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

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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, ''

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''. The song was written by composer

Francesco Sartori Francesco Sartori (born 1957) is an Italian composer and piano and trumpet player. Works Sartori composed "Con te partirò" ("With you, I will leave") with Lucio Quarantotto for Andrea Bocelli. ''Con te partirò'' was also recorded by Jonas Kau ...

and lyricist

Lucio Quarantotto Lucio Quarantotto (29 April 1957 – 31 July 2012) was an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for "Con te partirò" ("With you, I will leave"), to music composed by Francesco Sartori for Andrea Bocelli. The song was also recor ...

, 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 the ...

", 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.

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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 ''

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''. It was later recorded solo by McElderry for his second album ''

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'' after winning the show.

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References

External links

"Canto della Terra"
on

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