Italian tenor Vittorio Grigòlo has been touted as the next Pavarotti. Here, he moves mostly to the classical side with a well-worn selection of short sacred pieces. There's nothing here to dismay the followers Grigòlo has accumulated so far with the likes of his recording of West Side Story with Hayley Westenra (to whose fans this release is heartily recommended), but he does get to stretch his voice out a bit. The sound does not vary much from piece to piece, from text to text, or even from phrase to phrase, but there is no question that it's a voice that's enjoyable to hear. It promptly enters the head register and stays there, resulting in a sound that loses none of its pure power while adding a bit of resonance. There is every chance that you will fall in love with Grigòlo on first hearing him. 1 Ave Maria (Ordo Servorum Mariae) Giovanni Maria Catena 2 Fermarono I Cieli (Antica melodia napoletana) Giovanni Maria Catena Vittorio Grigolo 3:43 Amazon 3 Maria, che dolce nome Richard Whilds Messe à troix voix, Op. 12 4 Panis Angelicus César Franck 5 Dolce cuor del mio Gesù Gaetano Capocci 6 Ave Maria Domenico Bartolucci Messa da Requiem 7 Ingemisco Giuseppe Verdi 8 Ave Maria Giulio Caccini 9 O Celeste Verginella (Canzoncina popolare in onore della Madonna del Duomo di Ancona) Giovanni Maria Catena 10 Ave verum corpus, K 618 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 11 Pietà, Signore! Louis Niedermeyer 12 Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III, D 839) Franz Schubert 13 Voglio chiamar Maria Anonymous, Italian 14 O bella mia speranza Lorenzo Perosi 15 Exaudi, Domine Lorenzo Perosi 16 La Sérènade de Schubert (Ständchen, D 957/4) Franz Schubert 17 Salve Regina 18 O Holy Night