The voice of Naples

Original Neapolitan songs by three contemporary Neapolitan composers for one voice: Oscar Mancino.

'a natural talent…great talent for interpretation… a chameleonic voice roving from G bass clef to tenor high C…'
(La Repubblica)

' a worthy heir to Caruso' and unique flag-bearer of the Neapolitan tradition on the current world music scene.
(Construire magazine)

The great lyric artist Oscar Mancino has the volcanic energy of Naples running through his veins. He is an exceptional classical and operatic singer with an extraordinary range, producing one of the great Rigolettos of our time, while at the same time earning him the title of The Voice of Naples from his compatriots. In this collection you witness the rebirth of the traditional Neapolitan song. Oscar Mancino has inspired several contemporary Neapolitan songwriters, including Tonino Esposito and Louis Siciliano, who consider him the new Caruso and have given him treasures that were waiting for a worthy interpreter.

'...the result is a product which conjugates learned originality and tradition, dipping into the roots of Italian music, from the popular one of the "Gatta cenerentola" of Di Simone to the baroque madrigals of Gesualdo…'
(La Repubblica)

We at Libero Music Publishing are delighted to have acted as the catalyst in an Italian 'Buena Vista …' with the Neapolitan song as its star - not neglected musicians but a neglected art form, stuck in the groove of O Sole Mio!

Oscar Mancino is accompanied by virtuoso Neapolitan musicians, each one a soloist in his, or her own right, who have joined the Maestro and his musical director Louis Siciliano, to play the music dearest to their hearts.