AL FABRIZIO AND HUGO WAINZINGER: SERENATA ITALIANA

Al Fabrizio and Hugo Wainzinger

SERENATA ITALIANA

© 1998 Heartstrings Music LLC (713357980122)

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Romantic, atmospheric and evocative Italian Music on Mandolin with accompaniment.

tracks

1 Tra Veglia e Sonno
2 Speak Softly/Love Said Goodbye
3 Romanina
4 Summertime in Venice
5 Reginella Campagnola
6 Maria, Mari !(Oh Marie)
7 Non Ti Scordar de Me
8 Sicilianedda
9 Innamorata
10 'O Paese d''o Sole
11 'O Sole Mio
12 Torna a Surriento
13 Volare
14 Santa Lucia
15 Funiculi Funicula

notes

Al Fabrizio plays the traditional Neopolitan mandolin. His music appeals to young and old of every ethnic background with classic Italian love songs and European dances. He plays in the "tremolo" style which adds unusually warm expression and phrasing. His music creates an easy romantic listening mood which blends perfectly with candles, wine and pasta.

His CD entitled 'Serenata Italiana' is a selection of songs which transports the listener to the canals of Venice, the hills of Tuscany and the weddings of Sicily and provides "love potions" deeply felt from the heart... 'Santa Lucia,' 'Volare,' 'Summertime in Venice,' 'Godfather,' Innamorata,' to name a few.

'Serenata Italiana' has been receiving a remarkable response in sales, now in its third pressing. His second CD, 'Italian Heartstrings' was released in November, 2002.

Al (Anselmo) Fabrizio grew up in New York State with two musician brothers. His parents were from Abruzzi, Italy. He warmly recalls, 'I grew up hearing my mother always singing and harmonizing to the radio while and my father, with callused carpenter's fingers, occasionally would pick up the old mandolin made by my grandfather and magically fill the room with melancholy old songs from Italy. I'll never forget those sweet sounds.'

As a youth, Al played the oboe and clarinet. Later as an adult he was motivated to play the mandolin following the sudden loss of his brother, Raymond, a flute virtuoso. He felt music should continue with the family so he picked up his father's mandolin to honor Ray's memory and to celebrate with everyone the heart and soul of the songs he heard as a child.

Fabrizio is also the owner of Heartstrings Music, LLC., a recording and production studio in Mountain View, California with his partner, Hugo Wainzinger who is a gifted composer, musician and arranger from Argentina.


Heartstrings Music, LLC.
2273 Old Middlefield Way,
Mountain View, CA 94043 ' Phone: (650) 625-1222
Email: al@heartstringsmusic.com ' Website: www.heartstringsmusic.com

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  • serenata italiana
    author: Carol Furman

    beautiful. makes me remember family gatherings and holidays from when I was young

  • SERENATA ITALIANA
    author: chris hansen

    I loved it!!!! My in-laws own an Italian restaurant and play it for the customers. Everyone is enjoying it with their pasta!!!

  • great memories
    author: len grasso

    Have your 3 italian cd's. always play them at dinner time. Food taste great with mandolin music, especially my pasta, meatballs and a glass of good wine. Any more coming?

  • Romantic.....
    author: Winnie Lee

    While strolling in Ghiradelli Square at Fisherman's Wharf (SF), I was immediately drawn to the beautiful music that was playing and sat down to listen for a long long while. The mood and setting was just perfect with the music... So I just had to buy the CD.. Now that I'm back in Singapore, playing the CD just pulls me back to the place in time. Dinner even tastes better when I am listening to it. Thanks!!

  • perfecto bravo!
    author: bonera

    ı really enjoyed thıs album ı alwalys loved ıtalıan mandolin musics mandolin is my best music instrumant thanks for alfabrizio!ı congratulate him from Turkey

  • Excellent Mandolin
    author: Bob Marcellini

    Excellent selection of my favorite Italian songs, and to have them by mandolin is just great.

