Italianissimo
The great sound of Italy.
Paolo Conte, Mina, Battisti, Celentano, Morricone, Piccioni, Trovajoli — famous recordings and the discoveries nobody at your table will recognise.
Un gelato al limon
Paolo Conte · 1979
A lawyer from Asti who gave up the bar for the bar, and became the most Continental man ever to enter a recording studio.
Studio Uno
Mina · 1965
The greatest voice Italy ever produced, at the exact moment the country was at its most glamorous.
La Voce del Padrone
Franco Battiato · 1981
Franco Battiato’s 1981 masterwork, a synthesis of avant-garde and pop that redefined Italian music.
Come è profondo il mare
Lucio Dalla · 1977
An enduring masterwork from one of Italy’s most profound singer-songwriters, a record that reshaped the lyrical landscape of Italian pop.
Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo
Fabrizio De André · 1971
A profound meditation on life, death, and human folly, inspired by Edgar Lee Masters and set to De André’s signature poetic folk.
Azzurro
Adriano Celentano · 1969
Il Molleggiato’s Moment of Mélancholy and Mirth
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Domenico Modugno · 1958
The song that launched Italy onto the global stage, a vibrant cornerstone of the mid-century Mediterranean sound.
Concerto per Margherita
Riccardo Cocciante · 1976
Riccardo Cocciante's 1976 magnum opus, a poignant exploration of love and life delivered with operatic flair and symphonic sweep.
La voglia la pazzia l'incoscienza l'allegria
Ornella Vanoni · 1976
A masterwork of Italian songwriting, where Ornella Vanoni’s sophisticated delivery meets the avant-garde arrangements of Lucio Dalla and the poetic lyricism of Sergio Bardotti. A truly Continental affair.
Una donna per amico
Lucio Battisti · 1978
Battisti’s late-period opus, charting a sophisticated, often melancholic, course through love, introspection, and the evolving sound of Italian pop in the late 1970s.
Senza fine
Gino Paoli · 1961
Gino Paoli’s 1961 debut album, featuring the enduring title track and other poetic musings from the height of the Genovese school, captures the melancholic charm of early sixties Italian pop.