| Orizzonti perduti | ||||
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| Released | 15 December 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Italian singer-songwriters | |||
| Length | 28:33 | |||
| Label | EMI Italiana | |||
| Producer | Angelo Carrara | |||
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Orizzonti perduti is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by EMI Italiana on 15 December 1983. [1] [2]
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italian Albums (Hit Parade) [3] | 7 |
| Chart (1984) | Position |
|---|---|
| Italian Albums (Hit Parade) [3] | 32 |
Fleur(s) is French for flower(s).
Francesco "Franco" Battiato was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, and have spanned genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, progressive rock, opera, symphonic music, movie soundtrack, oratorio and new wave.
Maria Ilva Biolcati, OMRI, known as Milva, was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as La Rossa, due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as La Pantera di Goro, which stemmed from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birthplaces. The colour also characterised her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Popular in Italy and abroad, she performed on musical and theatrical stages the world over, and received popular acclaim in her native Italy, and particularly in Germany and Japan, where she often participated in musical events and televised musical programmes. She released numerous albums in France, Japan, Korea, Greece, Spain, and South America.
"I treni di Tozeur" is an Italian song, written by Franco Battiato, Rosario "Saro" Cosentino and Giusto Pio. It was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Italian by Alice and Battiato.
Carla Bissi, known professionally as Alice or Alice Visconti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who began her career in the early 1970s. After releasing three albums by the end of the decade, her breakthrough came in 1981 when she won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Per Elisa". This was followed by European hit singles like "Una notte speciale", "Messaggio", "Chan-son Egocentrique", "Prospettiva Nevski" and "Nomadi" and albums like Gioielli rubati, Park Hotel, Elisir, and Il sole nella pioggia which charted in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, and Japan.
Manlio Sgalambro was an Italian philosopher and writer, born in Lentini. He is best known for his collaboration with Franco Battiato.
Capo Nord is the third studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1980 on EMI Music.
Azimut is the fifth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1982 on EMI Music.
Gioielli rubati– Alice canta Battiato is the seventh studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1985 on EMI Music.
Elisir is the ninth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in late 1987 on EMI Music.
La voce del padrone is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by EMI Italiana in 1981. The album followed L'era del cinghiale bianco (1979) and Patriots (1980), which signaled a return by Battiato to a more pop-oriented style.
Alice is a compilation album of recordings by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released by EMI Music in 1986.
L'arca di Noè is an album by the Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato. It was released in 1982 by EMI Italiana.
L'era del cinghiale bianco is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato. It was released in 1979 by EMI Italiana.
Giusto Pio was an Italian conductor, composer, violinist, music educator and songwriter.
Giuseppa Romeo, known professionally as Giuni Russo, was an Italian singer who specialised in experimental music after a short successful stint as an art-pop singer in the early 1980s. With her five-octaves range, she could produce extremely high notes and experimental sounds. She sang in Italian, English, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Latin.
Marco Castoldi, better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer and musician. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synth-pop. He has also been a judge for eight seasons in the Italian version of The X Factor, winning five of them through acts he mentored: Aram Quartet, Matteo Becucci, Marco Mengoni, Chiara Galiazzo and Michele Bravi.
L'imboscata is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by Mercury Records in 1996. After some more experimental albums and meditative songs, the album marked the return of Battiato to a rock sound and to a massive commercial success, mainly pushed by the success of the song "La cura".
Fleurs, also graphically rendered as Fleur(s) and FLEURs, is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, issued in 1999. Except for two new songs, the album consists of cover versions of Italian and international classics, mainly from the 1960s. The album was described as "delicate, elegant and enjoyable." The album was followed by Fleurs 3 (2002) and Fleurs 2 (2008). The Battiato's version of The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" was later featured in the musical score of Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 film Children of Men.
"La cura" is a 1996 song by Franco Battiato, the second single from his album L'imboscata. The song was composed by Battiato following the death of his mother Grazia, and its lyrics have been subjected to various interpretations, meant as a romantic dialogue between two lovers, between a parent and a child, or as an inner reflection on oneself. Battiato described the song as "a prayer in reverse", not made by a man to God but in which it's God who comforts the humanity. The song was awarded song of the year at the Premio italiano della musica.
