Laura Pausini – Laura Live World Tour 09 (+CD)

The DVD is not so good. Laura appears in about 25% of the video. The rest is shots of the band, backup vocalists, and a whole lot of the audience. It also suffers from changing scenes every five seconds or so. It is quite distracting. If you want an example of how it should be done look up her performance of «Tra te e il mare» from the Italian show Due on YouTube.

The CD is great. The quality of the songs is outstanding. Her voice is crystal clear and it sounds like you are actually there. It could have had a few more songs on it though. None of the medleys are included.

What made this a three-star rating rather than a four-star was the selection of songs. «Non c’e» and «Resta in ascolto» are not there. For some inexplicable reason «Strani amori» and the medley that includes «Gente», «Il mio sbaglio piu grande», and «Bellissimo cosi» are in Spanish rather than Italian. «Bellissimo cosi» proved to be popular enough that in later concerts she performed it in it’s entirety, yet it is only part of a medley here. At least she finally did a live performance of «Due innamorati come noi» which is one of her best songs ever.