Il Divo

(Choral Collection)-Men's quartets and choruses will bring down the house with this choral collection featuring songs by the pop/classical mega-group Il Divo! These six authentic arrangements provide a wealth of repertoire! Includes: All by Myself Every Time I Look at You Nella Fantasia Si Tu Me Amas Unchained Melody You Raise Me Up. Available separately: TTBB.

You Raise Me Up , written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and Irish novelist Brendan Graham, achieved its unique success mainly through being recorded by so many artists - around 150 of them to date. Originally intended as an instrumental entitled 'Silent Story' Løvland's melody only acquired lyrics after the Norwegian composer invited Graham - whose novels he knew - to turn it into a song for Secret Garden's 2002 album Once In A Red Moon . It was sung on the album by Irish vocalist Brian Kennedy and although it enjoyed some success in both Ireland and Norway, the song's eventual path to legendary status only began when Josh Groban took it to the number one spot on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart in 2004. Groban performed the song at several high-profile events in the US (including Super Bowl XXXVIII, Oprah Winfrey's 50th birthday celebration, and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show where he was accompanied by the African Children's Choir). Westlife raised the song's profile further when they made it the debut single from their album, Face To Face. It was to become an all-purpose inspirational anthem featured at everything from the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize concert to series 4 of The X-Factor in the UK. Daniel O'Donnell, Aled Jones, Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo, Russell Watson and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir have now all performed it, helping to turn Løvland and Graham's uplifting song into a global phenomenon and a 21st century classic. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

Top songs from recent pop charts and movies arranged for Easy Piano include: Adelieland (from Happy Feet) * Billy\'s Theme * (from The Departed) * California (from The O. C., performed by Phantom Planet) * Can You Read My Mind\' (from Superman Returns) * Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol) * Theme from Rocky(Gonna Fly Now) (from Rocky Balboa) * High (James Blunt) * I Believe in You (Celine Dion and Il Divo) * I Knew I Loved You (Celine Dion) * In Rosa Vernat Lilium (from The Nativity) * The James Bond Theme (from Casino Royale) * Love Will Always Win (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood) * The Pink Panther * Silly Dreamer (from The Sweet Dreams Movie) * Some Hearts (Carrie Underwood) * Stranger in a Strange Land (Barbra Streisand ) Superman Theme (from Superman Returns) * The Departed Tango (from The Departed) * Way Back Into Love (from Music and Lyrics). 64 pages.