• The Italians

  The 50s, 60s, and 70s - Great years! Great music!

  Be it Pop, Rock and R&B; Italian Americans were at the forefront of the music scene.

  Now comes "The Italians," an overdue tribute to Italian Americans of the Baby Boom generation who sang the best songs of the times.

  Featured are the greatest songs of Johnny Maestro & the Crests, Annette Funicello, Frankie Avallone, Bobby Darin, Fabian, Nick Santamaria & the Capris, Connie Francis, Dion, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Sonny & Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Tufano and Giammarese (The Buckingham's), Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals), Jim Croce, and Bill Conti (Rocky's Theme).

  Celebrate the past, celebrate top Italian American talent and, above all else, a celebrate great music...

  "The Italians," provides the music on the CD and the interviews, commentary and performances on the included DVD.

  Buy "The Italians" today!

   

Buy the CD "Pizzica Indiavolata” by Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
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• The Italians

  The 50s, 60s, and 70s - Great years! Great music!

  Be it Pop, Rock and R&B; Italian Americans were at the forefront of the music scene. With the passion of Italy in their blood, they sang their songs with soulful perfection.

  Now comes "The Italians," an overdue tribute to Italian Americans of the Baby Boom generation who sang the best songs of the times. "The Italians" bring home the greatest hits of Top 40, sung and performed by top Italian American entertainers.

  Featured are the greatest songs of Johnny Maestro & the Crests, Annette Funicello, Frankie Avallone, Bobby Darin, Fabian, Nick Santamaria & the Capris, Connie Francis, Dion, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Sonny & Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Tufano and Giammarese (The Buckingham's), Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals), Jim Croce, and Bill Conti (Rocky's Theme).

  Celebrate the past, celebrate top Italian American talent and, above all else, a celebrate great music...with "The Italians," the perfect CD for any occasion.

  Buy "The Italians" today!

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• Focu d'Amore

  Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino performs the folk music of the Puglia region.
  
  Mauro Durante, who plays violin, drums and sings, is the band leader, who inherited the position from his father Daniele who founded CGS in 1975. As its name signifies, the seven person ensemble plays the traditional music of Italy's Puglia region. Salentino is the small city in Italy from where the band originated near the southeastern tip of the Italian peninsula. Part of the band's name Canzoniere Grecanico means "Greek Songbook," a reference to Puglia's old and continuous connection to Greece.
  
  "Focu D'Amore" features 13 tracks. There is "Beddhu stanotte" a rollicking dance song. The second "Nenia grika" which is a soft and sensual romantic song with a beautiful solo violin. "Dumenica marina,""Canzune all ruvescia," "Nu pizzicu e pizzicarella," "Ronda," and "Pizzica caddhipulina" are tarantellas where the tamburellos are played prominently. "Tuppe tuppe" shows the diversity of Canzoniere with a polka-like tune and Mexican-style trumpet. "Cogli la rosa" almost sounds Morrocan with an erotic sounding horns. "Zumpa ninella" captures the celebratory spirit of the South. "La furesta" and "Il mito" contains haunting vocals by Maria Mazzotta and the profound violin of Mauro Durante. "Quistione meridonale" is a song about the South and as such representative of the spirit of Canzoniere.
  
  The great Italian folk songs of the Puglia region are captured once again by Canzoniere Grecanica Salentino. "Focu D'Amorie" is a great CD for your Italian music collection. Buy it today from PRIMO at www.primomagazine.com or call toll free 866-677-7466.

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• Sinatra With Love

  With his signature black suit, tie and fedora hat, rain coat over his shoulder, Frank Sinatra stands in front of a pink wall.
  
  It is signature image of Sinatra on the cover of the CD “Sinatra with Love.” Ole Blue Eyes will have a place in every Italian American’s heart. He is the ultimate urban crooner who sings the songs of love and romance.
  
  “Sinatra with Love” contains 16 songs ranging from “Moonlight Becomes You” to “My Foolish Heart.” Different stages of Sinatra’s life can be heard on the CD: From his early crooner days after he left the Tommy Dorsey orchestra to the period of kinglike status of the late 1970s when his strong voice took on a smoky maturity.
  
  Sinatra sings the masterful works of great songwriters such as Jerome Kern, Sammy Cahn and Cole Porter. We hear “The Look of Love,” “The Tender Trap,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” “I Love You,” and “The Way You Look Tonight.”
  
  Some songs have been remastered to fully capture their vitality. “Misty” stands out among the perennial favorites as does “My Foolish Heart,” and “Moonlight Becomes You.”
  
  “Sinatra with Love,” is a CD that everyone will like. Old, young, married, single - it doesn’t matter - everyone loves Sinatra. And why not? His voice is the best and his songs remind us that no matter how times change, love and romance remain forever.
  
