Italian Treasury: Sicily

Various Artists - International - Europe - Continental | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B00004WF6E
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,987 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carrittera

2. Battle Between Orlando and Rinaldo

3. Cialomi

4. Canti Dei Salinai

5. Surfarara

6. Surfaraca

7. U Pisari

8. U Metiri

9. Ballu da Curdedda

10. Ninna Nanna

11. La Nicusiota

12. U Pisari

13. Ninna Nanna

14. Suonata for Bagpipe

15. La Storia Di Cicciu Ulivieri

16. Tammurinata

17. Nnuena

18. Almond Sorters Song

19. Carrittera

20. La Ruggiera

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Paese, December 24, 2004

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Nona "Giuseppa" (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Italian Treasury: Sicily (Audio CD)

This music was interesting, to be able to hear the actual songs of the people as they worked in the fields, etc. A little difficult for me to understand due to the sicilian dialect, but still enjoyed it. I am keeping it as a reference for my children to have a piece of their heritage that is this slowing disappearing. Thank you for having recorded it before this happened.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but somewhat disappointing, November 5, 2006

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Vinnie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Italian Treasury: Sicily (Audio CD)

I was excited to order this CD of traditional Sicilian music after watching a PBS special on Alan Lomax. It's a compilation of music he recorded as a researcher and these songs are priceless as historical artifacts. However, I am disappointed by the selection of music, although I don't know how what he recorded compares to what was included on this CD. There are a few very interesting songs to listen to, but there is not much difference between many of them. Futhermore, this CD includes a relatively long spoken recording of a traditional Sicilian story which is interesting to hear once, but not something you're going to want to listen to over and over again. Being somewhat acquainted with traditional Sicilian music, it's unfortunate that this CD (and maybe his original recording) doesn't include more of a variety. I also ordered his CD of music from Abruzzo and I'm more pleased with that one. Bottom line, if you want to remember Nonna by listening to Sicilian music this CD is probably not for you. If you want to hear some very old, very interesting music that harkens back centuries, get it.