un nuevo disco "Con una portada en la que se le ve con sudadera, muy bronceado y sobre un fondo azul, Plácido Domingo, que tuvo que cancelar sus actuaciones en Salzburgo de este fin de semana por un proceso febril, sacará nuevo disco el próximo 7 de octubre, titulado Encanto del Mar y dedicado a canciones mediterráneas...."
  4. ^ "PLÁCIDO DOMINGO - ENCANTO DEL MAR - MEDITERRANEAN SONGS (ALBUM)". Spanishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  5. ^ "Latin Pop Albums: November 1, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  6. ^ "Top Latin Albums: November 1, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.