Prestige (Rondò Veneziano album)

Prestige
Studio album by
Released1991 (1991)
StudioCountry Lane, Munich
Genre[1]
LabelBaby
ProducerGian Piero Reverberi
Rondò Veneziano chronology
The Genius of Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven
(1991)
Prestige
(1991)
G. P. Reverberi – Rondò Veneziano
(1992)
Alternative cover
Germany release as Magica melodia

Prestige is the fourteenth studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in 1991 in Italy. In Germany the album was released as Magica melodia with a different track list[2] and in Belgium as Interlude. A single of the same name was also released in Germany to support the album, but this song was not included in the original Italian release.[3]

The album peaked at number 9 in Italy (only LP);[4] however, it rose to number 4 in Switzerland,[5] 24 in France and 27 in Germany.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gian Piero Reverberi and Ivano Pavesi.

Prestige (International) and Interlude (Belgium)

No.TitleLength
1."Orion"3:06
2."Gentil tenzone"3:24
3."Venezia lunare"3:25
4."Prestige"3:25
5."Idillio"2:50
6."Canto d'addio"3:33
7."Rêver Venise"3:14
8."Damsels"3:00
9."Controcanto"3:29
10."In fuga"3:15
11."Estasi veneziana"3:04
12."Larmes de pluie"4:34

Magica melodia (Germany)

No.TitleLength
1."Magica melodia" (unreleased track)3:24
2."Rêver Venise"3:14
3."Venezia lunare"3:25
4."Gentil tenzone"3:24
5."Larmes de pluie"4:34
6."Estasi veneziana"3:04
7."Barocco" (from the album Barocco)3:05
8."Damsels"3:00
9."Controcanto"3:29
10."In fuga"3:15
11."Orion"3:06
12."Canto d'addio"3:33
13."Incontro" (unreleased track)2:25

Personnel

  • Gian Piero Reverberi – production, arrangement, mixing
  • Enzo Mombrini – artwork
  • Erminia Munari – artwork
  • Victor Togliani – cover art
  • Klaus Strazicky – sound engineering, mixing

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

Charts

Chart performance for Prestige
Chart (1991–1992) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[8] 84
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 4
Italian Albums: LP (Radiocorriere TV)[10] 9
Chart performance for Magica melodia
Chart (1991–1992) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[8] 88
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 27

References

  1. ^ "Rondò Veneziano Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio &..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  2. ^ Magica melodia (Media notes). Rondò Veneziano. Germany: Baby Records. 1991. 261 971.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Magica melodia / Controcanto (Media notes). Rondò Veneziano. Germany: Baby Records. 1991. 114 684 000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Zefferi, Paolo (1992). "Top Parade: RAI – 33 giri". Radiocorriere TV. No. 46. p. 136.
  5. ^ a b "Swisscharts.com – Rondo' Veneziano – Prestige". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Offiziellecharts.de – Rondo' Veneziano – Magica melodia" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  7. ^ Prestige (Media notes). Rondò Veneziano. Italy: Baby Records. 1991. 590 132-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ a b "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 3. 18 January 1992. p. 33. OCLC 29800226.
  9. ^ "InfoDisc : Les différentes Places obtenues (ChartRuns) de chaque Album dans les Classements depuis 1985 : Rondo Veneziano". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  10. ^ Zefferi, Paolo (1992). "Top Parade: RAI – 33 giri". Radiocorriere TV. No. 46. p. 136.