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Andrea Bocelli, "My Christmas"

18 Nov 2009 | by Matthew Walker
World-wide known Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli had a dream of recording a holiday album to make a pleasure for the listeners making holiday spirit and capturing traditions with the help of his music. All his desires about holiday music sounding Bocelli embodied in the album called "My Christmas". Recent release introduces the artist from a bit another side in the role of pop-classical singer, which isn’t usual for Bocelli’s opera and classic discography. The set’s sounding turned out interesting and various, which was also underpinned by a number of duets with artists working in different popular genres. "What Child Is This" features Mary J. Blige, who nicely imparts R&B elements into the track’s melody, "Jingle Bells" sounds festively due to The Muppets’ participation, who has big experience in such creations, the vacillating "Blue Christmas" includes Reba McEntire and collaboration with Natalie Cole has imparted some new notes to the old "The Christmas Song". Read more