The Essential Mario Lanza

Mario Lanza

• Released on 26/10/2004 by RCA Red Seal
• Main artists: Mario Lanza
• Genre: Classical

1 Be My Love (From "The Toast of New Orleans")

Mario Lanza 00:03:28

Mario Lanza, Tenor - Nicholas Brodszky, Composer - Ray Sinatra, Conductor - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist - The Jeff Alexander Choir, Performer

Originally Recorded 1950 Sony Music Entertainment

2 Drink, Drink, Drink (From "The Student Prince")

Constantine Callinicos 00:03:14

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Dorothy Donnelly, Lyricist - Edward Rich, Engineer - Jeff Alexander Choir, Performer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Sigmund Romberg, Composer

Originally Recorded 1953 Sony Music Entertainment

Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)

3 Rigoletto: Act IV: La donna è mobile

Constantine Callinicos 00:02:02

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Re-Issue Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Edward Rich, Re-Mastering Engineer - Francesco Maria Piave, Lyricist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally Recorded 1950. All rights reserved by BMG Music

4 Danny Boy

Mario Lanza 00:02:55

André Gauthier, Engineer - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Producer - C.E. Crumpacker, Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Edward Rich, Producer - Frederic Edward Weatherly, Arranger - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Traditional, Composer

Originally Recorded 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

5 Granada

Mario Lanza 00:03:56

Agustín Lara, Composer - Agustín Lara, Lyricist - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor

Originally Recorded 1949. All rights reserved by BMG Music

6 Because You're Mine (From "Because You're Mine")

Constantine Callinicos 00:03:29

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Edward Rich, Engineer - Jeff Alexander Choir, Performer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Nicholas Brodszky, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1952 Sony Music Entertainment

7 Ave Maria

Constantine Callinicos 00:04:26

Charles Gounod, Composer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Shapiro, Violin

Originally Recorded 1950. All rights reserved by BMG Music

8 Valencia

Mario Lanza 00:02:15

Clifford Grey, Composer - Clifford Grey, Lyricist - José Padilla, Composer - José Padilla, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor

Originally Rcorded 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

9 The Loveliest Night of the Year (From "The Great Caruso")

Constantine Callinicos 00:03:33

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Edward Rich, Engineer - Irving Aaronson, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Paul Francis Webster, Composer

Originally Recorded 1951. All rights reserved by BMG Music

10 Sadko: Song of India

Mario Lanza 00:03:58

Johnny Mercer, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer

Originally Recorded 1953 Sony Music Entertainment

11 Because

Constantine Callinicos 00:02:07

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Edward Rich, Engineer - Edward Teschemacher, Lyricist - Guy d'Hardelot, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally Recorded 1951. All rights reserved by BMG Music

12 O sole mio

Mario Lanza 00:04:21

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Carlo Savina, Conductor - Edoardo Di Capua, Composer - Edoardo Di Capua, Lyricist - Edward Rich, Engineer - Giovanni Capurro, Composer - Giovanni Capurro, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally released 1958 Sony Music Entertainment

13 The Donkey Serenade (From "Firefly")

Mario Lanza 00:03:01

Chet Forrest, Composer - Chet Forrest, Lyricist - Henri René and His Orchestra, Performer - Herbert Stothart, Composer - Herbert Stothart, Lyricist - Irving Aaronson, Composer - Irving Aaronson, Lyricist - Jeff Alexander Choir, Performer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Rudolf Friml, Composer - Rudolf Friml, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

14 If I Loved You (from "Carousel")

Mario Lanza 00:03:27

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Ray Sinatra, Conductor - Richard Rodgers, Composer

Originally Recorded 1952. All rights reserved by BMG Music

15 Serenade (From "The Student Prince")

Constantine Callinicos 00:03:43

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Dorothy Donnelly, Lyricist - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Sigmund Romberg, Composer

Originally Recorded 1953 Sony Music Entertainment

16 Funiculi, funicula

Mario Lanza 00:02:31

André Gauthier, Engineer - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Producer - C.E. Crumpacker, Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Edward Rich, Producer - Ennio Morricone, Arranger - Giuseppe Turco, Lyricist - Luigi Denza, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally Recorded 1951. All rights reserved by BMG Music

