Best of [Import]

Angelo Branduardi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000006UE4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,430 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Luna

2. Confession Di un Malandrino

3. La Serie Dei Numeri

4. Il Dono del Cervo

5. Alla Fiera Dell'est

6. Sotto Il Tiglio

7. La Pulce d'Acqua

8. Ballo in Fa Diesis Minore

9. Il Ciliegio

10. Cogli la Prima Mela

11. Il Signore Di Baux

12. La Volpe

13. Il Violinista Di Dooney

14. Tango

15. Madame

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Branduardi: Master of Balad for postmodern folks, December 12, 2004

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Joseph Boenzi (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

The subtitle of this CD is "Best of" as opposed to "Greatest hits". In fact, all of Angelo Branduardi's greatest hits are contained in this collection, but the difference is that the singer-composer himself has chosen the 15 compositions for this album.

Branduardi's music is ballad-like in quality, and follows the traditions of Northern Italian folk music, while gently interweaving sounds and rhythms of the end of the 2nd millennium (the songs in this collection were first published between 1976 and 1990). Branduardi experiments with a number of new and traditional instruments from Europe and Mediterranean (guitar, violin, dulcimer, oud, kanun, charango, bombo, cassa and maracas). It may surprise some to hear Celtic strains played from the other side of the Alps, but the Celts left their mark even there and Branduardi values that heritage.

The entire album is sung in Italian, but the album notes offer descriptions of each work, as well as a biographcial sketch of the singer-composer, in English. Curiously, in those album notes Branduardi describes his songs with "flavor" images rather than sound images: it is not out of place, then, to say to the listeners "Buon Appetito" as well as "Buon Ascolto!" (Enjoy the meal and happy listening to you!)