Sanremo grande amore explained

Sanremo grande amore
Type:	ep
Artist:	Il Volo
Cover:	Grande amore cover.jpg
Released:	20 February 2015
Language:	Italian
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Celso Valli, Michele Torpedine
Prev Title:	The Platinum Collection
Prev Year:	2015
Next Title:	L’amore si muove
Next Year:	2015

Sanremo grande amore is an extended play by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo, released in February 2015 following their appearance at the 65th Sanremo Music Festival, in which their song "Grande amore" received first prize in the "Big Artists" category."Grande amore", released as the set's lead single on 12 February 2015, is the only original composition of the EP. The remaining six tracks are covers of popular Italian songs.^[1] Sanremo grande amore is also Il Volo's first release for their new label, Sony Music.^[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Il Volo

• Gianluca Ginoble - Baritone
• Piero Barone - Tenor
• Ignazio Boschetto - Tenor

Musicians

• Celso Valli - Arrangements, production, orchestra conductor, piano and keyboards
• Mattia Tedesco - Electric and acoustic guitars
• Paolo Prosperini - Gipsy guitar
• Massimo Varini - Acoustic guitar (tracks 5 and 6)
• Cesare Chiodo - bass
• Paolo Valli - drums
• Tommy Ruggero - percussions
• Stefano Bussoli - timpani
• Massimo Tagliata - accordion
• CV Strings Ensemble - Strings
• Valentino Corvino - first violin
• Stefano di Battista - Saxophone (track 2)

Technical crew

• Celso Valli, Michele Torpedine - production
  • • • Enrico Capalbo, Roberto Bartilucci - audio engineering Marco Borsatti - audio engineering, mastering Giordano Mazzi - editing Maurizio Biancani - mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sanremo: subito primo su iTunes "Sanremo Grande Amore" de Il Volo. Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. Italian. 7 March 2015. 19 February 2015.
2. Web site: Il Volo e Sanremo Grande Amore: le ragioni del successo. Panorama. Italian. Alessandro Alicandri. 6 March 2015. 20 February 2015.
3. News: Greek IFPI Albums Sales chart Top 75 - Εβδομάδα: 27/2015. 14 July 2015. IFPI Greece. Greek. https://web.archive.org/web/20150708225815/http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html. 8 July 2015.
4. Web site: Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2015 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Italian. January 14, 2016.