Viva Italia

1. Se Bastasse Una Canzone

2. Gente Di Mare

3. Italiano

4. Emozioni

5. Donna Cosi

6. Tu Cosa Fai Sta Sera

7. Sorridi

8. Piccola E Fragile

9. Liberta

10. Colline Sono in Fiore

11. Ti Amo

12. Senza Una Donna

Tracks:

Mattinata - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
Mala Femmena - Frankie Fanelli
Canto D'Amore - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
Guaglione - Carlo Savina And His Orchestra
Lary Mary(Luna Mezza Mare) - Lou Monte
Anema E Core - Perry Como
Funiculi Funicula - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
Soldi, Soldi, Soldi(From 'Boccaccio '70') - Sophia Loren
Santa Lucia - Gino Del Vescovo And His Mandolins
Hey Gumbaree(Bibadee Bobadee Bu) - Lou Monte
Come Back To Sorrento - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
Volare(nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) - Domenico Modugno
A Man Without Love(Quando M'Innamore) - Sergio Franchi
O Sole Mio - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
Forget Domani(From 'The Yellow Rolls Royce') - Perry Como
Mama - Lou Monte
O Mio Bambino Caro - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
Non Dimenticar(Don't Forget) - Lou Monte
Al Di La(From 'Rome Adventure') - Frankie Fanelli
Arrivederci Roma(Goodbye To Rome) - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

ITALIAN LISTENER.......2007-07-16

This was a great cd. it came on time and was as promised in good condition. I would recomend the seller again.

Terrific!.......2007-05-30

I bought this CD because I missed listening to the music my grandfather played. This CD brought back a flood of memories for me. Wonderful compilation of my favorite italian classics.

So-So CD.......2007-04-06

This is more cafe style but still worth listening to.
Great dinner background music.

This CD will put you to sleep.......2007-02-26

We bought this CD for our daughter's wedding. After reviewing it, we could have saved our money. The version of Funiculi sounded like the Salvation Army band and it was totally lifeless. Lou Monte's Hey Gumbaree (it is actually Eh Cumpare in Italian--that should have given it away) was awful, and he consistently butchers the Italian language in all his other songs (annoying, I mean, couldn't he have learned the right pronunciation?).

While Perry Como and others have melodic voices (and very wisely sing in English because they don't know Italian), these are '50s versions of the songs, for the most part. While you have to appreciate them, they are really old and reflect the '50s type of instrumention and style. Would have loved to have heard all these songs done in a fresh and original way. Soldi Soldi was our favorite by far, and that is why we gave the CD two stars.

Could have gone to the library for this one.

Thanks for letting me voice our opinion. We are a big Italian family and just spent hundreds of dollars buying every CD out there for our daughter's wedding and figured we would share our opinion with others.

Mi piace davvero!.......2007-02-20

This is a beautiful CD filled with the authentic sounds of Italy! Each track brings be back a little farther to the streets of Italy...Rome...Trevi Fountain...bellissimo!!!!

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Viva Italia

Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
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ASIN: B00009N1ZZ
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

O Sole Mio
Santa Lucia
Vieni Sul Mar
La Danza - Jose Carreras
Arrivederci, Roma - Mantovani & His Orchestra
Brindisi - Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici - Joan Sutherland
La Donna E Mobile
Mattinata - Jose Carreras
Funiculi Funicula
Non Dimenticar - Giuseppe De Stefano
Volare
Non Ti Scordar Di Me - Placido Domingo
Maria Mari
M'Appari
Anema E Core - Jose Carreras
L'Ultima Canzone - Jose Carreras
Mamma
Core 'Ngrato
Torna A Surriento - Mario Del Monaco
Chitarra Romana (Roman Guitar)
Speak Softly Love (Love Theme) - Ronnie Aldrich

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A GOOD VERSION OF A GREAT OPERA

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri

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Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto

ASIN: B00000E3DI
Release Date: 1989-05-23

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A GOOD VERSION OF A GREAT OPERA.......2004-03-09

