''Sentimento'' is the ninth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

released by Italian

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing " Il mare calmo della sera". Since 1994, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo st ...

. It was recorded between 30 September and 7 October 2000, and released on 5 November 2002. The album was conducted by

Lorin Maazel Lorin Varencove Maazel (; March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in t ...

with

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

, and Bocelli received two 2003 Classical BRIT Awards for "Best selling classical album" and "Album of the year" for ''Sentimento'', in 2003. As of January 2003, ''Sentimento'' has reached worldwide sales of 2.5 million copies.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2002 albums Andrea Bocelli albums Decca Records albums 2000s Italian-language albums London Symphony Orchestra albums {{2000s-classical-album-stub