Vittorio Grigolo

Vittorio Grigolo – Verissimo (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:42 minutes | 424 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Powerful and also subtly characterizing, Vittorio Grigòlo makes a convincing return after a long break: with verismo arias from Mascagni, Cilea to Puccini, in which the celebrated tenor gives his all.

The new Sony Classical album “Verissimo” by Vittorio Grigòlo, one of the best tenors in the world, contains some of the most popular arias from Italian opera. “Verissimo” means “very true” in Italian and is a reference to the word “verismo”, the lyrical and passionate operatic style that flourished in the late 19th century. The works of the composers represented here – from the beginnings of the style with Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda” to its full flowering with Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni and their contemporaries – require a freedom of expression, an immediacy to convey strong, elemental feelings. Grigòlo explains: “I wanted to call it Verissimo because, in a way, this music is so absolutely truthful. The feelings go straight through you – they are not calculated. In verismo, everything happens as quickly as in real life.”

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Vittorio Grigolo – Verissimo (2024) [24Bit-44.1kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:44:42 minutes | 428 MB | Genre: Classique
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Vittorio Grigolo – The Romantic Hero (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:29 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Established as one of the world’s leading Italian tenors, an integral vehicle in Vittorio’s operatic trajectory has been French opera. His extraordinary international breakthrough came in the role of Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon alongside Anna Netrebko at the Royal Opera House in 2010. He astounded the audience and critics:
‘The birth of a star’ – EVENING STANDARD

‘The most sensational debut to be heard at Covent Garden for some time’ – THE GUARDIAN

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Vittorio Grigolo – Ave Maria (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:45 minutes | 643 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Italian tenor Vittorio Grigòlo has been touted as the next Pavarotti, or perhaps as the next Andrea Bocelli. Neither description is really apposite. He has nowhere near the musicality of Pavarotti, but what he does have, unlike Bocelli, is power in reserve. Grigòlo has aimed his music squarely at the large crossover segment of the British classical market, and he has experienced rapidly ballooning success. Here, he moves mostly to the classical side with a well-worn selection of short sacred pieces. There’s nothing here to dismay the followers Grigòlo has accumulated so far with the likes of his recording of West Side Story with Hayley Westenra (to whose fans this release is heartily recommended), but he does get to stretch his voice out a bit. The results are mixed. The sound does not vary much from piece to piece, from text to text, or even from phrase to phrase, but there is no question that it’s a voice that’s enjoyable to hear. It promptly enters the head register and stays there, resulting in a sound that loses none of its pure power while adding a bit of resonance and just a hint of noise. There is every chance that you will fall in love with Grigòlo on first hearing him, although there are plenty of singers who can do more even within the relatively restricted set of materials he gets to work with here. By all means, if you’re hooked on Grigòlo, pick the available deluxe version of this release, which includes Schubert’s Ave Maria (one might have thought this a natural for the standard version, but perhaps the intent was to push the faithful toward the higher profit margin), along with full lyrics.

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