This recording has been around for a while, and, in fact, was the first stereo version of this opera to be recorded. It's very well presented here, with first class playing by the Maggio Fiorentina under the peppy direction of Silvio Varviso. The cast is a good one, with tenor Luigi Alva negotiating the difficult tenor role of Lindoro with relative ease. Fernando Corena is a first class basso buffa, and he presents a blustery and fun portrait of Mustafa. His singing is excellent, if his coloratura passagework is not. Rolando Panerai is a lyrical and flowing Taddeo, possibly the best sung account of this role on records. This very fine supporting cast is centered around the Isabella of Teresa Berganza, certainly one of the greatest Rossini mezzos of the post World War II period. Berganza's voice is lovely, and very youthful. She negotiates the Rossini coloratura with mastery, but in the final analysis she is somewhat bland and colorless. She lacks the bravura steamroller style of Marilyn Horne style of Marilyn Horne (who in turn lacked the charm of Berganza!), who herself made a memorable recording of this opera many years later. As far as "Italiana" itself is concerned, this is a perfectly acceptable presentation of the opera, and one which still stands up reasonably well against subsequent competition. To my ears, the best recording of this wonderful opera remains the old mono EMI version with Gulietta Simionato from La Scala, under the baton of Carlo Maria Guilini. Simionato did not have anywhere near the fluency for this music that Berganza or Horne had, but she certainly had style and character, and she made every comical moment count. Guilini, very simply, reincarnates the very spirit of Rossini. But in the absence of this classic version, the London/Berganza account is certainly a valid substitute ---- and of course, there's always Marilyn Horne's spectacular account on RCA ---- though as a performance, I prefer this one.

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Viva L'Italia!
Spanish Diva, Italian Songs. Excellents results

Viva l'Italia
Ana Belen
Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import
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Los Esenciales
Veneno Para El Corazon
Anatomia

ASIN: B0000DFZZD
Release Date: 2003-11-10

Tracks:

Ahora (Ancora)
Haciendo Camino (Strada Facendo)
CanciCanzone) - Ana Bel Lucio Dalla
Y Si Ma (E Se Domani)
Yo Canto (Canto)
Sdo Por la Tarde (Sabato Pomeriggio)
Si Yo Fuera un gel (Se Io Fossi un Angelo)
Rayo de Sol (Raggio Di Sole)
Viva Italia (Viva l'Italia)
Respirando (Respirando)
Sin Salida (Senza Fine)
Amarga Tierra (Amara Terra M

Customer Reviews:

Viva L'Italia!.......2006-10-01

I didn't know who Ana Bélen was. I was searching for singers singing Italian songs in the world in their language and have come across this record. I have appreciated this tribute to Italian singers such as Claudio Baglioni, Francesco De Gregori, Lucio Dalla, Modugno, Mina, Lucio Battisti, Fabio Concato and Gino Paoli. Ana's voice is both powerful and joyful and it's been able to touch my soul. I like the way she plays these songs. I hope that she means to record a "Viva l'Italia Vol.2" because Italy is full of beautiful songs. Hearing them in Spanish is charming for me because Italian and Spanish are somehow similiar. Brava Ana!

Spanish Diva, Italian Songs. Excellents results.......2004-04-22

The Italian songs included on this cd are so good that everyone who has a good voice has a sure success with them. And if the singer is the glorious Ana Belen we have got a brilliant result. This Cd is Amazing and so exciting that brings you to the Mefiterranean sea. You must hear it. My favourite song is Respirando

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Pleasant

Viva Italia
Inti-Illimani
Manufacturer: Absolute
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ASIN: B0006IF9WK
Release Date: 2004-11-29

Tracks:

Danza Di Calaluna
Senora Chichera
Sobre Tu Playa
Alturas
Q'apac Chunchu
Rin Del Angelito
Cinema Paradiso " Tema D'amore"
Buonanotte Fiorellino
Il Mercato Di Testaccio
El Surco
Malaguena
Tarantella
Samba Lando
El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido
Fiesta De San Benito

Customer Reviews:

Pleasant.......2005-10-19

If you like good peruvian (or chilean, I don't remember) or any other south american music this album is for you. Don't let the title mislead you, this is south american music, not italian. The musicians of the bands were exiled to Italy and this album is a live show in Italy. Great instruments combination and talented musicians.

Viva Verdi! A 100th Anniversary Celebration

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Not bad at all ... for what it is
An honor roll of Verdi recordings
Una compra obligada para todos los verdianos
An excellent little compilation
An incredible celebration! Viva Verdi!

