FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI - SONGS MY FATHER SANG
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FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI - SONGS MY FATHER SANG
| SIDE 1 SE VUOI GODER LA VITA TORNA PICCINA MIA LA SPAGNOLA COME PIOVEVA LA CANZONE DELL'AMORE LUNA MARINARA |
SIDE 2 CARA PICCINA UN'ORA SOLA TI VORREI COME LE ROSE LA MIA CANZONE AL VENTO AMOR DI PASTORELLO APPASSIONATAMENTE |
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SE VUOI GODER LA VITA | ||
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TORNA PICCINA MIA | ||
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LA SPAGNOLA | ||
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COME PIOVEVA | ||
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LA CANZONE DELL'AMORE | ||
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LUNA MARINARA | ||
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CARA PICCINA | ||
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UN'ORA SOLA TI VORREI | ||
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COME LE ROSE | ||
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LA MIA CANZONE AL VENTO | ||
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AMOR DI PASTORELLO | ||
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APPASSIONATAMENTE | ||
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FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI - SONGS MY FATHER SANG .......THE SWEETNESS OF ITALIAN SONGS, THE RICH VOICE OF A GREAT TENOR...... FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI, FOR MANY YEARS A MAINSTAY OF LA SCALA, WHO HAS SUNG LEADING ROLES AT VIRTUALLY EVERY GREAT OPERA HOUSE IN THE WORLD, HERE LENDS HIS MAGNIFICENTLY LIQUID VOICE TO THE POPULAR SONGS OF NAPLES. IN DOING SO, HE FOLLOWS A TRADITION OF MANY GREAT ITALIAN TENORS. CARUSO, FOR INSTANCE, EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS FAME, STILL LIKED TO SING THOSE EXUBERANTLY MELODIC STREET SONGS OF HIS NATIVE NAPLES. OVER THE YEARS, HIS RECORDING OF 0 SOLE NTIO HAS PROBABLY BEEN HEARD BY MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE PERFORMANCE IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC. LATER, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF RADIO, BENIAMINO GIGLI WOULD TAKE AN OCCASIONAL BREATHER FROM LA SCALA TO SING NEAPOLITAN SONGS ON THE AIR. ON SUCH OCCASIONS, LISTENERS ALL OVER EUROPE WERE TWIRLING DIALS IN HOPES OF CATCHING AN ITALIAN STATION. TAGLIAVINI, TOO, HAS RETAINED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE A DEEP PERSONAL BOND WITH THE POPULAR MUSIC OF HIS LAND. AFTER ALL, IT WAS THE MELTING MELODIC RICHNESS OF ITALIAN SONG THAT GAVE RISE TO THE WHOLE OPERATIC TRADITION OF BEL CANTO. WHAT DO THE SONGS SAY? THEY SPEAK OF THE USUAL ROMANTIC CONCERNS—LOVE, PASSION, JEALOUSY, THE MOONLIT SEA, AND BRIGHT PASSING FANCIES. BUT WHAT THE SONGS SAY ISN'T AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT THEY SUGGEST: THE SOFT MEDITERRANEAN AIR, THE DEEP COLOURS OF THE SKY, THE LUMINOUS SEA AND ITS GOLDEN SHORES—THE ENTIRE SUNLIT SPELL OF NAPLES SEEMS CAPTURED BY THESE SONGS. VITALITY AND SOFTNESS BLEND IN THEM, THEIR FLOWING MELODIES AND GENTLE LILT RECALL THAT ROMANTIC AURA THAT HAS DRAWN ENRAPTURED VISITORS TO ITALY SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.ALL THE SONGS ON THIS RECORD STEM FROM THE YEARS BETWEEN 1910 AND 1940—NOT A HAPPY TIME IN ITALY. BUT HARD TIMES WERE MADE A LITTLE LIGHTER FOR NEAPOLITANS BY SUCH POPULAR COMPOSERS AS LAMA, RULLI, BIXIO AND GILL WHO FILLED THE SONGS OF THOSE TIMES WITH CHARM AND MELODY AND A FEELING OF TENDERNESS. TO MANY OLDER ITALIANS WHO LIVED THROUGH THIS ERA, THESE SONGS ARE HAPPY MEMORIES OF THEIR YOUTH. FRANCIS TRAUN RECORDED IN ITALY. A&R CO-ORDINATOR LEE SCHAPRIO ©1964, RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA THIS ALBUM IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN STEREO |
