Piccola strenna is an EP by the Italian singer Mina, released on 30 November 2010 by PDU. The album contains four songs recorded for the soundtrack of the film The Santa Claus Gang by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo.[3][4]

Piccola strenna
EP by
Released30 November 2010 (2010-11-30)
StudioStudi PDU, Lugano
Genre
Length11:44
LabelPDU
ProducerMassimiliano Pani[2]
Mina chronology
Caramella
(2010)
Piccola strenna
(2010)
Je suis Mina
(2011)

Overview

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Piccola strenna opens with the track "Mele Kalikimaka",[5] a song Christmas joyful and cheerful, sung partly in English and partly in the Hawaiian language. "Walking the Town"[6] is rather a song-style English rock that adheres perfectly to the setting of a particular scene in the movie, as well as "Il sogno di Giacomo"[7] whose notes underline the recurring nightmare of one of the protagonists, referring to the atmosphere of classic soundtracks, with the voice of Mina that accompanies the music with vocals thrill. Finally, the best-known Christmas songs, "Silent Night"[8][9] is proposed in an exciting and evocative key jazz ballad.[10]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mele Kalikimaka"Robert Alex Anderson3:07
2."Walking the Town"
  • Samuele Cerri
  • Franco Serafini
3:42
3."Il sogno di Giacomo"
1:38
4."Silent Night"3:17
Total length:11:44

References

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  1. ^ "√ Mina - Piccola strenna (+ Caramella) - la recensione". Rockol (in Italian). 6 December 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Discografia - Piccola strenna". minamazzini.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "La banda dei Babbi Natale". mediaset.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ "FilmUP - Scheda: La banda dei Babbi Natale". filmup.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ Saletta, Rachela (18 November 2010). "Mina interpreta "Mele Kalikimaka" per "La banda dei Babbi Natale"" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Mina firma la colonna sonora del film "La Banda dei babbi Natale"" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ Genovese, Emanuela (13 December 2010). "La banda dei Babbi Natale, tornano Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Mina, canta le canzoni di Natale". Publiweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Mina: Piccola Strenna, la colonna sonora della banda dei Babbi Natale" (in Italian). 18 December 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Mina Fan Club - Il blog". www.minafanclub.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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