Viva Verdi! A 100th Anniversary Celebration
Giuseppe Verdi , Hungarian State Opera Orchestra , New Philharmonia Orchestra , National Philharmonic Orchestra , Wiener Philharmoniker , Orchestra del Teatro all Scala , Munich Bavarian State Orchestra , Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , Neville Marriner , Lamberto Gardelli , Nello Santi , Fabio Luisi , Claudio Abbado , Peter Maag , Carlo Maria Giulini , Tullio Serafin , Carlos Kleiber , Francesco Molinari-Pradelli , Herbert von Karajan , Plácido Domingo , Carlo Bergonzi , Fiorenza Cossotto , Lajos Miller , Sylvia Sass , Jose Carreras , Montserrat Aparici , Sherrill Milnes , Giovanni Foiani , Shirley Verrett , Ruggero Raimondi , Montserrat Caballe , Alexander Oliver , Luciano Pavarotti , Matteo Manuguerra , Thomas Moser , Maria Venuti , Piero Cappuccilli , Anthony Michaels-Moore , and Roberto Scandiuzzi
Manufacturer: Decca
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Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

Oberto: Sinfonia - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Un giorno di regno: Scena e cavatina: Ah non m'hanno ingannata!...Grave a core innamorato (Marchesa) - Fiorenza Cossotto
Nabucco: Coro: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate - Wiener Staatsopernchor
I lombardi: Scena E Cavatina: La Mia Letizia Infondere... Come Poteva Un Angelo (Oronte, Sofia) - Placido Domingo
Ernani: Duetto: Da qual di che t'ho veduta (Don Carlo, Elvira) - Lajos Miller
I due Foscari: Atto II, preludio - Scena: Notte! perpetua notte (Jacopo) - Jose Carreras
Giovanna d'Arco: Sotto una quercia parvemi (Carlo VII) - Carlo Bergonzi
Alzira: Scena a cavatina: Riposa. Tutte, in suo dolor vegliante...Da Gusman (Alzira, Chorus, Zuma) - Marina Mescheriakova
Attila: E' gettata la mia sorte (Ezio) - Sherrill Milnes
Macbeth: Scena e cavatina: Vieni! t'affretta!...Or tutti sorgette (Lady Macbeth) - Giovanni Foiani
I masnadieri: Racconto: Un ignoto (Massimiliano) - Ruggero Raimondi
Jerusalem: Je veux encore entendre ta voix - Marcello Giordani
Il corsaro: Cavatina: Ne sulla terra creatura alcuna (Gulnara) - Alexander Oliver
la battaglia di Lagnano: Coro: Viva Italia! - Chor und Synphonieorchester des ORF
Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido (Rodolfo) - Luciano Pavarotti
Stiffelio: Scena finale: Stiffelio! - Eccomi! - Sylvia Sass

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Rigoletto: Quartetto: Bella figlia dell'amore - Piero Cappuccilli
Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa! (Azucena) - Fiorenza Cossotto
La Traviata: Atto I, preludio - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
La Traviata: Brindisi: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Alfredo, Violetta) - Placido Domingo
La Traviata: Scena ed aria: Finale (Violetta): E' strano!...Ah, fors'e lui - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
La Traviata: Follie! Delirio vano e questo!...Sempre libera - Ileana Cotrubas
Les Vepres sicilliennes: Giorno di pianto (Arrigo) - Carlo Bergonzi
Simon Boccanegra: Atto I, preludio - Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
Aroldo: Scena e quartetto finale (excerpt): Allore che gl'anni - Neil Shicoff
Un ballo maschera: Di' tu se fedele (Riccardo) - Luciano Pavarotti
La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio Dio (Leonora) - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlos: Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Don Carlos, Posa) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Aida: Se quel guerrier io fossil...Celeste Aida (Radames) - Jon Vickers
Aida: Qui Radames verra...O patria mia (Aida) - Leontyne Price
Otello: Ave Maria (Desdemona) - Renata Tebaldi
Falstaff: Facciamo il parentado...Tutto nel mondo e burla - Renato Bruson
Requiem: Requiem aeternam, Kyrie - Luciano Pavarotti

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It's rare for sampler albums to demonstrate originality, but Decca's Giuseppe Verdi compilation honoring the 100th anniversary of the composer's death in 1901 goes beyond putting a smorgasbord of Verdiana on your plate. Its lavishly illustrated 100-page book includes a potted bio of the composer and sections on each of his operas, along with Universal's complete Verdi catalog (but no texts or translations). The discs contain samples from each opera, arranged in chronological order, featuring most of the top singers of the past 40 years. They're all here, from the Three Tenors to their betters, like Jon Vickers, whose powerfully sung "Celeste Aida" is a demonstration of individuality at the service of character portrayal, and Carlo Bergonzi, whose two selections (arias from Giovanna del Arco and Les Vêspres siciliennes) are magnificent demonstrations of the true Verdi style. And this is not just another Great Hits compilation, for many of the operas are represented by rarely heard arias and ensemble pieces. The result: a neat introduction to Verdi's glorious music for neophytes and a nice supplement for Verdians, who will discover new aspects to the Bard of romantic opera. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Not bad at all ... for what it is.......2007-05-03

