"It is a very good selection of classic of neapolitan folk wich is rich of very skilled musicians and composers (Donizetti, bellini, mercadante, Leonardo da vinci....) an poets.
It is a very good selection but i think it is better to buy the FULL anthology NAPOLETANA by Murolo with about 400 songs in 7 cds chronologically ordered and critically explained with translations from neapolitan language to italian."
Best of the best
wenarto | Seattle, WA United States | 08/03/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"After listening to Pavarotti and other Italian singers singing Neapolitan songs...Roberto sings all those song in simplicity, bringing forward their true meaning. Roberto passed away last March but his voice and emotion lives through this CD."
Must have for any serious listener of music
Indian music lover | Portland, Oregon | 07/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Another review here has hit the nail on the head. The key word is: SIMPLICITY. . . in its truest form. The other key words are BEAUTY and TRUTH. (Where I have heard that before, Keats lovers?) Murolo takes us through an often familiar repetoire of Italian favorites in a manner that cannot be surpassed. This is music at its most pure. There is no more poignant version of O Sole Mio than his, just a voice and classical guitar. Any serious music listener should have this moving and essential CD. This is MUSIC."
NAPOLITAN ROMANCE
MARIE GABRIEL | UK | 07/26/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ROBERTO MUROLO LISTEN TO ONLY ONE SONG "CU'MME" IT CAPTURES THE TRUE SPIRIT & ROMANCE OF NAPOLI AND NAPOLITAN PEOPLE. I HEARD THIS SONG & OF ROBERTO MUROLO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE UNFORTUNATELY IN AMALFI 4 MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH, THE ONE THING I REGRET IN MY LIFE IS THAT I WILL NEVER HEAR IT SUNG IN PERSON BY HIM AS I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG AS YOU WILL TOO......."
Nostalgic wonder
Juan Merello-Galasso | Santiago, Santiago Chile | 11/06/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's almost incredible that a CD like this may exist. A genius who has already passed out, was recorded and issued in CD with the best voice immaginable and an incredible sound. For people, as me, opera lover, but of deep Neapolitan origin, being my mother and grandpa, Neapolitan pharmaceutics living in Chile, it's of paramount importance to listen this jewels sung as popular sensible pieces and in authentic Neapolitan language, instead of being performed as operatic arias and in a language that's a sort of yelling stupid hybrid. I ordered this issue, even when I have stopped ordering for a while, in order to replace it that I had in a mini record, and deleted it by mistake, for the multiple value I give to it. it's the best I have listened in its cathegory and in my personal collection."