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MARIO LANZA: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
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4-CD Mail-Order Box-Set from BMG U.K. and Readers
Digest
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The new box-set also comes with a beautifully
produced 12-page booklet containing many wonderful Lanza photographs.
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- Details for ordering MARIO LANZA: THE ULTIMATE
COLLECTION can be found at
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Definitive-Collection-Mario-Lanza/dp/B001GZL6K6
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- -DEREK MANNERING
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- DISC 1 - POPULAR
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- 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)
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- DISC 2 - OPERETTA
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- 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)
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- DISC 3 - FILMS AND SHOWS
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- 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)
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- DISC 4 - CLASSICAL
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- 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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