This two-CD set purports to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death by highlighting the whole arc of his operatic career (including his Requiem) in thirty-three tracks. This is, of course, plainly an impossible task. In general, each opera gets a single selection taken from complete performances that happened to be issued by Decca, Phillips or Deutsche Grammaphon. Since none of the three organizations had recorded either "I vespri Siciliani" or "Giovanna D'Arco," appropriate tenor arias were taken from a concert selection by Carlo Bergonzi. As the previous reviewer, Mr. Listener, pointed out, exceptions were made for "La Traviata" with four selections (all from the same recording) and "Aida" with two (ditto). In addition to those, the much more obscure "Stefellio" sneaked in the back door with a second selection from the re-written and re-named "Aroldo." The same can be said for "I Lombardi alla prima Crociata," subsequently Frenchfied as "Jerusalem."

Ten operas, "Oberto," "I Lombardi," "Ernani," "Alzira," "Macbeth," "Jerusalem," "Simon Bocanegra," "Aroldo," "Un ballo in maschera," and "Falstaff," were recorded digitally, the most recent being "Alzira" from 1999. The remaining selections were taken from digitally re-mastered analogue recordings. The oldest of them, by far, is the fabulous 1955 Tebaldi recording of "La forza del destino." Each of these recordings was made with the leading-edge technology of its day. None has lost anything in this re-issue. Their sound should be more than satisfactory to anyone except the most narrow-minded audio purist.

Among the singers, Bergonzi, Caballe, Carreras, Cortrubas, Cosotto, Domingo, Horne, Ricciarelli, Sutherland, Tebaldi and Vickers are certainly on the A-list. The others, for the most part, are also good. The conductors are uniformly strong, although none of the others was as perfectly suited to this music as the venerable Tullio Serafin, heard here only in "Il trovatore."

The set comes with the two CDs tucked away in pockets on the front and back boards of a small, bound book. The book consista of 103 pages of historical commentary, illustrations of Verdi, his wife, his collaborators, premiere productions of the operas and, just by chance, advertisements touting opera recordings from Decca, Phillips and Deutsche Grammophon.

All the original recordings were good, but only the "Otello," "Aida" and "Forza" would have any great number of fans regarding them as the best of the best, although the curiously underrated and largely forgotten "Trovatore" under Serafin is very, very good, too. As a matter of purely personal taste, I would rank only the "Forza" as without peer.

No collection that ignores the catalogues of EMI and RCA--or even the old, rough and ready CETRA, can possibly be regarded as definitive. Nevertheless, on the whole, this is a respectable attempt at its self-imposed impossible task. As I write, "Viva Verdi!" is available from various Amazon sellers at prices ranging from $8.70 to $18.68. If you are interested in a Verdi sampler, this one is a bargain.

Four sampled stars.

An honor roll of Verdi recordings.......2005-10-28

This is a commercial sampler whose 100-page book is basically a promo for the Verdi operas made by Decca, Philips, and DG. Usually such products offer insubstantial snippets, and in a sense that's true here. Verdi's operatic output from Oberto to Falstaff is given one exceprt each except for La Traviata (4) and Aida (2). The Requiem also gets a piece of the action.

The second CD, beginning with the quartet from Rigoletto, carries us into completely familiar territory. And the book is only interesting as a reminder of an honor roll of recordings that Verdi has received. It was admirable for Philips to record so much early music with great singers like Carreras and Caballe in their absolute prime.

It's the exposure of these thrilling voices that ties this collection together. Every snippet is in good osund and displays some kind of vocal excellence, often in operas like Jerusalemma or Giovanna d'Arco that few of us are likely to buy. Azira, I Due Foscari, Atila? Without this sampler these would still just be names on a page to me. Now I have a vivid, living memory of them, which is all a composer could ask for.

