Mario Lanza - Mario Lanza Collection (CD)

Details: 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

Tracklist:

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
22. Recondita Armonia
23. Addio Alla Madre
24. Serenade Comp. Toselli
25. For You Alone
26. Because
27. My Song My Love
28. I Love Thee
29. Ave Maria
30. Vesti la Giubba
31. La Donna È Mobile Woman Is Fickle
32. The Loveliest Night of the Year
33. Marechiare
34. A Vucchella
35. Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
36. Without a Song
37. They Didn't Believe Me
38. The Desert Song
39. With a Song in My Heart
40. The Rosary
41. Ay-Ay-Ay
42. Neapolitan Love Song
43. The Lord's Prayer
44. Guardian Angels
45. Temptation
46. Because You're Mine
47. Lygia
48. The Song Angels Sing
49. Sylvia
50. A Kiss
51. Begin the Beguine
52. I'll See You Again
53. If I Loved You
54. Serenade from "The Student Prince"
55. Beloved
56. Drink Drink Drink
57. Gaudeamus Igitur
58. Deep in My Heart Dear
59. Song of India
60. If You Were Mine
61. I'll Walk with God
62. Serenade from the Film "Serenade"
63. My Destiny
64. Torna a Surriento
65. Lamento Di Federico
66. De Quella Pira
67. Nessun Dorma
68. Serenade (Drigo)
69. You'll Never Walk Alone
70. This Nearly Was Mine
71. Younger Than Springtime
72. And This Is My Beloved
73. On the Street Where You Live
74. I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
75. The Donkey Serenade
76. All the Things You Are
77. Lover Come Back to Me
78. Giannina Mia
79. Earthbound
80. This Land
81. Do You Wonder
82. Love in a Home
83. A Night to Remember
84. Seven Hills of Rome
85. Come Dance with Me
86. Arrivederci Roma
87. Come Prima
88. Funiculi Funicula
89. Ideale
90. Santa Lucia
91. Song of the Vagabonds
92. Love Me Tonight