All the high points of his duets, amassed over a period of 15 years, are neatly captured on what is probably his best known CD, Zucchero & Co. But still, it’s the majestic genius of “Miserere” that has the most cachet. It was written to persuade Pavarotti to join him in a duet, with English lyrics added by the omnipresent Bono. But Zucchero first approached Andrea Bocelli, a virtual unknown at the time who was working in a piano bar in Pisa, to help him record a demo. When Pavarotti heard the results, he reportedly said, “Thank you for writing such a wonderful song. Yet you do not need me to sing it. Let Andrea sing ‘Miserere,’ for there is no one finer.” Both Bocelli and Pavarotti went on to perform the song on numerous occasions.
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