This holiday season, internationally renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli is teaming up with his 24-year-old son Matteo Bocelli and 10-year-old daughter Virginia Bocelli for their first ever album together, A Family Christmas. Set for release via Decca / Capitol Records, the recording showcases their multi-generational musical talent in a range of festive favourites.
A Family Christmas captures the Bocelli festive spirit: “We are offering our small, intimate, and heartfelt gift to anyone who wishes to enjoy the soundtrack of Christmas in the Bocelli home,” the family says. The album features new renditions of traditional carols arranged for all three voices, including ‘Away in a Manger’ and ‘Joy To The World’, plus popular Christmas tunes from around the world such as ‘Feliz Navidad’ and another brand new track, ‘Il Giorno Piu Speciale’, written by Federica Abbate, Cheope, Katoo and Andrea Bocelli. The trio of complementary voices intertwine and echo on the song ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’, which provides a stirring opening to the album.
The album is produced by composer and multi-Grammy and Academy Award nominee Stephan Moccio (Celine Dion, The Weeknd, Miley Cyrus, Barbra Streisand), who has also contributed new arrangements and co-written ‘The Greatest Gift’ alongside Amy Wadge, Jonas Myrin and Andrea Bocelli.
Track Listing:
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Away in a Manger
- Feliz Navidad
- The First Noël
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Over the Rainbow
- Buon Natale
- Joy To The World
- The Greatest Gift
- When Christmas Comes to Town
- Happy Xmas (War is Over)
- Il Giorno Piu Speciale
- Ill Be Home for Christmas