Sangiovanni Cadere Volare

Gianna Nannini concluded her 2011 album Io e Te with a hard rock version of Domenico Modugno's "Volare," presumably intended half as a joke and half in earnest. The same track (albeit in a slightly edited version) also closes 2014's Hitalia, but it has now become a grand finale rather than a gimmick, as the full-blown cover album Hitalia is Nannini's tribute to the Great Italian Songbook. Alas, it is more a spirited than an inspired one. To begin with, Nannini's choices could not have been more obvious: every single one of these 17 songs is an Italian cultural icon and most have been covered to death by any number of artists. Moreover, there is not much chronological or stylistic range either, as 12 come from the 1960s, and roughly half of those were styled for the Sanremo Festival – a more accurate title for Hitalia could have been Gianna Nannini Sings the Monster Hits of her Adolescence.

One of the best albums of the great arranger Ray Conniff!!! very nice collection of great songs like the great tune NEVER ON SUNDAY (my favourite), the beautiful songs I'LL WALK ALONE and GIGI, the precious CHANSON DE AMOUR, the powerful rhythms of VOLARE, YELLOW ROSE and MACK THE KNIFE, nice songs like MOULING ROUGE and BLUEBERRY HILL and the Platters classic MY PRAYER… THIS IS THE HAPPY BEAT!!!

C. Bellegarrigue

Aldo Romano - Non Dimenticar (1993) {Polygram–MLP 518 264-2}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Drums

On this disc, drummer Aldo Romano leads an Italian supergroup to revisit some of the Italian folk repertoire.
Yes, that includes 0 sole mio and a brisk Volare but the prospective purchaser should have no fears; it is all good stuff. Paolo Fresu, doubling trumpet and flugelhorn, sounds like a more forceful Miles Davis (from the late 1950s) especially when muted while on the beautiful Estate (by Bruno Martino) he reminds me of Chet Baker as he explores the lowest register of his instrument. Pianist Franco D'Andrea's work should be another inducement to investigate this release which, if typical, indicates that Italian jazz is in a very healthy state. Recommended.

2 CDs, 40 tracks including hits from Eros Ramazzotti, Umberto Tozzi, Lucio Dalla, Jovanotti and many others.

Luciano Pavarotti was blessed with one of the most individual, unmistakable and beautiful voices there has ever been. This album contains over 3 hours of music and includes all Pavarotti's opera hits - including Nessun Dorma, his signature aria used as the 1990 FIFA World Cup theme tune and the track that made him a household name as well as all his famous popular songs: O sole mio, Caruso, Santa Lucia, Volare and many more. Other highlights include great duet collaborations with superstar friends Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, Bono, Eric Clapton,Sting and Lionel Richie plus fellow tenors Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras in the live Three Tenors version of Nessun Dorma. Pavarotti The Greatest Hits is truly the definitive collection of the music of a true legend.