[1][2] Bocelli was accompanied by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Myung-whun Chung.

In 2000, the album led Bocelli to receive an ECHO Klassik for "Bestseller of the year", as well as a 2000 Classical BRIT Award for "Album of the Year", and a Goldene Europa for classical music, in 2000.

[22] A DVD of the concert, filmed in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, was also released in 1999.

This broadcast was nominated in 2000 for an Emmy Award – Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program.

[24] Sacred Arias Special Edition, a two disc set with CD and DVD was released in 2003.