The Best of Mario Lanza

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3 slimline jewel cases

Annotation last modified on 2020-09-21 20:51 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
CD 3
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1Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
2:09
2Serenade: Vien al mio grido d’amor
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Serenade: Vien al mio grido d’amor
lyricist:
Cesare Sturani
composer:
Riccardo Drigo (composer)
is based on:
Arlekinada: Serenade
3:38
3Core ’ngrato (catari, catari)
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Core ’ngrato (Catari, Catari) (for voice & orchestra)
lyricist:
Riccardo Cordiferro (in 1911)
composer:
Salvatore Cardillo (Italian-American composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA
2:36
4Tosca: Recondita armonia
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I
2:10
5Tosca: A lucevan le stelle
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III
3:08
6La traviata: Parigi o cara5:08
7Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene (Love duet)6:13
8O soave fanciulla
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (in 1896)
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
3:33
9Parlami d’amore, Mariù
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Parlami d’amore Mariù
lyricist:
Ennio Neri
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio
2:45
10L’elisir d’amore: Una furtiva lagrima
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) (in 1832)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
3:41
11Mama mia che vo sape
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Mamma mia, che vo' sapè
lyricist:
Ferdinando Russo
composer:
Emanuele Nutile (in 1900)
2:12
12Andrea Chénier: “Un dì all'azzurro spazio” (Improvviso)4:42
13Pagliacci: “Vesti la giubba”
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” - “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I
2:48
14’A vucchella
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
’A vucchella
lyricist:
Gabriele D'Annunzio (in 1892)
composer:
Francesco Paolo Tosti (composer) (in 1904)
2:24
15O paradiso3:10
16Marechiare
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Marechiare
lyricist:
Salvatore Di Giacomo
composer:
Francesco Paolo Tosti (composer)
2:08
17Lolita
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Lolita
lyricist and composer:
Arturo Buzzi‐Peccia
3:44
18Mattinata
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Mattinata
lyricist and composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
2:00
19La spagnola
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
La spagnola
lyricist and composer:
Vincenzo di Chiara (in 1906)
3:26
20Torna a Surriento (Come Back to Sorrento)
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
Torna a Surriento
lyricist:
Giambattista De Curtis
composer:
Ernesto De Curtis (composer) (in 1902)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
3:08
21’O sole mio
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
live recording of:
’O sole mio
lyricist:
Giovanni Capurro (in 1898)
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua (in 1898) and Alfredo Mazzucchi (in 1898)
publisher:
Bideri CEVEL, Domaine public (refers to works that are in the public domain) and Gennarelli Casa Editrice
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
4:09

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Release

manufactured in:the E.U.
distributed by:Prism Leisure Corp. PLC (not for release label use!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label) (in 2006)
licensed from:licensemusic.com
part of:Cherished Classics (order: 1)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/9796739 [info]
ASIN:UK: B000H9I17S [info]