ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS, Vol. 2 (1926-1953)

With its predominantly Neapolitan overtones of sunshine and romance, the Italian canzone popolare, or canzonetta, has long held its place in the global market. The selections on this album are mostly survivors from the last Golden Age of this popular genre, which spanned a period of about one hundred years prior to the Piedigrotta and San Remo festivals of the mid-1950s. The best known, such as Cottrau’s Addio a Napoli, Tosti’s Non t’amo più and Mascagni’s Stornelli marini have been recorded over several decades by famous singers as varied as Caruso, McCormack, Mario Lanza and the Bulgarian-born Armand Tokatyan. Volume 1 of Italian Popular Songs is available on Naxos 8.110768.

Tracklist

Cottrau, Teodoro
Cottrau, Teodoro - Lyricist
Del Monaco, Mario (tenor)
1 Addio a Napoli 03:01
Del Monaco, Mario (tenor)
Tosti, Paolo
Pagliara, Rocco Emanuele - Lyricist
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
2 Aprile 04:01
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
Arona, Columbo
Drovetti, Giovanni - Lyricist
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
3 La campana di San Giusto 04:14
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
Falvo, Rodolfo
Fusco, Enzo - Lyricist
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
4 Dicitencello vuje 03:34
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
De Curtis, Ernesto
Bovio, Libero - Lyricist
Valente, Alessandro (tenor)
5 Tu, ca nun chiagne! 02:54
Valente, Alessandro (tenor)
Sadero, Geni
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
6 Fa la nana, bambin' 02:48
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
Capua, Eduardo di
Russo, Vincenzo - Lyricist
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
7 l'te vurria vasa! 03:42
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo
Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo - Lyricist
Tokatyan, Armand (tenor)
8 Lolita 03:10
Tokatyan, Armand (tenor)
Tosti, Paolo
Pagliara, Rocco Emanuele - Lyricist
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
9 Malia 03:20
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
D'Anzi, Giovanni
Del Monaco, Mario (tenor)
10 Malinconia d'amore 03:03
Del Monaco, Mario (tenor)
Rotoli, Augusto
Pertile, Aureliano (tenor)
11 Mia sposa sara la mia bandiera 03:55
Pertile, Aureliano (tenor)
Costa, Pasquale Mario
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
12 Napulitanata 03:25
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
Tosti, Paolo
Errico, Carmelo - Lyricist
Pertile, Aureliano (tenor)
13 Non t'amo più 03:25
Pertile, Aureliano (tenor)
Tagliaferri, Ernesto
Murolo, Ernesto - Lyricist
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
14 Nun me sceta 03:15
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
Donaudy, Stefano
Donaudy, Alberto - Lyricist
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
15 O bei nidi d'amore 03:31
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
Pennino, Gaetano Errico
Flaviis, C. de - Lyricist
Mazzei, Enrico di (tenor)
16 Pecche? 02:55
Mazzei, Enrico di (tenor)
Tagliaferri, Ernesto
Murolo, Ernesto - Lyricist
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
17 Piscatore 'e Pusilleco 02:52
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
De Curtis, Ernesto
Barbieri, Antonio - Lyricist
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
18 Senza nisciuno 02:53
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
Gambardella, Salvatore
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
19 Serenata a Surriento 03:42
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
Mascagni, Pietro
Menasci, Guido - Lyricist
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
20 Stornelli marini 01:42
Gigli, Beniamino (tenor)
Nardella, Evemero
Bovio, Libero - Lyricist
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
21 Surdate 02:39
Schipa, Tito (tenor)
Crescenzo, Vincenzo de
Crescenzo, Vincenzo de - Lyricist
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
22 Tarantella sincera 02:39
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
Traditional
May, Hans - Arranger
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
23 Tiritomba (arr. H. May) 02:40
Schmidt, Joseph (tenor)
Denza, Luigi
Pertile, Aureliano (tenor)
24 Vieni 02:26
Pertile, Aureliano (tenor)

Total Playing Time: 01:15:46