''Scaramucce'' is the third dance-pop studio album by Italian chamber orchestra

Rondò Veneziano Rondò Veneziano is an Italian chamber orchestra, specializing in Baroque music, playing original instruments, but incorporating a rock-style rhythm section of synthesizer, bass guitar and drums, led by ''Maestro'' Gian Piero Reverberi, who is ...

, released in 1982 trough Baby Records.

Overview

Compared to the first two albums, ''Scaramucce'' has more classical elements than electronic ones. The Venetian

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

has a great influence here again, but most of the pieces are very rhythmic. The album was a moderate success, reaching 33rd place in the German chart and 14th in Italy. Some of the tracks from the album were used as the

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to the

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's 1985 film ''

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''.

Track listing

All tracks are written by

Gian Piero Reverberi Gian Piero Reverberi (, born 29 July 1939) is an Italian pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, and entrepreneur. Biography After obtaining Diplomas in piano and composition from the Paganini Conservatory in Genoa, Reverberi worked in a wid ...

and Laura Giordano. # "Scaramucce" – 3:35 # "Alla corte del re" – 2:54 # "Arabesco" – 3:33 # "Laguna incantata" – 3:55 # "Campielli" – 3:08 # "Pulcinella" – 4:06 # "Oboe d'amore" – 2:37 # "Re Sole" – 3:35 # "Riflessi sull'acqua" – 3:28 # "Trasparenze" – 2:41

Personnel

– production, mixing * Enzo Mombrini – art direction, illustration * Erminia Munari – art direction, illustration * Cedric Beatty – mixing * Plinio Chiesa – recording Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1982 albums Rondò Veneziano albums 1980s instrumental albums Baby Records albums