Una compra obligada para todos los verdianos.......2005-02-09

Este doble cd acompañado de un libro de mas de 100 paginas con comentarios sobre Verdi, sus óperas una a una, y un catalogo de discografia verdiana recomendable incluye 33 fragmentos musicales de TODAS las operas de Verdi, ademas de uno de su Requiem.
Mas alla de los fragmentos de las obras realmente conocidas (todos aqui presentes en versiones de primera clase, con solistas como Domingo, Carreras, Tebaldi, Verrett, Millnes...) el principal punto de interes de este disco radica en encontrar autenticas rarezas, como una amplia escena (12') de "Alzira" a cargo de la prometedora Marina Mescheriakova, o el poder comparar el 'La mia letizia infondere' (de I Lombardi) con el 'Je veux encore entendere' (de Jerusalem, la revision francesa de I Lombardi). En la primera encontramos a un Placido Domingo pletorico y en la segunda (mas aguda) a un Marcello Giordani sin miedo al agudo. Dos operas (Alzira y Jerusalem) nunca antes grabadas en estudio.
Una fiesta verdiana obligada, tanto para los aficcionados que quieran iniciarse como para aquellos que ya son iniciados y quieren disfrutar una vez mas con Verdi en estado puro. ¡VIVA VERDI!

An excellent little compilation.......2003-05-29

This is a great little set, better in its breadth than its depth. I came to appreciate this collection when I was putting together a score for a show entitled: "Eat your greens; The complete operas of Verdi performed in 20 minutes by a cast of vegetables" Let me assure you, when you're trying to get every Verdi opera down to 20 or so seconds and score it with a pithy arrangement of a passage, you're going to need someone to narrow it down to about one number per opera for the bulk of the shows. If I wasn't able to reference this, I would have had to look much harder and spent a lot more money to get things like the complete Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio and Alzira. This collection provided me with stellar recordings of the cream of each Verdi opera, all well recorded by major artists. In addition to this admittedly obscure usage, the collection provides a splendid overview of Verdi's truly massive career, from his early beginnings, where he nearly out-Rossinis Rossini (if that were possible) to his colossal Requiem, Falstaff, and Otello, which are arguably Wagnerian in scope and ambition. Short of a college course, and the Budden book, I can't think of any better way to internalize his acheivement than to listen to this superbly compiled and elegantly packaged delight. I recommend it highly.

An incredible celebration! Viva Verdi!.......2000-12-05

This album which is celebrating Verdi's works, is wonderful. I could say these cds present the best singers of our times singing Verdi's operas. I also noticed that here we can hear many less known works. In fact, almost all the Verdi's operas are contained in this magnificent album. As the title says: " a great celebration"

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VIVA ITALIA - Neapolitan Songs -

Manufacturer: Kayler
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ASIN: B000CA8NNO
Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

Passione
Core' Ngrato
'O Marenariello
Fenesta Che Lucive
Torna A Surriento
'Na Sera 'E Maggio
Dicitencello Vuje
'O Surdato 'Nnammurato
'A Vucchella
Funiculi` Funicula`

Album Description

Rare and incomparable solo guitar arrangements of ten timeless Neapolitan classics which epitomize Italian folk music. You'll experience the passion and haunting beauty of these songs through Kayler's intensely expressive playing, taking you to another dimension. Contains no overdubs.

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Poor Audio Quality
Heroic battle!

La Battaglia Di Legnano
Verdi , Corelli , Bastianini , Stella , and Gavazzeni
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I Masnadieri

ASIN: B00006JKFT
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Customer Reviews:

Poor Audio Quality.......2006-08-17

I ordered this CD after hearing a broadcast of a live performance of the same opera. I was very disappointed to find that this particular recording is of a 1961 performance that seems not to have benefited from modern audio reprocessing. Instead, it sounds like one is listening to a far-away low-quality AM radio. Too bad because current technology makes it possible to do a much better job of restoring earlier materials.

Heroic battle!.......2006-05-10

With such strong Verdi voices in their prime it's no surprise the result is magnificent. I was especially impressed by Stella who on other recordings sounds rather matronly. As Lida her tone is more forward and the top is in pristine condition producing many exciting moments. Corelli is his usual heroic self displaying all the qualities that made him one of the most popular tenors of the 50s and 60s. My favourite performance however came from Bastianini who sounds more involved than usual and makes a strong yet thoughtful Rolando. The opera has many beautiful duets with these three and especially with the tenor and baritone and it was fantastic to hear them sing their hearts out. Maionica and the young Ferrin do justice to their minor parts and with the great Gavazzeni at the pit, this 1961 performance is easily recommended as a live alternative to the more romantic Philips recording.

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Viva Italia

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ASIN: B000067O28
Release Date: 2002-05-01

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