Canta Italia is perennial Italian sentimental crooner
Al Bano's fourth album, specially recorded for the Spanish market. As usual, it is a compilation of sorts, although this time, rather than translating his own hits,
Al Bano offers his own rendition of 20 all-time Italian classics sung in Spanish. Artists covered include all of the usual suspects:
Riccardo Cocciante,
Renato Carosone,
Mina, and
Adriano Celentano, etc. Ditto for the songs: "Margherita," "Tu Vuò fa' L'americano", "Volare," "Caruso," "Azzurro," "Corazón Gitano (Il Cuore è uno Zingaro)," and even a few
Al Bano originals such as "Pensando en Ti (Pensando a Te)." ~ Mariano Prunes