Mario Lanza - Mario Lanza Collection (CD)

Mario Lanza was one of the finest tenor voices of the 20th century, respected and admired as much by his peers in the world of opera as by his millions of fans around the world, who were introduced to him by his succession of Hollywood movies in the post-war years. Having been tempted into movies, he never enjoyed an illustrious career in opera to match the likes of predecessors such as Caruso and Gigli, or indeed those that followed like Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti, but those more recent stars were the first to acknowledge the inspiration Lanza had given them. This great-value 92-track 4-CD set selects tracks from across his all-too-brief career, which ended with his premature death in 1959 aged just 38. It includes many of the best-known songs from his movies, which provided the rare achievement for an operatic tenor of three million-selling singles as well as several other hits, along with most of the A and B sides of his singles for RCA, plus a selection of album tracks and performances from his hugely successful radio shows sponsored by CocaCola. It provides a fabulous showcase for his unique voice, as well as his versatility in delivering powerful performances of opera favourites along with lighter show tunes and standards

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Celeste Aida
2. Mamma Mia Che Vo' Sape?
3. Una Furtiva Lagrima
4. I Know, I Know, I Know
5. Mattinata
6. O Sole Mio
7. Granada
8. Lolita
9. The Virgin's Slumber Song, Op. 76
10. The Toast of New Orleans
11. Be My Love
12. I'll Never Love You
13. M'appari
14. Flower Song
15. O Paradiso
16. Che Gelida Manina
17. Core 'Ngrato
18. Questa O Quella
19. La Danza
20. E Lucevan Le Stelle
21. Cielo E Mar

Disc: 2

1. Recondita Armonia
2. Addio Alla Madre
3. Serenade Comp. Toselli
4. For You Alone
5. Because
6. My Song, My Love
7. I Love Thee
8. Ave Maria
9. Vesti la Giubba
10. La Donna È Mobile Woman Is Fickle
11. The Loveliest Night of the Year
12. Marechiare
13. A Vucchella
14. Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
15. Without a Song
16. They Didn't Believe Me
17. The Desert Song
18. With a Song in My Heart
19. The Rosary
20. Ay-Ay-Ay
21. Neapolitan Love Song
22. The Lord's Prayer
23. Guardian Angels
24. Temptation

Disc: 3

1. Because You're Mine
2. Lygia
3. The Song Angels Sing
4. Sylvia
5. A Kiss
6. Begin the Beguine
7. I'll See You Again
8. If I Loved You
9. Serenade from "The Student Prince"
10. Beloved
11. Drink, Drink, Drink
12. Gaudeamus Igitur
13. Deep in My Heart Dear
14. Song of India
15. If You Were Mine
16. I'll Walk with God
17. Serenade from the Film "Serenade"
18. My Destiny
19. Torna a Surriento
20. Lamento Di Federico
21. De Quella Pira
22. Nessun Dorma
23. Serenade (Drigo)
24. You'll Never Walk Alone

Disc: 4

1. This Nearly Was Mine
2. Younger Than Springtime
3. And This Is My Beloved
4. On the Street Where You Live
5. I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
6. The Donkey Serenade
7. All the Things You Are
8. Lover Come Back to Me
9. Giannina Mia
10. Earthbound
11. This Land
12. Do You Wonder
13. Love in a Home
14. A Night to Remember
15. Seven Hills of Rome
16. Come Dance with Me
17. Arrivederci Roma
18. Come Prima
19. Funiculi Funicula
20. Ideale
21. Santa Lucia
22. Song of the Vagabonds
23. Love Me Tonight