  • author: Rick

    Love this CD! Coming from a family of musicians, I grew up with this sound and many of these songs as a child ... brings me right back. Fabrizio and Wainzinger's arrangements are tasty and classy, Italian delicacies!

  • author: JoAnn

    Loved this CD, but love their Italian Heartstrings even more. Am hoping to find more music from these artists.

  • Fantastico Musicale
    author: Richard (Rocco) F. Paluzzi

    This CD brings back memories of family gatherings while listening to our favorite Italian music. The odors of Italian food cooking in the kitchen while the adults played an Italian card game called Cannasta bring back memories of my childhood in Central New York State.

  • Best ever rendition of the Godfather theme!
    author: Harriet Riley

    This CD brought me back to the many times my uncles got together to play music while Grandma was in the kitchen making dinner for the family. Beautiful songs, beautifully played.

  • Lovely, well played.
    author: `Rebecca

    Excellent musicians, very precise and well executed. Sets a festive mood for dinner, guests - even if you don't serve Italian food!

  • Authentic Italian, some absolute classico's
    author: Daniel

    Beautiful music, close your eyes and dream of Napoli, Roma e Siciilia.

  • Great performance of great music
    author: Orhan Baser

    I truly enjoy the wonderful performance of this musical album; welldone.

  • Va Va Voom!!!
    author: Bonnie

    The selections are wonderful and full of life!! It makes my day, thinking about Italy and the food and the music and the wine and the scenery and the people. It's great fun!! I gave my sister the CD as a Christmas gift; she was so happy!!

  • Brought me back to Sicily!
    author: Alana DePrisco

    Heard some mandolin music in Sicily on a recent trip. I bought this CD for our friends and fellow travelers to add to their memories. We loved the songs better than what we heard abroad. Fabrizio weaves absolute beauty with his mandolin.

  • Great CD Great service
    author: Charlotte

    I love the mandolin and this CD is just what I was looking for. Great music. I love it and I am sure that I will be ordering more from you. The service was also very good. Thank you

  • Wonderful Italian Music
    author: Lisetta

    This CD is one of the best itlian music I heard. Reminds me of my great heritage! I love it!

  • Wonderful Italian music that reminds me of my great heritage!
    author: Luci Capo Rome

    This CD is one of the best Italian ones that I have ever heard. Being 100% Italian,it brought back fond memories from my childhood when my friend's grandfather would play the mandolin at family gatherings. My husband & I thoroughly enjoy listening to the CD while having an authenic ethnic meal . Grazi

  • Great mandolin and guitar music.
    author: Cindy felice

    This is really a great cd. Al Fabrizio has a lovely mandolin technique and the accompaniement on classical guitar makes for a really nice style. I myself am trying to learn to play in this style and feel that of all the mandolin cd's I've heard, this one is really a good example of how to use that tremolo!

  • Great mandolin music creating a real Italian/mediteranean atmosphere
    author: Wim Romeijn

    Since our holiday in Italy last year I,ve been looking for Italian mandolin music until I found CDbaby and listened to the previews of this CD. I immediately decided to buy it, especially to add some tracks to my holiday video. With this music the video is finally complete, and wakes up warm memories of our fantastic holiday in Italy.

  • Great skill feeling for familiar italian classics
    author: Conor Coady

    Beautiful CD. A nice arrangement of familiar classics. I too play the neopolitan style mandolin and was interested to hear more in the tremelo style. I am very happy with this find and it has inspired me to improve my own tremelo skills. Alll pieces are played with great skill and feeling, and I think this is how I want to one day play.

  • Serenta Italiana is everything that I expected and then some! Salute!
    author: Steve Telego

    I have been searching for Italian Mandolin music for a number of years. When I happened upon your site and listened to the samples, I could not believe that my search was over. Congratulations and make more Italian Mandolin CD's. I will buy them.

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