Encanto del Mar explained

Encanto del Mar
Type:	Album
Artist:	Plácido Domingo
Cover:	Encanto del Mar (Plácido Domingo album).jpg
Released:	October 6, 2014
Genre:	Popular song, folk music
Length:	50:37
Label:	Sony
Producer:	Robert Sadin
Prev Title:	Verdi Baritone Arias
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	My Christmas
Next Year:	2014

Encanto del Mar is a 2014 album of Mediterranean songs by Plácido Domingo.^{[1] [2]} Singing in the baritone range, Domingo performs songs from diverse countries and regions around the Mediterranean Sea in eleven different languages, typically with simple accompaniments.

Track listing

1. "Mediterráneo" - Spanish
2. "Estate" (Bruno Martino and Bruno Brighetti) - Italian
3. "En Méditerranée" - French
4. "Aranjuez" - Spanish
5. "Anghjulina" - Corsican
6. "Torna a Surriento" - Neapolitan
7. "No potho reposare" - Sardinian
8. "Lamma bada" - Arabic (from Andalusia)
9. "Adio Kerida" - Ladino
10. "To Yasemi" - Greek (from Cyprus)
11. "Reginella" - Neapolitan
12. "Layla layla" - Hebrew
13. "El cant dels ocells" - Catalan
14. "Del Cabello Más Sutil" - Spanish
15. "Plaisir d'amour" - French (by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816))

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Spain^[3]	24
US Latin Pop Albums^[4]	6
US Top Latin Albums^[5]	18

Personnel

• Plácido Domingo - lead vocals
• Jelena Ciric - vocals
• Barbara Furtuna - vocals
• Cyro Baptista - percussion
• Ira Coleman - bass
• Hector del Curto - bandoneon
• Gjorgi Dimcevski - violin
• Mark Feldman - violin
• Yacine Boulares - soprano saxophone
• Bridget Kibbey - harp
• Rhani Krija - percussion
• Patrick Messina - clarinet
• Chico Pinheiro - guitar
• Mário Rossy - bass
• Vincent Segal - cello

Notes and References

1. http://www.europapress.es/chance/cineymusica/noticia-placido-domingo-obligado-suspender-funciones-il-trovatore-20140821155712.html Por una infección de vejiga y en las vías respiratorias Plácido Domingo, obligado a suspender sus funciones de "Il trovatore"
2. Hola Plácido Domingo lanzará en octubre un nuevo disco "Con una portada en la que se le ve con sudadera, muy bronceado y sobre un fondo azul, Plácido Domingo, que tuvo que cancelar sus actuaciones en Salzburgo de este fin de semana por un proceso febril, sacará nuevo disco el próximo 7 de octubre, titulado Encanto del Mar y dedicado a canciones mediterráneas...."
3. Web site: PLÁCIDO DOMINGO - ENCANTO DEL MAR - MEDITERRANEAN SONGS (ALBUM) . Spanishcharts.com . dead . 2015-09-05 . 2015-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003014828/http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Pl%E1cido+Domingo&titel=Encanto+del+mar+%2D+Mediterranean+Songs&cat=a .
4. Web site: Latin Pop Albums: November 1, 2014. Billboard. September 29, 2015.
5. Web site: Top Latin Albums: November 1, 2014. Billboard. September 29, 2015.