Francesco Albanese Sings “Maria, Marí“ (Russo-DiCapua)

Francesco Albanese (1912-2005) was from Torre del Greco, and had a very good career, primarily in Italy, although he did sing in Portugal and Latin America. He recorded, in addition to standards form the lyric tenor repertoire, a number of Neapolitan songs, in which he excelled. “Maria, Mari“ is a very well known song, sung by many Italian singers, but there is always something special about Albanese’s Neapolitan songs, something hard to define but absolutely definitive and authentic. Authenticity in Neap