Rapsodia veneziana

Rapsodia veneziana
Studio album by
Released1986 (1986)
StudioCountry Lane Studios, Munich
Genre[1]
Length38:47
LabelBaby
ProducerGian Piero Reverberi
Rondò Veneziano chronology
Casanova
(1985)
Rapsodia veneziana
(1986)
Arabesque
(1987)
Alternative cover
Germany release as Fantasia veneziana

Rapsodia veneziana is the eighth studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in Italy by Baby Records in 1986. It reached number one in Switzerland[2] and received platinum certification there.[3] In Germany it was released as Fantasia veneziana, and in Belgium (with two different versions), Luxembourg, Sweden and the Netherlands as Lagune.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gian Piero Reverberi and Laura Giordano. In one of the two the Belgian versions the tracks "Fantasia veneziana (in La maggiore)" and "La Giudecca" are renamed as "Lagune" and "Bal masque".[4]

Rapsodia veneziana (International)

No.TitleLength
1."Fantasia veneziana (in La maggiore)"3:30
2."Perle d'oriente"2:45
3."Arazzi (1ª parte)"3:00
4."Torcello"3:02
5."Arazzi (2ª parte)"2:03
6."Festa mediterranea"2:30
7."Isole"2:44
8."La Giudecca"2:49
9."Calli segrete"3:29
10."Gondole"4:37
11."Misteriosa Venezia"3:25
12."Laguna stellata"2:17
13."Notturno veneziano"2:30

Lagune (Belgium)

No.TitleLength
1."Lagune"3:30
2."Perle d'oriente"2:45
3."Arazzi (1ª parte)"3:00
4."Torcello"3:02
5."Arazzi (2ª parte)"2:03
6."Festa mediterranea"2:30
7."Pulcinella" (from the album Scaramucce)4:06
8."Bal masque"2:49
9."Calli segrete"3:29
10."Gondole"4:37
11."Misteriosa Venezia"3:25
12."Notturno veneziano"2:30
13."L'anello" (from the album L'odyssée de Venise)3:20

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Rapsodia veneziana
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[12] Gold 25,000*
Germany (BVMI)[13] Gold 250,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[3] Platinum 50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Rondò Veneziano Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio &..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  2. ^ a b "Swisscharts.com – Rondo' Veneziano – Rapsodia veneziana". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 51/52. 26 December 1987. p. 46. OCLC 29800226.
  4. ^ Rondo' Veneziano - Lagune (in Italian), 1986, retrieved 2025-10-29
  5. ^ Rapsodia veneziana (Media notes). Rondò Veneziano. Italy: Baby Records. 1986. BR 56101.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 2. 17 January 1987. p. 15. OCLC 29800226.
  7. ^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. p. 268. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  8. ^ Rondo' Veneziano, Rapsodia veneziana (Baby) in "M&D Classifiche". Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Rondo' Veneziano – Fantasia veneziana" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rondo' Veneziano – Fantasia veneziana" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1987" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Rondò Veneziano – Fantasia" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Rondò Veneziano; 'Fantasia Venezia')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 12 January 2025.