Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics

Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Umberto di Toto (Composer), Norman Layden (Composer), Nisa / Fanciulli (Composer), Paolo Citorella (Composer), Salve Esposito (Composer), Luigi Denza (Composer), Unspecified (Composer), Teodoro Cottrau (Composer), Pat Leone (Composer), Ernesto de Curtis (Composer), Domenico Modugno (Composer), Mario Livraghi (Composer), Eduardo di Capua (Composer), Riz Ortolani (Composer), Barlow / Brito (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Michele / Redi, P.G. Galdieri (Composer), Max Steiner (Composer), Garinei (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto di Toto, Norman Layden, Nisa / Fanciulli, Paolo Citorella, et al.
• Audio CD (July 2, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WXS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,715 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Pop > Euro Pop > Italian Pop
  • #8 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1950s
  • #14 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Historical Periods > Modern & 20th Century

Track Listings

1. Mattinata ("L'aurora di bianco vestita"), song for voice & piano (or or

2. Mala Femmena

3. Canto d'Amore

4. Guaglione

5. Lazy Mary (Luna Mezza Mare)

6. Anema e core (With All My Heart and Soul), song

7. Funiculì Funiculà, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)

8. Soldi soldi soldi

9. Santa Lucia, for voice & orchestra

10. Hey Gumbaree (Bibadee Bobadee Bu)

11. Torna a Surriento, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

12. Volare, for voice & orchestra (a.k.a. "Nel blu dipinto di blu")

13. Man Without Love (Quando m'Innamore)

14. O sole mio, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

15. Forget Domani (from the motion picture The Yellow Rolls-Royce)

16. Mama

17. O Mio Bambino Caro

18. Non Dimenticar (Do Not Forget), song

19. Rome Adventure, film score

20. Arrivederci, Roma, song

Editorial Reviews

This is the ultimate Italian greatest hits collection. Included are such beloved classics as "Mala Femmena," "Volare," "Lazy Mary," "Mama" and "Arrivederci Roma."
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Media Type: CD
Artist: VIVA ITALIA!
Title: FESTIVE ITALIAN CLASSICS
Street Release Date: 07/02/1996
Domestic
Genre: ITALIAN

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics, December 4, 1999

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Michael A. Bruscell (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics (Audio CD)

This CD brings me back to the Brooklyn I knew in the 1950's. Frankie Fanelli's renditions of "Mala Femmena" and "Al Di La" are tremendous. Perry Como's "Anema E Core" is pure liquid velvet! Has anyone even come close to Lou Monte's "Lazy Mary"? Of course not, and Lou's renditions alone are more than worth the cost of the CD. Almost a full hour of joy!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lazy mary, May 19, 2000

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sue stagnitto (california, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics (Audio CD)

i love this cd. it has many of the "classic" italian & sicilian tunes. the only problem is that they are not all in italian...too much english. it also has too many tunes without lyrics. other than than this is a terrific cd. i highly recommend it, especially if you are sicilian/italian. i'm looking for this genre of songs IN ITALIAN LYRICS.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Italian music fans, October 27, 2001

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Dave, Katie and Jeff (seattle, wa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics (Audio CD)

We have listened to this CD over and over and love it every time.
We love all the songs. Nobody can sing Lazy Mary like Lou Monte. And all the other vocals are classic. The instrumentals are beautiful. Katie likes to dance to some of the songs. Play this anytime you want to feel like you are in Italy. We highly recommend it.