Amazon.com The five, young, good-looking and classically trained singers who comprise Amici Forever have a lot to offer. They have taste, and they make, for the most part, beautiful sounds (one of the sopranos is wobbly; the other singers--a soprano, two tenors and bass-baritone--are splendid). Their debut CD, The Opera Band, has sold over a million copies. Their arrangements, though somewhat sappy, are attractive, and they're very imaginative with both classical and pop repertoire. I Amici are not just good singers who add a beat to the classics; they think things through. Defined offers a fine arrangement of the Allegretto of Beethoven's 7th Symphony with a text that turns it into a Hymn to Liberty; a Bocelli-Celine Dion duet has been transformed into a densely harmonic quintet; an original work tells a Maori legend; Dalila's "Mon ceur s'ouvre a ta voix," once past the wobbly soprano, becomes a fine blend; Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto and Rodrigo's "Concerto de Aranjuez" form the basis for two other pieces. This is a handsomely produced album which could alert pop fans to some beautiful classical melodies and, in and of itself, it's good listening. --Robert Levine Product Description Mixing the beauty and timeless appeal of classical music with the fun and sexiness of pop, Amici forever scored phenomenal success with their debut album, 'The Oprea Band', which sold close to one million albums worldwide and earned the group the #2 Classical Crossover Album on Billboard's 2004 year end charts. Now, Amici forever are poised to reach an even wider audience with the release of their second album 'Defined'and a national PBS television special. 'Defined' is a continuation of the group's signature blend of updated classics plus two new songs that are certain to become favorites. Although this album picks up where their first album left off, the title is a nod to the group's artistic growth since their debut. The diversity of their sound from the luminescent heights of the sopranos' range to the rich heft of the bass baritone's voice-sets these vocalists apart, making Amici forever truly one of a kind. RCA. 2005.ASIN: B00099HFJ6VSKU: GGV.B00099HFJ6.LNCondition: Like NewBinding: Audio CD
