Prestige (Rondò Veneziano album)

Prestige
Studio album by
Released1991 (1991)
StudioCountry Lane, Munich
GenreBaroque pop
LabelBaby
ProducerGian Piero Reverberi
Rondò Veneziano chronology
The Genius of Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven
(1991)
Prestige
(1991)
Rondò 2000 – The Best of Rondò Veneziano
(1992)

Prestige is the fourteenth studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in 1991 in Italy. In Germany, the album was released under the title Magica melodia with a different track list.[1] 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.[2]

The album failed to chart in Italy; however, it rose to number 4 in Switzerland[3] and 27 in Germany.[4]

Track listing

Gian Piero Reverberi and Ivano Pavesi wrote all the tracks.

Prestige

  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

  1. "Magica melodia" – 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" – 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" – 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.[5]

Charts

Chart performance for Prestige
Chart (1991–1991) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[6] 84
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 4
Chart performance for Magica melodia
Chart (1991–1992) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[6] 88
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 27

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ a b "Swisscharts.com – Rondo' Veneziano – Prestige". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Offiziellecharts.de – Rondo' Veneziano – Magica melodia" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ a b "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 3. 18 January 1992. p. 33. OCLC 29800226.