The Essential Mario Lanza

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Title Tracks for The Essential Mario Lanza

• 1. Be My Love (from "The Toast of New Orleans")
• 2. Drink, Drink, Drink (From "The Student Prince") (Remastered 1991)
• 3. Rigoletto; Act IV; La donna è mobile (1991 Remastered)
• 4. Danny Boy
• 5. Granada (1991 Remastered)
• 6. Because You're Mine (From "Because You're Mine") (1991 Remastered)
• 7. Ave Maria
• 8. Valencia
• 9. The Loveliest Night of the Year (From "The Great Caruso") (1991 Remastered)
• 10. Song of India
• 11. Because (1991 Remastered)
• 12. O sole mio (1991 Remastered)
• 13. The Donkey Serenade (From "Firefly")
• 14. If I Loved You (from "Carousel") (1991 Remastered)
• 15. Serenade (From "The Student Prince") (1991 Remastered)
• 16. Funiculi, funicula
• 17. Golden Days (From "The Student Prince") (1991 Remastered)
• 18. Arrivederci, Roma (featured in "The Seven Hills of Rome") (Remastered 1991)
• 19. You'll Never Walk Alone
• 20. Beloved (From "The Student Prince") (1991 Remastered)
• 21. Come prima (From "For the First Time") (1991 Remastered)
• 22. Tosca; Act III; E lucevan le stelle
• 23. Santa Lucia (1993 Remastered)
• 24. I'll Walk With God
• 25. And This is My Beloved (from "Kismet")
• 26. La Gioconda; Act II; Cielo e mar
• 27. Deep In My Heart, Dear (from "The Student Prince") (1993 Remastered)
• 28. Core 'ngrato (1993 Remastered)
• 29. L'elisir d'amore; Act II; Una furtiva lagrima
• 30. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
• 31. Canta pe' me (Remastered 1995)
• 32. Santa Lucia luntana (Remastered 1995)
• 33. Memories
• 34. With a Song in My Heart (from "Spring Is Here") (1991 Remastered)
• 35. L'africana; Act IV; O paradiso! (1993 Remastered)
• 36. Temptation (from "Going Hollywood") (Remastered 1991)
• 37. Aida (featured in "The Great Caruso"); Act I; Celeste Aida (1991 Remastered)
• 38. Fenesta che lucive (Remastered 1995)
• 39. A Night to Remember (Remastered 1991)
• 40. Non ti scordar di me (Remastered 1993)
• 41. Somewhere a Voice Is Calling (Remastered - 1995)
• 42. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (Remastered 1991)
• 43. All the Things You Are (From "Very Warm for May") (1991 Remastered)
• 44. Passione (Remastered 1995)
• 45. One Night of Love (From "One Night of Love") (Remastered 1991)
• 46. La danza (1993 Remastered)

Customer Reviews

 (7 customer reviews)

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

The Greatest Voice I Ever Heard!!!, February 2, 2010

Dick Buckley (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) - See all my reviews

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Let me state at the outset that I am not generally a great fan of the opera or vocal music in general. I am a died-in-the-wool fanatic for symphonic and orchestral music. Oh, I enjoy much of Bizet's works, Richard Wagners orchestral suites, most of Verdi's work - including some of his arias, Rossini's overtures, and I admit to having a weakness for some of the great vocalists over the years - Iussi Bjorling, Mario Del Monico, Placido Domingo et al - but I could never get into hard core opera, and popular vocal trash leaves me totally cold. All that being said, this 2-disc set of Mario Lanza is absolutely to die for!! Mario has the greatest voice, bar none, that I have ever heard in all my 75 years. His renditions of Granada and Valencia are enough to send shivers up your spine - but I could repeat that statement for every cut on this 2-disc set.

The sound leaves something to be desired on both discs. There is some surface noise present between all of the selections,...Read more

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Essential Mario Lanza, January 18, 2008

Linda Muntner "passionate animal lover" (FL, for now) - See all my reviews
  

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amazing collection....this ill-fated glorious man had a voice unlike any others....the and now.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Best Ever, May 21, 2010

Sam Clemens "Mikesfrend" (Earth) - See all my reviews

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Alot for your money here. Opera, show tunes, pop, Italian favorites, all sung perfectly by this vocal master. The Student Prince Serenade and Una Furtiva Lagrima are my favorites, but there are so many to choose from. Some I've never even heard before.
If you can buy just one of his CDs, get this one.