Marco Polo (album)

Marco Polo is the nineteenth studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in 1997 by Koch International (Austria). The album peaked at number 13 in Switzerland and 52 in Germany.

Overview

It is a concept album about the travels of Marco Polo, using also traditional Tibetan and Mongolian music. To promote the album, an interview with Gian Piero Reverberi was released on CD, entitled Ein Interview Mit Gian Piero Reverberi (Koch International, 350 498) where he explains the project and the first use of world music played by Rondò Veneziano.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gian Piero Reverberi and Ivano Pavesi, except where noted.

Personnel

• Gian Piero Reverberi – arrangement, conducting, piano, keyboard, mixing, production
• Giuseppe Valente a.k.a. Giuseppe Zuppone – arrangement, mixing (10)
• Sera Je – Tibetan monks (10)
• Mongolian music (courtesy by King Records & Co.) – limbe (11–12), morin khuur (11), yoochin (11–12), shudraga (11), yatga (11)
• Sergio Barlozzi – drumset
• Franco Fochesato – sound engineer, programming, mixing (10)
• Koch Graphic Studio – cover art
• Alberto Parodi – sound engineer
• Klaus Strazicky – sound engineer

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

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