LUCIANO VIRGILI - ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS
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LUCIANO VIRGILI - ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS
| SIDE 1 ADDIO SIGNORA PICCOLA SANTA CARA PICCINA FILI D'ORO AMOR DI PASTORELLO NON TI SCORDAR DI ME |
SIDE 2 VIVERE LADRA PORTAMI TANTE ROSE CHIOVE PRIMO AMORE BALOCCHI E PROFUMI |
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PICCOLA SANTA | ||
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CARA PICCINA | ||
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FILI D'ORO | ||
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AMOR DI PASTORELLO | ||
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NON TI SCORDAR DI ME | ||
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VIVERE | ||
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LADRA | ||
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PORTAMI TANTE ROSE | ||
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CHIOVE | ||
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PRIMO AMORE | ||
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BALOCCHI E PROFUMI | ||
| Luciano Virgili as a child
vowed and intended to become a great operatic star in his native Italy,
but a throat operation changed -his life
and his career. Today he is one of Italy's most successful singers of
popular songs. Virgili was born in Ardenza (Leghorn) in January of 1923. His uncle was the prominent Italian tenor, Galliano Masini. The youthful Luciano, however, eventually topped his uncle's renown by turning to the earthy, popular field. This collection of Virgili's most successful Italian records reveals his great skill as a lyric singer - it is obvious why he is so beloved in Italy today. SIDE ONE |
Yesterday I had a talk with
our priest and he told me that if my love is not sinful, my desire will
be satisfied. Today I saw her coming out of the church and I offered her
the blessed water. She smiled at me. Now, while I hold her in my arms
she tells me of her love for me and I can only whisper to her that I am
dying of joy. AMOR DI PASTORELLO (Love of a
Shepherd) |
PORTAMI TANTE ROSE ( Bring
Me Lots of Roses) The song is a simple one - Virgili is aware that his sweetheart is leaving on the morrow, but he remains unmoved. He asks only for one more gift - roses. "I will smother my heart just as you want me to do. I will lie to you and say I don't care any longer. But bring me lots of roses."
CHIOVE (It Rains) |
| PICCOLA SANTA
(Litle Saint) "'Little Saint' is what I used to call you when we walked together along the beautiful path, but now you are gone. My friends tell me to hope for your return but it is useless. Little Saint, come back. The little church where you once • prayed is still here." CARA PICCINA (Little Darling ) "For 30 days and 30 nights I have hardly slept. Let's you and I dismiss our love if our love brings unhappiness." FILI D'ORO (Golden Threads) Virgili sings of Rose, who has hair like golden threads, and how he follows her but is too shy to call her name. |
SIDE TWO VIVERE (To Live) Virgili again turns to philosophy as' he sings of the delight of living and laughing. "To pick -the prettiest flowers, -to laugh while there is youth life is beautiful and I want to Iive it to the full. LADRA (Thief) "The law condemns he who steals bread to eat, yet it condones you who are killing me little by little. There is no law to protect the heart. Yoti are destroying me with your whims. You have stolen my heart - what do you want with it?" |
years. "One can never forget his first love. There is an old saying that
I recall and I know that you won't be able to forget the first time that
I took you in my arms. I am your first love. Give me your kisses and I
shall give you my life." BALOCCHI E PROFUMI (Toys and Perfumes) Signor Virgili saves the most sorrowful song for his finale. Extremely popular throughout Italy in the 1920s. this is a song about a little girl and her sinful mother. In a store full of toys and perfumes a little girl enters with her mother. The woman purchases only perfumes for herself; ..nothing for her daughter. Meanwhile, back at the room, the mother lends her lips to sin while the little girl watches and suffers. Then she becomes violently ill and her mother belatedly runs to buy all the toys in the store. Returning home, she find her daughter's eyes closing - in death.' The mother bitterly cries her repentance and remorse. And thus does Luciano Virgili conclude his recital. |
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