Track Listing

1. La Prima Volta
2. Sei Con Me - Potts, Paul & Hayley Westenra
3. Un Giorno Per Noi
4. Il Canto
5. Senza Luce
6. Piano
7. Mamma
8. Tristesse
9. Bellamore
10. E Lucevan Le Stelle

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1434 in Music
• Released on: 2009-06-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 38 minutes

CD Description
After shooting to fame in 2007 when he won ITV's Britain's Got Talent competition. Formerly a mobile phone salesman, Potts' humble beginnings and impressive tenor voice immediately resonated with the public, and his first album 'One Chance' was an international smash. 'Passione' sees him tackle a similarly mixed repertoire, but with a slightly larger emphasis on the classics on recordings like Chopin's 'Tristesse' and Puccini's 'E Lucevan Le Stelle'. As was with his debut, pop impresario Simon Cowell features on production duties.

Customer Reviews

A wonderfully uplifting second album from the talented Paul Potts
I've been looking forward to hearing more from Paul Potts for a long time, and was not disappointed by this wonderful ten track album, which kept me entertained and uplifted for all 38 minutes of its running time. Is that too short for an album? Those who don't like Paul Potts would say it's too long, but let's not talk about them anymore. Thanks to there being such a good variation of music across the album I'd say that the running time is just right.

The album starts off well with a rousing version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, except of course that it's in Italian. I expected to think of the English words when listening to it, but he really makes it his own, and that's no small challenge. The next song is Sei Con Me - a duet with the lovely Hayley Westenra, and has fast become one of my favourite classical duets. Next comes the haunting string introduction to Un Giorno Per Noi, and when his voice comes in, Paul does the rousing melody of this song full justice. Il Canto is the perfect choice for a follow on song, but then we get to A Whiter Shade of Pale (or, if you translate the Italian title back into English, Without Light), which I didn't feel worked as well turned into an aria as the next song - Memory. Memory is the one song I thought before listening could be a disaster - not because of its translation to Italian (it's been done before, and excellently sung by Sarah Brightman), but because I couldn't imagine it being sung so deeply. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself really enjoying it.

The next three tracks - Mamma, Tristesse, and especially the beautiful song Bellamore - show a tenderness to Paul's voice, as - in quite a different way - does the heartrending finale E Lucevan Le Stelle, which doesn't so much end the album on a crescendo but on a feeling of loss and regret. I don't see how anyone could regret buying this album though, as Paul has a wonderfully rich and heartfelt voice. He may not be liked by some people, whatever their motives may be, but if you like his voice then I feel that you will really enjoy this album. I'm genuinely glad I bought it.

David Bret "david bret" or should it be "david prat"
Here we go again the Opera snobs are at it again....if you like Paul Potts you will love the CD....it's your money....spend it how you like....come on folks buy it & let's shove it up David Prat, sorry David Bret.

Paul Potts
David Bret needs to wash his ears out,a beautiful album. Bret says He is tone-deaf and a total insult to real operatic tenors:
I say Bret is a musical snob, buy this CD you won't be disappointed.