Concerto is the tenth studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in 1988 through Baby Records. In Germany the album was released as Poesia di Venezia and in Belgium as Splendore di Venezia by Silver Star in 1999. The album failed to chart in Italy, but topped the Swiss chart.
Overview "Controdanze" is a special composition with 3 dances (Minuetto, Polka and Gavotta) this technique is called Musical Holographie: when listening to the mono-left only you can hear the Minuetto (3/4), when listening to the mono-right only you can hear the Polka (2/4) and on stereo you can hear the Gavotta (4/4). The cover for the album "Poesia di Venezia".
The cover of Poesia di Venezia is inspired by the painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini entitled Musical Feast Given by the Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld for the Marriage of the Dauphin, Paris, Louvre.
Track listing All tracks are written by Gian Piero Reverberi and Ivano Pavesi. In the Belgian and German version the track "Concerto" is renamed as "Poesia di Venezia".
Concerto (International)
Poesia di Venezia (Germany)
Splendore di Venezia (Belgium)
Personnel Jesús Eduardo Álvarez Herrera – classical guitar (1, 3, 5, 9, 11) Gian Piero Reverberi – production, conduction Angus McKie – cover art Harry Thumann – sound engineer Klaus Strazicky – sound engineer
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Charts + Chart performance for Concerto Chart (1988–1990) Peakposition European Albums (Music & Media) 28 French Albums (SNEP) 3
+ Chart performance for Poesia di Venezia Chart (1988–1999) Peakposition
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