  “Sinatra with Love” is available through PRIMO. Buy this CD today!

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• Italia Guitar Duos

  Although considered an instrument of America and the backbone of rock, blues and country, the guitar has a far deeper legacy, a stringed instrument that brought to life classical and Baroque music compositions from Italy.
  
  “Italia Guitar Duos” is the brainchild of Joachim Schrader and Jan Erler, guitar players from Germany who spent years studying the interpretations of Italian compositions by Heinrich Albert. In the early 20th century, Albert, who was a renowned composer, began transferring the musical pieces of Italians for guitar-only performances. Schrader and Erler rediscovered Albert’s work and thus named their guitar-playing duet after their newfound hero. The CD “Italian Guitar Duos” is a new recording of Albert’s interpretations of Italian compositions.
  
  “Italia Guitar Duos” gives new life to the extraordinary musical works from Italy. Expertly played on guitar are compositions from Italy’s classical and Baroque music eras; many of which are from Southern Italy, with particular emphasis in Naples. We hear the works of Ferdinando Carulli and Domenico Scarlatti, from Naples, and Domenico Cimarosa, from Caserta. Their work, from the 17th and 18th centuries, can be heard on the CD in the soft yet distinct sounds of the classical guitar. Mauro Giuliani was a composer and master string instrument player from Apulia. His composition “La Gazza Ladra” is played on guitar. Another composer highlighted is Gioachino Antonio Rossini, born in Pesaro, Le Marche region, in 1792.
  
  Perhaps the most famous of composers to have his work played in “Italia Guitar Duos” is none other than Nicolo Paganini. His works Cantabile and Tarantella are brought to new life in expert guitar renditions by Schrader and Erler.
  
  “Italia Guitar Duos” is a perfect CD to get revel the beauty of Italian guitar compositions. Buy this CD today!

Buy the double CD "Canzoni Villanesche” exclusively from PRIMO. Yours for only $19.95! Free shipping and handling included.

• Canzoni Villanesche: Neapolitan Love Songs of the 16th Century

  A  double set CD celebrates the music of Naples in the Baroque era.

  The 16th century, Neapolitan musicians and composers invented the genre of "Canzoni Villanesche,” celebrated throughout Europe. At first, they were songs of humor that made light of the literary madrigal. The genre then developed as great composers came to Naples such as Adrian Willaert (“A quanda, a quand'haveva una vicina”) and Orlando di Lasso (e.g., “Sto core mio se fosse di diamante and O Lucia miau, miau”). “Canzoni Villanesche” evolved into a refined genre of the late 16th-century madrigal.

  This CD contains 34 outstanding pieces, such as “Madonna mia la vostra alma bellezza” by Vincenzo Fontana, “Baciami, vita mia, baciami anchora,” by Baldassare Donato, “S’io dormo aggio gran male,” by Meo Fiorentino, and more.

  The music is in Italian with a wide range of beautiful melodies, which are both soothing and inspiring.

  Total time: 120 minutes.
  
  “Canzoni Villanesche” is a CD that will sooth the spirit with beautiful compositions. Buy this CD today!

Buy the CD "La Cambiale di Matrimonio." Yours for only $19.95! Free shipping and handling included.

• Gioacchino Rossini's "La Cambiale di Matrimonio” (The Marriage Contract)

  It took less than a week for Rossini, who was 18 years old at the time, to compose his first professional opera, based on the libretto by Gaetano Rossi. "La Cambiale di Matrimonio" premiered on November 10, 1810 at the Teatro San Moise in Venice.
  
  “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” is a farsa comica opera; a one-act comedic genre popular in Venice at the time it was produced. The opera is based on a play written by Camillo Federici in 1791.

  “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” is set in the London home of aristocrat Tobias Mill. It is the story of an arranged marriage that goes astray. Mill's daughter Fanny is engaged to Slook, a businessman visiting from Canada. Slook's arrival to London is replete with threats and intrigues. He learns from the servants, Norton and Clarina, that the goods he will receive from Mill in return for marrying Fanny are mortgaged. He then discovers Fanny and Edward together. He learns of their dilemma and agrees to help. He calls off the arranged marriage and Mill challenges him to a duel for breach of contract. The old man is given a peace pipe instead of a pistol and no one is hurt in the duel. In the end, he agrees to Fanny and Edward’s marriage.

  “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” is considered one of opera’s most important productions because it was Rossini’s first. The music became a springboard toward achieving his greatest work, “The Barber of Seville.”

  Total time: 77 minutes.
  
  “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” is an example of Rossini’s musical greatness. Buy this CD today. Just $19.95! And, as always, free shipping!