{{Infobox album | name = Rapsodia veneziana | type = Studio | artist = Rondò Veneziano | cover = Rapsodia veneziana.png | border = yes | released = {{start date|1986}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = Country Lane Studios, Munich | genre = {{flatlist| *Classical crossover *easy listening}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rondò Veneziano Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio &... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rond%C3%B2-veneziano-mn0000235745 |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> | length = 38:47 | label = Baby | producer = Gian Piero Reverberi | prev_title = Casanova | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Arabesque | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Fantasia veneziana.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Germany release as ''Fantasia veneziana'' }} }}
'''''Rapsodia veneziana''''' is the eighth studio album by Italian chamber orchestra Rondò Veneziano, released in Italy by Baby Records in 1986. It reached number one in Switzerland<ref name="sui" /> and received platinum certification there.<ref name="Music & Media" /> In Germany it was released as '''''Fantasia veneziana''''', and in Belgium (with two different versions), Luxembourg, Sweden and the Netherlands as '''''Lagune'''''.
==Track listing== All tracks are written by Gian Piero Reverberi and Laura Giordano. In one of the two the Belgian versions the tracks "Fantasia veneziana (in La maggiore)" (the original title is "Fantasia in La maggiore", see SIAE) and "La Giudecca" are renamed as "Lagune" and "Bal masque".<ref>{{Citation |title=Rondo' Veneziano - Lagune |date=1986 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/451964-Rondo-Veneziano-Lagune |access-date=2025-10-29 |language=it}}</ref>
===''Rapsodia veneziana'' (International) and ''Fantasia veneziana'' (Germany) === {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Fantasia veneziana (in La maggiore) | length1 = 3:30 | title2 = Perle d'oriente | length2 = 2:45 | title3 = Arazzi (1ª parte) | length3 = 3:00 | title4 = Torcello | length4 = 3:02 | title5 = Arazzi (2ª parte) | length5 = 2:03 | title6 = Festa mediterranea | length6 = 2:30 | title7 = Isole | length7 = 2:44 | title8 = La Giudecca | length8 = 2:49 | title9 = Calli segrete | length9 = 3:29 | title10 = Gondole | length10 = 4:37 | title11 = Misteriosa Venezia | length11 = 3:25 | title12 = Laguna stellata | length12 = 2:17 | title13 = Notturno veneziano | length13 = 2:30 }}
=== ''Lagune'' (Belgium) === {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Lagune | length1 = 3:30 | title2 = Perle d'oriente | length2 = 2:45 | title3 = Arazzi (1ª parte) | length3 = 3:00 | title4 = Torcello | length4 = 3:02 | title5 = Arazzi (2ª parte) | length5 = 2:03 | title6 = Festa mediterranea | length6 = 2:30 | title7 = Pulcinella | length7 = 4:06 | note7 = from the album ''Scaramucce'' | title8 = Bal masque | length8 = 2:49 | title9 = Calli segrete | length9 = 3:29 | title10 = Gondole | length10 = 4:37 | title11 = Misteriosa Venezia | length11 = 3:25 | title12 = Notturno veneziano | length12 = 2:30 | title13 = L'anello | length13 = 3:20 | note13 = from the album ''L'odyssée de Venise'' }}
==Personnel== * Gian Piero Reverberi – production * Enzo Mombrini – cover art * Harry Thumann – sound engineer * Klaus Strazicky – sound engineer (assistant)
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|date=1986|title=Rapsodia veneziana|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3337664|others=Rondò Veneziano|location=Italy|publisher=Baby Records|id=BR 56101}}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Rapsodia veneziana'' ! scope="col" | Chart (1986–1987) ! scope="col" | Peak<br>position |- ! scope="row" | European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-01-17.pdf#page=8|title=European Hot 100 Albums|magazine=Music & Media|date=17 January 1987|issue=2|volume=4|page=15|oclc=29800226}}</ref> | 26 |- ! scope="row" | Italian Albums (''Musica e dischi'')<ref name="Musica e dischi">{{Cite book|last=Racca|first=Guido|title=M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019|language=it|year=2019|publisher=Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us|pages=268|isbn=978-1094705002}}</ref><ref>Rondo' Veneziano, Rapsodia veneziana (Baby) in {{Cite web |title=M&D Classifiche |url=https://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref> | 12 |- {{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Rondo' Veneziano|album=Rapsodia veneziana|rowheader=true|access-date=12 January 2025|refname=sui}} |}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Fantasia veneziana'' ! scope="col" | Chart (1987) ! scope="col" | Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Austria|15|artist=Rondo' Veneziano|album=Fantasia veneziana|rowheader=true|access-date=12 January 2025|refname=aut}} |- {{album chart|Germany|4|artist=Rondo' Veneziano|album=Fantasia veneziana|id=9040|rowheader=true|access-date=12 January 2025|refname=ger}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''Rapsodia veneziana'' ! scope="col" | Chart (1987) ! scope="col" | Position |- ! scope="row" | Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1987|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1987/alben|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=12 January 2025|language=de}}</ref> | 26 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Rapsodia veneziana''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|artist=Rondò Veneziano|title=Fantasia|award=Gold|relyear=1986|certyear=1990|access-date=12 January 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|artist=Rondò Veneziano|title=Fantasia Venezia|award=Gold|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|access-date=12 January 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|artist=Rondò Veneziano|title=Rapsodia veneziana|award=Platinum|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|certref=<ref name="Music & Media">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf#page=25|title=Gold & Platinum Awards 1987|magazine=Music & Media|date=26 December 1987|issue=51/52|volume=4|page=46|oclc=29800226}}</ref>|access-date=12 January 2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|464149|Rapsodia veneziana}} * {{Discogs master|1252348|Fantasia veneziana}} {{Rondò Veneziano}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1986 albums Category:Rondò Veneziano albums Category:1980s instrumental albums Category:Baby Records albums