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Aged 73 when this album was released in 2014, Plácido Domingo certainly had the right to take on, as other singers in this age range have, a collection of popular material that would let his voice relax into its lower ranges. You can tell that it is taxed when it rises into its former territory, but the album is attractive: not only does the voice retain a characteristic clarity, but Domingo executes the project with the class you would expect. Encanto del Mar is, as the title suggests, a collection of Mediterranean songs, but Domingo does not phone in the usual group of Neapolitan songs, nor even the more distinctive zarzuela material he has recorded in the past. Instead, you get a collection of songs ranging from Spain and Catalonia to Cyprus and Israel, in half a dozen different languages, arranged intelligently into an arch shape that begins and ends with limpid melodies and gets into more complicated dialogic conception in the middle. There are a few traditional pieces, but most of the songs are popular compositions of the 20th century that evoke and are rooted in traditional music without being purely of the folk tradition. Domingo catches these layers quite gently and subtly. Sample "Aranjuez," track four, a song with a number of layers: it is a song based on the famed guitar concerto of Joaquín Rodrigo, in turn based on any number of Andalusian antecedents. In short, this album is sure to delight Domingo fans and will hold considerable interest beyond that group. One complaint: the very nice small backing group, featuring guitarist Chico Pinheiro, gets relegated to the small print in the graphics when in fact their work is central to the success of the enterprise.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Joan Manuel Serrat, Composer, Lyricist - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Mark Feldman, Violin - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Rhani Krija, Percussion - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Bruno Martino, Composer - Bruno Brighetti, Lyricist - Yacine Boularès, Soprano Saxophone - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Ira Coleman, Bass - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Rhani Krija, Percussion - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Georges Moustaki, Composer, Lyricist - Yacine Boularès, Soprano Saxophone - Chico Pinheiro, Arranger, Guitar - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Mark Feldman, Violin - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Rhani Krija, Percussion - Cyro Baptista, Percussion - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Joaquin Rodrigo, Composer - Alfredo García Segura, Lyricist - Patrick Messina, Clarinet - Daniel Barnidge, Arranger - Yacine Boularès, Soprano Saxophone - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Rhani Krija, Percussion - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Maxime Merlandi, Composer - Barbara Fortuna - Jean-Philippe Guissani, Lyricist - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Ernesto de Curtis, Composer - Gianbattista De Curtis, Lyricist - Yacine Boularès, Soprano Saxophone - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Mark Feldman, Violin - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Rhani Krija, Percussion - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Giuseppe Rachel, Composer - Jelena Ciric - Salvatore Sini, Lyricist - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Yacine Boularès, Arranger, Soprano Saxophone - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Rhani Krija, Percussion - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Mark Feldman, Violin - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Patrick Messina, Clarinet - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Rhani Krija, Percussion - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Gaetano Lama, Composer - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Libero Bovio, Lyricist - Hector Del Curto, Bandoneon - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Mordechai Zeira, Composer - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Natan Alterman, Lyricist - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Traditional, Composer - Patrick Messina, Clarinet - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Yacine Boularès, Soprano Saxophone - Chico Pinheiro, Guitar - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Fernando Obradors, Composer - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Placido Domingo, Main Artist - Jean-paul Martini, Composer - Jean-Pierre de Florian, Lyricist - Patrick Messina, Clarinet - Gjorgi Dimcevski, Violin - Robert Sadin, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Vincent Segal, Cello - Ira Coleman, Bass - Bridget Kibbey, Harp - Clark Germain, Recording Engineer - Dave Darlington, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - STEPHAN ZEH, Recording Engineer - Michele Gaggia, Recording Engineer - Ernie Indradat, Recording Engineer - Alexander Hug, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Maria Triana, Mastering Engineer - Paul Norris, Assistant Engineer - Sean Kelly, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Aged 73 when this album was released in 2014, Plácido Domingo certainly had the right to take on, as other singers in this age range have, a collection of popular material that would let his voice relax into its lower ranges. You can tell that it is taxed when it rises into its former territory, but the album is attractive: not only does the voice retain a characteristic clarity, but Domingo executes the project with the class you would expect. Encanto del Mar is, as the title suggests, a collection of Mediterranean songs, but Domingo does not phone in the usual group of Neapolitan songs, nor even the more distinctive zarzuela material he has recorded in the past. Instead, you get a collection of songs ranging from Spain and Catalonia to Cyprus and Israel, in half a dozen different languages, arranged intelligently into an arch shape that begins and ends with limpid melodies and gets into more complicated dialogic conception in the middle. There are a few traditional pieces, but most of the songs are popular compositions of the 20th century that evoke and are rooted in traditional music without being purely of the folk tradition. Domingo catches these layers quite gently and subtly. Sample "Aranjuez," track four, a song with a number of layers: it is a song based on the famed guitar concerto of Joaquín Rodrigo, in turn based on any number of Andalusian antecedents. In short, this album is sure to delight Domingo fans and will hold considerable interest beyond that group. One complaint: the very nice small backing group, featuring guitarist Chico Pinheiro, gets relegated to the small print in the graphics when in fact their work is central to the success of the enterprise.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:37
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Plácido Domingo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
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