https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-lettura--4235280Learn Italian through readings that Alessandro G's Italiano Standard has selected for you.]]>itBooksCopyright Italiano Standardhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1d1a1d204e9142ba017df6d7e53b62e8.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-lettura--4235280Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:11:41 +0000Alessandro GItaliano Standardciao@italianostandard.comLearn Italian through readings that Alessandro G's Italiano Standard has selected for you.Learn Italian through readings that Alessandro G's Italiano Standard has selected for you.]]>falseepisodichttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-postorino-mango/An extract from Rosella Postorino's collection of writings "in the nerves and in the heart".

•  Credits :  "Nei nervi e nel cuore" by R. Postorino (2024)  --  "Bella d'estate" by L. Dalla / P. Mango (1987)

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73663390Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:56:37 +0000Alessandro GAn extract from Rosella Postorino's collection of writings "in the nerves and in the heart". -  Credits :  "Nei nervi e nel cuore" by R. Postorino (2024)  --  "Bella d'estate" by L. Dalla / P. Mango (1987)An extract from Rosella Postorino's collection of writings "in the nerves and in the heart".

•  Credits :  "Nei nervi e nel cuore" by R. Postorino (2024)  --  "Bella d'estate" by L. Dalla / P. Mango (1987)

]]>239estate,italianostandard,madre,mango,postorinofalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-quasimodo-madrigale/Nobel laureate Salvatore Quasimodo voices summertime in poetry, almost a madrigal.

•  Credits :  "La vita non è sogno" by S. Quasimodo (1949)

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73663000Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:51:10 +0000Alessandro GNobel laureate Salvatore Quasimodo voices summertime in poetry, almost a madrigal. -  Credits :  "La vita non è sogno" by S. Quasimodo (1949)Nobel laureate Salvatore Quasimodo voices summertime in poetry, almost a madrigal.

•  Credits :  "La vita non è sogno" by S. Quasimodo (1949)

]]>112estate,italianostandard,madrigale,poesia,quasimodofalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-parise-flirt/Reading from Goffredo Parise's set of short stories representing the ordinary human kind, Sillabario n. 2, "Grazia" (1982)

•  Credits :  "L'appuntamento" by R. Carlos / B. Lauzi / E. Carlos (1970)

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71563793Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:17:39 +0000Alessandro GReading from Goffredo Parise's set of short stories representing the ordinary human kind, Sillabario n. 2, "Grazia" (1982) -  Credits :  "L'appuntamento" by R. Carlos / B. Lauzi / E. Carlos (1970)Reading from Goffredo Parise's set of short stories representing the ordinary human kind, Sillabario n. 2, "Grazia" (1982)

•  Credits :  "L'appuntamento" by R. Carlos / B. Lauzi / E. Carlos (1970)

]]>364flirt,grazia,italianostandard,parise,sillabari,veneziafalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-sciascia-etna/Reading from Leonardo Sciascia's essay on Mount Etna country.

•  Credits :  "Cruciverba" by L. Sciascia (1983)  -  "Canto di mezzaluna" by A. Vasta (2007) 

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69352791Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:55:26 +0000Alessandro GReading from Leonardo Sciascia's essay on Mount Etna country. -  Credits :  "Cruciverba" by L. Sciascia (1983)  -  "Canto di mezzaluna" by A. Vasta (2007) Reading from Leonardo Sciascia's essay on Mount Etna country.

•  Credits :  "Cruciverba" by L. Sciascia (1983)  -  "Canto di mezzaluna" by A. Vasta (2007) 

]]>437etna,italianostandard,saggio,sciascia,siciliafalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-vipera-bellonci/Reading from Maria Bellonci's "gentle viper" aka Milan.

•  Credits: "Tu vipera gentile" by M. Bellonci (1972)

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68367519Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:21:21 +0000Alessandro GReading from Maria Bellonci's "gentle viper" aka Milan. -  Credits: "Tu vipera gentile" by M. Bellonci (1972)Reading from Maria Bellonci's "gentle viper" aka Milan.

•  Credits: "Tu vipera gentile" by M. Bellonci (1972)

]]>858bellonci,italianostandard,milano,storia,viscontifalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-parola-carson/Teresa Carson's reading of her own piece of poetry - unprecedentedly - in Italian.

•  Credits :  "Guarda l'alba" by C. Consoli / T. Ferro (2010)

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66758806Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:51:16 +0000Alessandro GTeresa Carson's reading of her own piece of poetry - unprecedentedly - in Italian. -  Credits :  "Guarda l'alba" by C. Consoli / T. Ferro (2010)Teresa Carson's reading of her own piece of poetry - unprecedentedly - in Italian.

•  Credits :  "Guarda l'alba" by C. Consoli / T. Ferro (2010)

]]>136alba,italianostandard,parola,poesia,teresacarsonfalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-rodari-invisibile/Alessandro G's reading from Rodari's Telephone Tales, The Invisible Kid.

