MARIO LANZA: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
 
4-CD Mail-Order Box-Set from BMG U.K. and Readers Digest
 
Several months ago while I was working on "The Definitive Collection" another department at BMG in London decided to capitalize on that high-profile release by producing a new 4-CD Lanza box-set as a part of their mail-order series "The Ultimate Collection" (not to be confused with the currently available single-disc Lanza compilation of the same name).
 
In all, 82 selections are featured on the new collection and I know from working closely with the producer that great care and effort has been put into presenting these treasures in the very best possible sound. The audio quality on "The Definitive Collection" should give you some idea of what to expect here. I also recommended that BMG return to some of the original RCA Lanza recordings to cut down on track duplication between the two releases.
 
As with "The Definitive Collection", BMG will promote the new release with a TV ad tie-in, this time using excerpts from 15 Lanza recordings featured on the compilation. At present, the box-set is available only through mail-order in Great Britain. It will not be sold in stores.
 
The new box-set also comes with a beautifully produced 12-page booklet containing many wonderful Lanza photographs.
 
Details for ordering MARIO LANZA: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION can be found at
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Definitive-Collection-Mario-Lanza/dp/B001GZL6K6
 
-DEREK MANNERING
 
 
DISC 1 - POPULAR
 
1. APRIL IN PARIS (Coke Show)
2. BECAUSE (RCA)
3. SANTA LUCIA (Coke Show)
4. BESAME MUCHO (Coke Show)
5. DANNY BOY (Coke Show)
6. CHARMAINE (Coke Show)
7. GRANADA (Coke Show)
8. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Coke Show)
9. FUNICULI, FUNICULA (RCA)
10. AVE MARIA (RCA Bach-Gounod)
11. WITHOUT A SONG (Coke Show)
12. CIRIBIRIBIN (Coke Show)
13. I'LL WALK WITH GOD (MGM)
14. O SOLE MIO (RCA)
15. ROSES OF PICARDY (Coke Show)
16. LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING (Coke Show)
17. THE SONG IS YOU (Coke Show)
18. MY WILD IRISH ROSE (Coke Show)
19. TORNA A SURRIENTO (Coke Show)
20. THE LORD'S PRAYER (RCA)
21. SONG OF INDIA (RCA)
22. I'LL BE SEEING YOU (Coke Show)
 
DISC 2 - OPERETTA
 
1. AND THIS IS MY BELOVED ("KISMET") (RCA)
2. SOMEDAY ("THE VAGABOND KING") (Coke Show)
3. GOLDEN DAYS ("THE STUDENT PRINCE") (MGM)
4. YOURS IS MY HEART ALONE ("THE LAND OF SMILES") (Coke Show)
5. PLAY GYPSIES, DANCE GYPSIES ("COUNTESS MARITZA") (Introduced By Lanza)
6. ONE ALONE ("THE DESERT SONG") (RCA)
7. THE DONKEY SERENADE ("THE FIREFLY") (RCA)
8. DEEP IN MY HEART, DEAR ("THE STUDENT PRINCE") (MGM)
9. ONLY A ROSE ("THE VAGABOND KING") (RCA '56)
10. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ("BITTER SWEET") (Coke Show)
11. DRINK, DRINK, DRINK ("THE STUDENT PRINCE") (MGM)
12. ROSE MARIE ("ROSE MARIE") (RCA)
13. SERENADE ("THE STUDENT PRINCE") (MGM)
14. LOVER, COME BACK TO ME ("THE NEW MOON") (RCA)
15. THE DESERT SONG ("THE DESERT SONG") (RCA)
16. A KISS IN THE DARK ("ORANGE BLOSSOMS") (Coke Show)
17. BELOVED ("THE STUDENT PRINCE") (MGM)
18. THE RIFF SONG ("THE DESERT SONG") (RCA)
19. TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP! ("NAUGHTY MARIETTA") (RCA)
20. WILL YOU REMEMBER ("MAYTIME") (RCA)
 
DISC 3 - FILMS AND SHOWS
 
1. BE MY LOVE (RCA)
2. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Coke Show)
3. ARRIVEDERCI ROMA (MGM)
4. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE (Coke Show)
5. BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE (RCA)
6. BEGIN THE BEGUINE (Coke Show)
7. MY HEART STOOD STILL (Coke Show)
8. I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN (Coke Show)
9. WITH A SONG IN MY HEART (Coke Show)
10. IF I LOVED YOU (Coke Show)
11. NIGHT AND DAY (Coke Show)
12. ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE (RCA)
13. TEMPTATION (Coke Show)
14. THE TINA LINA (RCA)
15. THE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME (RCA)
16. SOMEDAY I'LL FIND YOU (Coke Show)
17. YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME (RCA Rome)
18. YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC (Coke Show)
19. MY ROMANCE (Coke Show)
20. THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR (RCA)
 
DISC 4 - CLASSICAL
 
1. AIDA: CELESTE AIDA (RCA)
2. LA GIOCONDA: CIELO E MAR (RCA)
3. LA BOHÈME: CHE GELIDA MANINA (RCA)
4. L'ARLESIANA: LAMENTO DI FEDERICO (Coke Show)
5. ANDREA CHENIER: COME UN BEL DI DI MAGGIO (Coke Show)
6. IL TROVATORE: DI QUELLA PIRA (WB)
7. DER ROSENKAVALIER: DI RIGORI ARMATO IL SENO (WB)
8. TOSCA: E LUCEVAN LE STELLE (RCA)
9. CARMEN: LA FLEUR QUE TU M'AVAIS JETÉE (FLOWER SONG) (Coke Show)
10. FEDORA: AMOR TI VIETA (Coke Show)
11. RIGOLETTO: LA DONNA E MOBILE (Coke Show)
12. MARTHA: M'APPARI (RCA)
13. TURANDOT: NESSUN DORMA (WB)
14. L'AFRICAINE: O PARADISO (RCA)
15. LA BOHÈME: O SOAVE FANCIULLA (WB)
16. RIGOLETTO: QUESTA O QUELLA (RCA)
17. TOSCA: RECONDITA ARMONIA (RCA)
18. L'ELISIR D'AMORE: UNA FURTIVA LAGRIME (RCA)
19. PAGLIACCI: VESTI LA GIUBBA (Coke Show)
20. LA TRAVIATA: LIBIAMO, LIBIAMO, NE' LIETI CALICI (RCA)
 

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