Mario Lanza - The Ultimate Collection
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Composer: Nicholas BrodszkyComposer: Nacio Herb Brown
Composer: Sammy Cahn
Composer: Eduardo di Capua
Composer: Salvatore Cardillo
Composer: Ernesto de Curtis
Composer: Luigi Denza
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Composer: Rudolf Friml
Performer: Mario Lanza
Edition: Music CD
Audio: Spanish (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1999-06-15
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Be My Love
- Drink, Drink, Drink
- Rigoletto: Act IV: La Donna E Mobile
- Danny Boy
- Granada
- Because You're Mine
- Ave Maria
- Valencia
- The Loveliest Night Of The Year
- Song Of India
- Because
- O Sole Mio
- The Donkey Serenade
- I Paggliacci: Act I: Vesti La Giubba
- Serenade
- Funiculi, Funicula
- Golden Days
- Arrivederci Roma
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Beloved
- Come Prima
- Tosca: Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle
- Santa Lucia
- I'll Walk With God
- And This Is My Beloved
- Cielo E Mar (La Gioconda)
- If I Loved You
- Deep In My Heart
- Core 'Ngrato
- Una Furtiva Lagrima (L' Elisir D'Amore)
- Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
- Canta Pe' Me
- Santa Lucia Luntana
- Memories
- With A Song In My Heart
- O Paradiso! (L' Africana)
- Temptation
- Aida: Act I: Celeste Aida
- Feneste Che Lucive
- A Night To Remember
- Non Ti Scordar Di Me
- Somewhere A Voice Is Calling
- Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
- All The Things You Are
- Passione
- One Night Of Love
- La Danza
Music reviews of Mario Lanza - The Ultimate Collection
Music Review: The good and the bad in one collection
Rating: 4 Stars
This is (unintentionally, I'm sure) a warts-and-all illustration of Mario Lanza. True, there are magnificent recordings scattered throughout (Serenade, Beloved, E Lucevan Le Stelle, Passione, etc) but the overall impression one is left with is of a sloppy and undisciplined singer who just happened to possess a great voice. The fault lies squarely with BMG and their predilection for selecting the very worst of Lanza, and placing it next to the best. Many of the inferior choices come from Lanza's Coca-Cola radio show, recorded between 1951 and 1952, and featuring prominently on Disc Two. (Disc One is a more consistent selection, and repeats the same tracks from the British one-CD set "The Ultimate Collection", reviewed elsewhere on this site.)
The "Coke" shows were generally under-rehearsed, and represent what in many respects was the most chaotic period of Lanza's short life. Thus it's not surprising that the tenor often sounds unfamiliar with his material, is sometimes off-key, and also makes numerous stylistic lapses. Never intended to be heard beyond their initial broadcast, these supposedly "one-off affairs" nevertheless did produce the occasional gem, but one needs to look elsewhere for examples of those. The three exceptions on this set are the gloriously romantic If I Loved You, One Night of Love, and the poignant Memories. Danny Boy also deserves honorable mention, although the ending should have been remade.
O Paradiso, Somewhere a Voice is Calling, Core 'Ngrato, Deep in My Heart, and With a Song in My Heart represent low points from the Coke Shows. Other poor choices include And This is My Beloved, from the disastrous Lanza on Broadway LP; a rough-as-old-boots Una Furtiva Lagrima; and an off-pitch Cielo E Mar (ironically the one studio recording on this set that *is* inferior to Lanza's Coke Show rendition).
Mario Lanza was blessed with the most spectacular natural tenor voice of the 20th century. Is it too much to expect for BMG to honor his memory more selectively? Where are Lanza's sublime recordings of Che Gelida Manina from "La Boheme", his M'appari, the Improvviso from Andrea Chenier and his unsurpassed Otello Monologue? Or the fabulous Some Day, the gorgeous 'A Vucchella and Lanza's own favorite recording, the haunting Voce E Notte? For the very best of Mario Lanza, buyers will need to look elsewhere.
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