17 Golden Days (From "The Student Prince")

Constantine Callinicos 00:01:26

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Dorothy Donnelly, Lyricist - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Sigmund Romberg, Composer

Originally Recorded 1953. All rights reserved by BMG Music

18 Mario Lanza - Arrivederci Roma (featured in "Seven Hills of Rome")

Mario Lanza 00:03:16

Alessandro Giovannini, Composer - Alessandro Giovannini, Lyricist - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Carl Sigman, Composer - Carl Sigman, Lyricist - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Pietro Garinei, Composer - Pietro Garinei, Lyricist - Renato Rascel, Composer - Renato Rascel, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1957. All rights reserved by BMG Music

19 You'll Never Walk Alone

Mario Lanza 00:02:55

André Gauthier, Engineer - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Producer - C.E. Crumpacker, Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Edward Rich, Producer - Irving Aaronson, Conductor - Jeff Alexander Choir, Performer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Richard Rodgers, Composer

Originally Recorded 1956. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

20 Beloved (From "The Student Prince")

Constantine Callinicos 00:03:08

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Nicholas Brodszky, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1953. All rights reserved by BMG Music

21 For The First Time (Come Prima) (From "For The First Time")

Mario Lanza 00:03:25

Buck Ram, Composer - Buck Ram, Lyricist - George Stoll, Conductor - John Sammuels, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Mario Panzeri, Composer - Mario Panzeri, Lyricist - Nathaniel S. Johnson, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Sandro Taccani, Composer - Sandro Taccani, Lyricist - Vincenzo DiPaola, Composer - Vincenzo DiPaola, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1959 Sony Music Entertainment

Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)

22 Tosca: Act III: E lucevan le stelle

Constantine Callinicos 00:03:04

Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - RCA Victor Orchestra, Performer

Originally Recorded 1950. All rights reserved by BMG Music

23 Santa Lucia

Mario Lanza 00:02:59

Anonymous, Composer - Chick Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Dick Baxter, Re-Mastering Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Palardi, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1952 Sony Music Entertainment

24 I'll Walk With God

Mario Lanza 00:02:52

Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Nicholas Brodszky, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1953 Sony Music Entertainment

DISC 2

1 And This is My Beloved (from "Kismet")

Irving Aaronson 00:03:17

André Gauthier, Engineer - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Producer - C.E. Crumpacker, Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Edward Rich, Producer - George Forrest, Composer - George Forrest, Lyricist - Irving Aaronson, Conductor - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Robert Craig Wright, Composer - Robert Craig Wright, Lyricist - The Jeff Alexander Choir, Performer

Originally Recorded 1956 Sony Music Entertainment

La Gioconda (Amilcare Ponchielli)

2 La Gioconda: Act II: Cielo e mar

Mario Lanza 00:03:59

Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Mario Lanza, Tenor - RCA Victor Orchestra, Performer

Originally Recorded 1950. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

3 Deep In My Heart, Dear (from "The Student Prince")

Mario Lanza 00:02:33

Chick Crumpacker, Producer - Dick Baxter, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dorothy Donnelly, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor - Sigmund Romberg, Composer

Originally Recorded 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

4 Core 'ngrato

Mario Lanza 00:02:35

Chick Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Dick Baxter, Re-Mastering Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Riccardo Cordiferro, Lyricist - Salvatore Cardillo, Composer

Originally Recorded 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

L'elisir d'amore (Gaetano Donizetti)

5 L'elisir d'amore: Act II: Una furtiva lagrima

Constantine Callinicos 00:04:11

Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - RCA Victor Orchestra, Performer - Romani, Librettist

Originally Recorded 1950. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

6 Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life

Mario Lanza 00:02:50

André Gauthier, Engineer - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Producer - C.E. Crumpacker, Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Edward Rich, Producer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor - Rida Johnson Young, Lyricist - Victor Herbert, Composer

Originally Recorded 1951. All rights reserved by BMG Music

7 Canta pe' me

Mario Lanza 00:03:19

Ennio Morricone, Arranger - Ernesto de Curtis, Lyricist - Franco Ferrara, Conductor - Libero Bovio, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally Recorded 1958. All rights reserved by BMG Music

