Sconcerto
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Sconcerto is an album by Italian singer Mina
Mina (singer)
Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...

, issued in 2001.

The album is an homage to the songs of Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

-winning Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu "...

.

As the title of the album implies, the songs are mostly sung with the backing of an orchestra and do not include the famous monologues heard at the beginning of several Modugno hits.

Track listing

  1. Tu si' 'na cosa grande - 4:54
  2. Pasqualino marajà - 4:13
  3. Resta cu'mme - 5:04
  4. Amara terra mia - 4:19
  5. Notte di luna calante - 5:26
  6. La donna riccia - 3:09
  7. Dio, come ti amo! - 5:39
  8. Strada 'nfosa - 4:41
  9. Come hai fatto - 4:42
  10. La lontananza - 6:19
  11. Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare) - 1:50
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