•  Credits : "Tonino l'invisibile" by G. Rodari (1962) 

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65706009Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:31:36 +0000Alessandro GAlessandro G's reading from Rodari's Telephone Tales, The Invisible Kid. -  Credits : "Tonino l'invisibile" by G. Rodari (1962) Alessandro G's reading from Rodari's Telephone Tales, The Invisible Kid.

•  Credits : "Tonino l'invisibile" by G. Rodari (1962) 

]]>415favole,invisibile,italianostandard,rodari,storiefalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-moravia-cenone/Season's reading from Alberto Moravia's Roman Tales, on his very birthday.

• Credits : "Canon and Variation" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 - http://www.twinmusicom.org/

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63041507Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:30:07 +0000Alessandro GSeason's reading from Alberto Moravia's Roman Tales, on his very birthday. - Credits : "Canon and Variation" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 -...Season's reading from Alberto Moravia's Roman Tales, on his very birthday.

• Credits : "Canon and Variation" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 - http://www.twinmusicom.org/

]]>1018befana,capodanno,cenone,italianostandard,moravia,natale,panettone,raccontifalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-piccole-virtu/Reading from narrator-essayist Natalia Ginzburg's Human Relationships (1953) and Small Virtues (1962) clear and easy to understand.

• Credits :  "Due destini" by F. Zampaglione / R. Sinigallia (2000)

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60664564Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:20:03 +0000Alessandro GReading from narrator-essayist Natalia Ginzburg's Human Relationships (1953) and Small Virtues (1962) clear and easy to understand. - Credits :  "Due destini" by F. Zampaglione / R. Sinigallia (2000)Reading from narrator-essayist Natalia Ginzburg's Human Relationships (1953) and Small Virtues (1962) clear and easy to understand.

• Credits :  "Due destini" by F. Zampaglione / R. Sinigallia (2000)

]]>1057ginzburg,narrativa,rapporti,saggistica,virtùfalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-poesia-merini-david/Alessandro G's reading of father David Maria Turoldo as voiced by poet Alda Merini (2009)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59112977Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:40:01 +0000Alessandro GAlessandro G's reading of father David Maria Turoldo as voiced by poet Alda Merini (2009)Alessandro G's reading of father David Maria Turoldo as voiced by poet Alda Merini (2009)]]>300letteratura,lettura,merini,poesia,turoldofalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-svevo-ricordi/Extracts from The Future of Our Memories by Italo Svevo (1925)

- Credits : FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100232
Artist: http://incompetech.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57996576Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:10:02 +0000Alessandro GExtracts from The Future of Our Memories by Italo Svevo (1925) - Credits : FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source:...Extracts from The Future of Our Memories by Italo Svevo (1925)

- Credits : FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100232
Artist: http://incompetech.com/]]>579germania,italo,ricordi,svevo,triestefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marianna-ucria--56346803Reading from Dacia Maraini's masterpiece, The Silent Duchess.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56346803Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:07:18 +0000Alessandro GReading from Dacia Maraini's masterpiece, The Silent Duchess.Reading from Dacia Maraini's masterpiece, The Silent Duchess.]]>1148lettura,maraini,ottocento,romanzo,siciliafalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-cappotto-astrakan/From Italy's lakes region to Paris, the adventures of an idle young man in Piero Chiara's Astrakhan coat, featuring Sara Maiorana.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52531770Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:00:01 +0000Alessandro GFrom Italy's lakes region to Paris, the adventures of an idle young man in Piero Chiara's Astrakhan coat, featuring Sara Maiorana.From Italy's lakes region to Paris, the adventures of an idle young man in Piero Chiara's Astrakhan coat, featuring Sara Maiorana.]]>946bohème,chiara,lagomaggiore,parigi,romanzofalsefullhttps://italianostandard.com/lettura-poesia-pasolini/Celebrating a major poet of 1900s, Pier Paolo Pasolini, one hundred years after his birth. 

• Credits : "RV 481, concerto in re minore per fagotto, no. 5" by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51731363Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:00:01 +0000Alessandro GCelebrating a major poet of 1900s, Pier Paolo Pasolini, one hundred years after his birth.  - Credits : "RV 481, concerto in re minore per fagotto, no. 5" by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Celebrating a major poet of 1900s, Pier Paolo Pasolini, one hundred years after his birth. 

