Description
Mario! Lanza At His Best / Living Stereo / RCA Victor Audio CD 2006 / 82876-71625-2
UPC 828767162522
!!! Condition of CD is USED - VERY GOOD !!!
Mario! Lanza At His Best is a CD released by RCA Victor in 1995, and consists of two original albums recorded by tenor Mario Lanza. These are: the Neapolitan songs album Mario!, recorded in December 1958, and The Vagabond King, recorded in July 1959. The Mario! album has been singled out for special praise, with its star conductor Franco Ferrara of Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia later hailing Lanza's singing on the disc as "vocally extraordinary...a Caruso-type voice." Lanza's first studio album in stereo, the Mario! selections include the Neapolitan songs "Voce 'e Notte," "Canta Pe' Me," "'Na Sera 'e Maggio," and "Passione." The arrangements were created by Carlo Savina and Ennio Morricone.
The Vagabond King, an operetta by Rudolf Friml, was recorded three months before Mario Lanza's death in October 1959. The selections include "Love Me Tonight," "Nocturne," "Only a Rose," and the "Drinking Song." Lanza is accompanied on several songs by the soprano Judith Raskin, who recorded her contributions a year later in New York. The conductor was Constantine Callinicos.
| Label: | RCA Victor – 82876-71625-2 |
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| Series: | Living Stereo |
| Format: |
CD
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | 2006 |
| Genre: | Latin, Stage & Screen |
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Tracklist:
| 1 | Funiculì funiculà | 2:31 | |
| 2 | Dicitencello vuie | 3:22 | |
| 3 | Maria marì | 3:17 | |
| 4 | Voce ‘e notte | 4:06 | |
| 5 | Canta pe' me | 3:19 | |
| 6 | O surdato ‘namurato | 2:28 | |
| 7 | Comme facette mammeta? | 1:54 | |
| 8 | Santa Lucia luntana | 3:28 | |
| 9 | Fenesta che lucive | 3:37 | |
| 10 | Tu ca nun chiagne | 2:34 | |
| 11 | ‘Na sera ‘e maggio | 3:18 | |
| 12 | Passione | 4:03 | |
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The Vagabond King |
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| 13 | Drinking Song | 3:48 | |
| 14 | Some Day | 3:19 | |
| 15 | Love Me Tonight | 3:11 | |
| 16 | Only A Rose | 5:34 | |
| 17 | Tomorrow | 3:17 | |
| 18 | Love For Sale* | 2:36 | |
| 19 | Hunting* | 1:23 | |
| 20 | Nocturne | 3:21 | |
| 21 | Instrumental Iterlude & Nocturne (Reprise) |
4:54 | |
| 22 | Huguette Waltz* | 3:05 | |
| 23 | Song Of The Vagabonds | 3:36 | |
| 24 | Finale | 1:47 |
- Arranged By – Alessandro Nadin (tracks: 13, 15, 16, 19)
- Arranged By [Arrangements] – Carlo Savina (tracks: 2, 3, 9-11, 22), Ennio Morricone (tracks: 1, 4-8, 12, 14, 17, 18, 20, 23, 14)
- Conductor – Constantine Callinicos (tracks: 13-24), Franco Ferrara (tracks: 1-12)
