Alegría (soundtrack)

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Alegría
Cover
Cirque du Soleil
publication 1994
length 5:47
Author (s) René Dupéré, Franco Dragone, Claude Amesse, Manuel Tadros
album Alegría

Alegría ( Spanish for: joy ) is the soundtrack and for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name .

The text consists partly of Spanish, English and Italian poetry.

Alegría's music was released as a studio album on September 27, 1994. Produced by Robbi Finkel, it remains the Cirque du Soleil's best-selling album to this day, having sold more than 500,000 times worldwide. Robbi Finkel and René Dupéré were nominated for best arrangers at the 1996 Grammy Awards . The album was nominated for several Félix Awards in 1995 and won two of them: " Producer of the Year " (Robbi Finkel and René Dupéré) and " Sound Mixer of the Year " (Rob Heaney). Alegría was also on the Billboard charts for 65 weeks .

The French-Canadian opera singer Francesca Gagnon took on the lead vocals .

Several versions of the soundtrack have been recorded since its original release. Two tracks titled " Cerceaux " and " Malioumba " were recorded on live shows during the 2001 season in Sydney. In 2002, the Alegria soundtrack was re-recorded by Cirque du Soleil Musique Inc. In 1995 a limited staff edition, Alegría - Live at Fairfax , was created for the artists and the production crew. This special edition contains the entire score on CD and is considered a collector's item.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Alegria . last.fm. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Alegría Cirque du Soleil . amazon.com. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Algeria . allmusic.com. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  5. ^ Music - Alegría - Official soundtrack . Cirque du Soleil. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
  6. ↑ Music - Alegría . Cirque Tribune. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  7. ↑ Alegría (1999) . imdb.com. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  8. ^ Cirque-du-Soleil-Alegria-An-Enchanting-Fable . nytimes.com. Retrieved December 24, 2013.