While "Parla Più Piano," from The Godfather, starts out nicely, the addition of a dance-like drumbeat sounds corny and forced. However, Buanne runs into problems when he tries to modernize the classics. Recorded in London with the Royal Philharmonic, The Italian often harks back to the sound of the original recordings, like in Jimmy Fontana's "Il Mondo," Engelbert Humperdinck's "A Man Without Love," or Mario Lanza's "Come Prima," and Buanne sounds good, his baritone blending well with the orchestra. And now, with his debut album, The Italian, he is able to sing many of the songs he loves. As a child, he won an Elvis impersonation competition when he dressed as a young version of the King, and he grew up listening almost solely to Italian or Italian-inspired music from that same time period. Patrizio Buanne is veritably obsessed with the sound and style of the 1950s and '60s. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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