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Italia Mia and Verzauberter Klang aus Germany

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Italia Mia was the great maestro Mantovani's eighth, million selling recording in 1961. It stayed in the US charts for 50 weeks! This is not surprising because the Italian melodies enhanced by Mantovani's gifted arrangements are still attracting listeners today who may hear some of the renditions by the current day orchestra bearing the Mantovani name. These original recordings are even more spectacular to hear, and we are indebted to the producers at Vocalion for starting the process of re-releasing Mantovani's music on CD. Some of the CD's selections have not heard for decades, such as the hauntingly beautiful "Come Back to Sorrento," the stunning "Mattinata," the ever popular Dean Martin classic, "Return to Me": a heart tugging "Vissi D'Arte," and a very lively and clever arrangement of the "Bersagieri March," among many other Italian classics. As a special bonus, Vocalion added a scarce recording from 1969 Germany, never before issued in any format in the US, Japan or UK. Perhaps for the very first time, avid fans will hear Mantovani's distinctive strings playing many beautiful German melodies. To sum up, this two CD set is a glorious treat for those who can never get enough of the Mantovani sound, or who have difficulty finding the original master recordings on CD.
The meliorating music of Mantovani makes its marvelous return.

The vinyl record Italia Mia by Mantovani was the first record purchased by our family when we bought our first Radiogram in 1961. This record was being played in the store when my parents entered. They loved this beautiful traditional Italian music.It was so hard to resist they not only bought the record but also bought the Radiogram,
our first.

I still have the vinyl which has many surface noises and scratches from much use. I have been trying for a long time, both in Australia and overseas,to purchase a replacement CD of this recording. I was delighted to discover
its availability through Amazon and now I am so pleased to have Italia Mia which is not only very beautiful
music but also so significant to our family history.

The additional bonus is the inclusion on the album of the additional Mantovani " Verzauberter Klang aus Germany". This is particularly significant to our family as our daughter in law is German and the inclusion of this German collection provides us with insights into our German family background in music.

This CD is a bit of nostalgia. My mother played it alot when I was a kid. It brings back a lot of memories -- I still find it very relaxing and was glad that I found it in CD format.