8 Santa Lucia luntana

Mario Lanza 00:03:28

E.A. Mario, Composer - E.A. Mario, Lyricist - Ennio Morricone, Arranger - Franco Ferrara, Conductor - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally Recorded 1958. All rights reserved by BMG Music

9 Memories

Mario Lanza 00:02:49

André Gauthier, Engineer - André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Engineer - Anthony Salvatore, Producer - C.E. Crumpacker, Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Edward Rich, Producer - Egbert Van Alstyne, Composer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor

Originally Recorded 1952. All rights reserved by BMG Music

10 With a Song in My Heart (from "Spring Is Here")

Mario Lanza 00:03:31

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Lorenz Hart, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor - Richard Rodgers, Composer

Originally Recorded 1951. All rights reserved by BMG Music

L'africana (Giacomo Meyerbeer)

11 L'africana: Act IV: O paradiso!

Mario Lanza 00:02:58

Eugène Scribe, Librettist - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor

Originally Recorded 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

12 Temptation (from "Going Hollywood")

Mario Lanza 00:02:18

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - Arthur Freed, Lyricist - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Nacio Herb Brown, Composer - Ray Sinatra, Conductor

Originally Recorded 1952. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Aida (featured in "The Great Caruso") (Giuseppe Verdi)

13 Aida (featured in "The Great Caruso"): Act I: Celeste Aida

Constantine Callinicos 00:04:18

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - Antonio Ghislanzoni, Librettist - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Edward Rich, Engineer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - RCA Victor Orchestra, Performer

Originally Recorded 1949. All rights reserved by BMG Music

14 Fenesta che lucive

Mario Lanza 00:03:37

Carlo Savina, Arranger - Franco Ferrara, Conductor - Giulio Genoino, Lyricist - Guglielmo Cottrau, Composer - Mariano Paolella, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally Recorded 1958. All rights reserved by BMG Music

15 A Night to Remember

Mario Lanza 00:02:51

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Henri René, Conductor - Jack D. Segal, Composer - Jack D. Segal, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Martin Kalmanoff, Composer - Martin Kalmanoff, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1957. All rights reserved by BMG Music

16 Non ti scordar di me

Mario Lanza 00:02:53

Chick Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Conductor - Dick Baxter, Re-Mastering Engineer - Domenico Furnò, Lyricist - Ernesto de Curtis, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor

Originally Recorded 1951 and 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

17 Somewhere a Voice Is Calling

Mario Lanza 00:02:36

Arthur Tate, Composer - Arthur Tate, Lyricist - Chick Crumpacker, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Eileen Newton, Composer - Eileen Newton, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor

Originally Recorded 1952. All rights reserved by BMG Music

18 Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

Constantine Callinicos 00:03:36

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Constantine Callinicos, Piano - Edward Rich, Engineer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Sigmund Romberg, Composer

Originally Recorded 1958. All rights reserved by BMG Music

19 All the Things You Are (From "Very Warm for May")

Mario Lanza 00:03:18

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Henri René, Conductor - Jerome Kern, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1956. All rights reserved by BMG Music

20 Passione

Mario Lanza 00:04:03

Ennio Morricone, Arranger - Ernesto Tagliaferri, Composer - Ernesto Tagliaferri, Lyricist - Franco Ferrara, Conductor - Libero Bovio, Composer - Libero Bovio, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Nicola Valente, Composer - Nicola Valente, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1958. All rights reserved by BMG Music

21 One Night of Love (From "One Night of Love")

Mario Lanza 00:03:02

André Gauthier, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Re-Mastering Engineer - C.E. Crumpacker, Producer - Edward Rich, Engineer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor - Victor Schertzinger, Composer

Originally Recorded 1952. All rights reserved by BMG Music

22 La danza

Mario Lanza 00:01:25

Chick Crumpacker, Producer - Dick Baxter, Re-Mastering Engineer - Gioacchino Rossini, Composer - Mario Lanza, Tenor - Ray Sinatra, Conductor

Originally Recorded 1951. All rights reserved by BMG Music

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 46 track(s)
• Total length: 02:24:58

• Main artists: Mario Lanza
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: RCA Red Seal
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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