• Credits : "RV 481, concerto in re minore per fagotto, no. 5" by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

]]>467borgata,lettura,pasolini,poesiafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/l-isola-di-arturo--50647546
- Credits : "Senza fine" by Gino Paoli and Ornella Vanoni (1961)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50647546Wed, 20 Jul 2022 08:55:02 +0000Alessandro GCelebrating Morante's Bildungsroman in the year when the island of Procida is the Italian capital of culture. - Credits : "Senza fine" by Gino Paoli and Ornella Vanoni (1961)
- Credits : "Senza fine" by Gino Paoli and Ornella Vanoni (1961)]]>1372arturo,morante,procida,romanzofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lettera-da-casablanca--49454306
- Credits : Josephine Baker's "Banana Dance" (1925) ; "Rosamunda" by Jaromír Vejvoda (1927) ; "Acércate Más" by Osvaldo Farres (1946) ; Beniamino Gigli's "O begli occhi di fata" by Luigi Denza and Tremacoldo (1884)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49454306Sat, 16 Apr 2022 18:36:42 +0000Alessandro GFrom Antonio Tabucchi's short story "Letter from Casablanca" featuring Domenico De Marco. - Credits : Josephine Baker's "Banana Dance" (1925) ; "Rosamunda" by Jaromír Vejvoda (1927) ; "Acércate Más" by Osvaldo Farres (1946) ; Beniamino...
- Credits : Josephine Baker's "Banana Dance" (1925) ; "Rosamunda" by Jaromír Vejvoda (1927) ; "Acércate Más" by Osvaldo Farres (1946) ; Beniamino Gigli's "O begli occhi di fata" by Luigi Denza and Tremacoldo (1884)]]>607lettera,racconto,rovescio,tabucchifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/l-arte-della-gioia--46530586Reading from Goliarda Sapienza's masterpiece, The Art of Joy, featuring Elena Asciutti.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46530586Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:19:36 +0000Alessandro GReading from Goliarda Sapienza's masterpiece, The Art of Joy, featuring Elena Asciutti.Reading from Goliarda Sapienza's masterpiece, The Art of Joy, featuring Elena Asciutti.]]>1420goliarda,letteratura,romanzo,sapienzafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/il-barone-rampante--42517758Credits: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical di Kevin MacLeod è un brano concesso in uso tramite licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 - Artist: http://incompetech.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42517758Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:33:03 +0000Alessandro GReading from Italo Calvino's 1957 novel "The Baron in the Trees" courtesy of Fabrizia Di Francesco, master of theatrical arts. - Credits: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical di Kevin MacLeod è un brano concesso in uso tramite...Credits: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical di Kevin MacLeod è un brano concesso in uso tramite licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 - Artist: http://incompetech.com/]]>809alberi,avventura,baroninthetrees,cosimo,ilbaronerampante,italianostandard,italocalvino,languages,learnitalian,letteraturaitaliana,libertà,narrativa,natura,readitalian,umanità,violafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/la-bella-estate--40030958Credits: "È troppo tardi" by Walter Colì, 1949; "Voglio vivere così" by Giovanni D'Anzi and Tito Manlio, 1941; "Quando l'estate" by Odoardo Spadaro, 1940.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40030958Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:00:08 +0000Alessandro GReading from 1950 Premio Strega award winner Cesare Pavese's Beautiful Summer. - Credits: "È troppo tardi" by Walter Colì, 1949; "Voglio vivere così" by Giovanni D'Anzi and Tito Manlio, 1941; "Quando l'estate" by Odoardo Spadaro, 1940.Credits: "È troppo tardi" by Walter Colì, 1949; "Voglio vivere così" by Giovanni D'Anzi and Tito Manlio, 1941; "Quando l'estate" by Odoardo Spadaro, 1940.]]>643cesarepavese,ildiavolosullecolline,italianostandard,labellaestate,lalettura,leamiche,novelreading,piemonte,premiostrega,readitalian,thebeautifulsummer,torino,tredonnesole,womenontheirownfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/la-pioggia-nel-pineto--27224107
Credits: "L'estate" by Antonio Vivaldi, 1725.

Special thanks to my friend Stijn Vermeire, who knows the poem by heart.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27224107Wed, 13 May 2020 09:02:16 +0000Alessandro GRain in the pinewoods, D'Annunzio's masterpiece of poetry. Credits: "L'estate" by Antonio Vivaldi, 1725. Special thanks to my friend Stijn Vermeire, who knows the poem by heart.
Credits: "L'estate" by Antonio Vivaldi, 1725.

Special thanks to my friend Stijn Vermeire, who knows the poem by heart.]]>3611900s,alcyone,estate,gabrieled'annunzio,hermione,lapioggianelpineto,nature,poem,poesia,poetry,stijnvermeire,summer,vivaldifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/il-prete-bello--22960318
Credits: "Vivere" by Bixio and Brignone, 1936.

Featuring: Paola Medri, who read it in grace.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22960318Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:25:38 +0000Alessandro GReading about The Handsome Priest, a 1954 novel by Goffredo Parise, probably his best work as a realist writer. A fresco of ordinary Italians under the Fascist regime. Credits: "Vivere" by Bixio and Brignone, 1936. Featuring: Paola Medri, who read...
Credits: "Vivere" by Bixio and Brignone, 1936.

Featuring: Paola Medri, who read it in grace.]]>585fascismo,ilpretebello,parise,realismo,romanzo,titoschipa,venetofalsefull