"Canto della Terra" is an Italian song which was the second single from Italian pop tenor

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...

's 1999 album, '' Sogno''. The song was written by composer Francesco Sartori and lyricist Lucio Quarantotto, the same writers of Bocelli's biggest hit "

Con te partirò "Con te partirò" (; "With You I Shall Depart") is an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics). It was first performed by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival and recorded on his album of ...

", and is among Bocelli's most popular and well-known songs. Like "Con te partirò", the song was later recorded as a duet between Bocelli and

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, for her 2008 album ''

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''. It was performed as a duet with Brightman at Andrea's "Live in Tuscany" Concert.

Vivere Live in Tuscany ''Vivere Live in Tuscany'' is a live album and DVD of a pop concert by classical Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. The concert was performed at Bocelli's Teatro del Silenzio in Lajatico, Tuscany, July 2007. In this DVD he performs duets with Sa ...

The original version was also included in Bocelli's 2007

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album, '' The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere''. In 2011, it was sung as a duet by

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of Bucks Fizz and

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winner

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on the second and final season of '' Popstar to Operastar''. It was later recorded solo by McElderry for his second album ''

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'' after winning the show.

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"Canto della Terra"
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