Mario Lanza: A Discography

English Recordings (A-K)
by Derek McGovern

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Mario Lanza - .Ah, Moon Of My Delight

Listen to the 24-year-old Lanza in one of his earliest recordings in English. This is a live radio performance of the demanding "Ah, Moon of My Delight" from Lehmann's 1896 song cycle In a Persian Garden on CBS's "Great Moments in Music," 26 December 1945. The conductor is Georges Sebastian. 
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About the English-Language Recordings

Lanza's recorded legacy consists of multiple versions in many instances. Where these occur, I have highlighted what I consider the best rendition(s) in bold. In most instances (irrespective of whether Lanza recorded the song once or multiple times), the best CD reproduction of the rendition can be located by "rolling over" the text. 

Note: If you are new to Lanza, or simply want to hear him at his consistent best in the English-language repertoire, I would recommend the 2016/2017 Sepia Records CDs Never Till Now and One Alone. Full details about these releases can be found here and here. There are also superb Digitally Extracted Stereo (DES) versions of many of Lanza's finest recordings in English on the 2025 2-CD set Night and Day. 

​Please note: I intend to provide a more detailed discography (featuring exact recording dates, conductors' names, etc) here when time permits.

A

Ah, Moon of My Delight

(from In A Persian Garden) (Lehmann)

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life

(from Naughty Marietta) (Herbert-Young)

All Alone/What'll I Do?

(Berlin)
  • 1946 Live radio broadcast: Great Moments in Music (with Natalie Bodanya, soprano)

All the Things You Are

(from Very Warm for May) (Kern-Hammerstein)

Alone Together

(Schwartz-Dietz)

America the Beautiful

(Ward-Bates)
  • 1945 Live radio broadcast: Great Moments in Music (with Robert Weede, baritone, and Vivian Bauer, soprano)

Among My Souvenirs

(Wright-Leslie)

And Here You Are

(Iovello-Levin)

And This Is My Beloved

(from Kismet) (adapted from Borodin/Wright-Forrest)

April in Paris

(from Walk A Little Faster) (Duke-Harburg)

Arrivederci Roma

(Rascel-Garinei-Giovannini-Sigman)

Away in a Manger

(Kirkpatrick)

Azuri's Dance

(from The Desert Song) (Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein-Mandel)

B

The Bayou Lullaby

(Brodszky-Cahn)

Be My Love

(Brodszky-Cahn)

Beautiful Love

(King-Young-Van Alstyne-Gillespie)

E

Earthbound

(Taylor-Richardson-Musel)

Ergo Bibamus

(Eberwein; lyrics adapted and translated from Goethe)

F

Falling in Love With Love

(from The Boys from Syracuse) (Rodgers-Hart)
  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

The First Noel

(Trad.)

Fluffy Foam

(novelty song from the soundtrack of Because You're Mine; not available on any official CD)
  • 1951 MGM

Fools Rush In

(Bloom-Mercer)

For You Alone

(Geehl-O'Reilly)

Funiculì Funiculà (in English)

(Denza, composer-English lyricist unknown)

G

Giannina Mia

(from The Firefly) (Friml-Harbach)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

(Trad.)

Golden Days

(from The Student Prince) (Romberg-Donnelly)

Guardian Angels

(Marx-Beilenson)

Gypsy Love Song

(from The Fortune Teller) (Herbert-Smith)

H

Halloween Suite

(Barrymore)
  • 1948 Hollywood Bowl concert

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

(Mendelssohn-Wesley)

The Hills of Home

(Fox-Calhoun)
  • 1952 two renditions for Coca-Cola Radio Show: the lesser version was commercially released and can be heard on You'll Never Walk Alone (BMG, 1995); the superior rendition is only available on the 2023 Sepia Records CD Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor

The House on the Hill

(Charles)

I

If

(Evans-Hargreaves-Damerell)

If I Loved You

(from Carousel) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)

If You Are But a Dream

(Adapted from Rubinstein/Jaffe-Fulton-Bonx)

If You Were Mine

(Merrill)

I Know, I Know, I Know

(Kaper-Russell)

I’ll Be Seeing You

(Fain-Kahal)

I’ll Never Love You

(Brodszky-Cahn)

I’ll See You Again

(from Bitter Sweet) (Coward)

I’ll See You In My Dreams

(Jones-Kahn)

I’ll Walk With God

(Brodszky-Webster)

I Love Thee

(Grieg)

I’m Falling in Love With Someone

(from Naughty Marietta) (Herbert-Young)
  • 1945 RCA test record
  • 1945 Red Barber Review (live radio broadcast)
  • 1951 two versions: Coca-Cola Radio Show
  • 1958 two live versions: Royal Albert Hall recital and Saturday Spectacular TV Show

I Never Knew

(Kahn-Fiorito)

I Saw Three Ships

(Trad.)

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

(Sears-Willis)

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

(Porter)

I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star

(from Music in the Air) (Kern-Hammerstein)

I Want a Kiss

(from The Desert Song) (Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein-Mandel)

J

Joy to the World

(Watts-Mason)

A Jug of Wine

(from In A Persian Garden) (Lehmann)
  • 1945 (with Frances Yeend, sop.) Live radio broadcast: Great Moments in Music

Just We Two

(from The Student Prince)(Romberg-Donnelly)

K

A Kiss

(Sinatra-Brooks)

A Kiss in the Dark

(from Orange Blossoms) (Herbert-De Sylva)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show