Tuscany

Florence: Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo degli Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio, Duomo, View from Piazzale Michelangelo, Giambologna's L'Architettura and Michelangelo's David

Florence: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi and Benozzo Gozzoli Frescoes

Florence: The Baptistery

Pisa

Siena by Night

Siena by Night

Siena Cathedral

Marble Quarry, Cervaiole

Studio di Scultura in Marmo di Cervietti Franco, Pietrasanta

Tuscany

Market and Le Gialle Farm at Greve in Chianti Montefioralle

Lago di Vagli

Capalbio

Tuscany

Montalcino and Sommocolonia

Saturnia and Montecatini Hot Springs

Lucca: Villa Mansi

Lucca: Teatro del Giglio and Palazzo Orsetti

Lago di Massaciuccoli

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Date of Production: 2009-06-03

Playing Time: 00:58:24

Catalogue Number: 2.110520

UPC: 747313552054

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The Places

Tuscany (Toscana) draws its modern name from the ancient kingdom of Etruria and its inhabitants, the Etruscans, whose early history is inextricably entangled with the rise to power of Rome. The region stretches from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea and includes, among its nine provinces, Pisa, Siena and Lucca.

The Music

The music chosen for this tour of Tuscany is largely Italian, ranging from the sixteenth-century Milanese lutenist Francesco Canova da Milano to the Venetian Vivaldi, the Genoese-born violinist Paganini and the opera composers Donizetti, Verdi, Catalani and Puccini. Place is also found for appropriate music by the Italian-trained Gluck and from Mozart's Italian opera Don Giovanni.