Por Ti Volaré

The Italian version of "Con Te Partirò" — titled "Por Ti Volaré" in Spanish for some international markets — is the song that established Bocelli internationally before the English-language duet with Sarah Brightman made him a global phenomenon. Romanza became one of the best-selling classical crossover albums of its era.

Bocelli's range here is at its most expansive — the song's climax requiring the full extent of his upper register, the orchestral arrangement building beneath him in the way of a classic operatic aria.

Having two Bocelli entries in the One Curious World archive in a single week, alongside Slayer and Pere Ubu and The Cramps, is one of the most honest things a music curation project can do: insisting that beauty is beauty, regardless of context.