Sacred Arias | ||||
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Released | November 9, 1999 | |||
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Length | 62:25 | |||
Label | Philips Records | |||
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Sacred Arias (Italian: Arie Sacre), is the sixth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Released in 1999, the album, featuring music composed in traditional Christian styles, is not only Bocelli's most commercially successful classical album to date with over 5 million copies sold,[1] but also the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history.[1][2] Bocelli was accompanied by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Myung-whun Chung.[3]