Mario Lanza: A Discography
 
English Recordings (L-R)
by Derek McGovern

The above video, expertly compiled by Lanza aficionado Vince Di Placido, showcases some of Mario Lanza's most exquisite phrasing, including many of his recordings of English love songs.   

• On the Forum: The Best of Everything? Mario's Coke Performances


• Mario Lanza: LPs and Selected CDs


• On the Forum: Ah, Moon of My Delight


• On the Forum: The Immortal Serenade

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Lady of Spain

(Hargreaves-Evans-Damerell-Tilsley)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowThe Mario Lanza Collection (3-CD set, BMG 1991)

Lee-Ah-Loo

(Sinatra-Lehmann)

• 1951 soundtrack to Because You're Mine
• 1952 RCAThe Mario Lanza Collection (3-CD set, RCA/BMG 1991)

A Little Love, a Little Kiss

(Silesu-Ross)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowWhen Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

Long Ago and Far Away

(Kern-Ira Gershwin)

• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio ShowWhen Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

Look For the Silver Lining

(from Sally) (Kern-De Sylva)

• 1951 two similarly (and sweetly) rendered versions for Coca-Cola Radio Show, both of which have been released (on the 1991 BMG CD Be My Love and 1995 BMG CD You'll Never Walk Alone, respectively)

The Lord’s Prayer

(Malotte)

• 1948 live radio broadcast Edgar Bergen ShowMario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia Records, 2017)
• 1951 three versions:
  1951 RCA;Christmas with Mario Lanza (RCA/BMG, 1987)
  1951 MGM for Because You're Mine soundtrack;Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances at MGM (Rhino, 1998)
  and one for Coca-Cola Radio Show

Love in a Home

(from Li'l Abner) (de Paul-Mercer)

• 1956 RCAThe Mario Lanza Collection (3-CD set, BMG 1991) OR Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (5-CD set, Sony 2009)

Love Is Music

(adapted from Tchaikovsky/Charles and Andre Previn/Katz)

• 1948 (with Kathryn Grayson, sop.) soundtrack recording for That Midnight Kiss

Love Is the Sweetest Thing

(Noble)

• 1952 two takes for Coca-Cola Radio Show, only one of which has been commercially released;
  the released version is superiorMario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019)

Love Me Tonight

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

• 1959 RCA Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia Records, 2017)

The Loveliest Night of the Year

(adapted from Rosas/Aaronson-Webster)

• 1951 two verions:
  one RCA recordingMario Lanza: Greatest Hits (BMG 1995) OR The Mario Lanza Collection (3-CD set, BMG 1991) OR The Essential Mario Lanza (BMG/RCA 2007)
  and a much lesser version for Coca-Cola Radio Show (inexplicably selected for the 2004 BMG UK CD The Definitive Collection)
• 1957 four versions: one incomplete rendition for the soundtrack of Seven Hills of Rome; one RCA recording; and two live performances at London Palladium

Lover Come Back To Me

(from New Moon) (Romberg-Hammerstein)

• 1956 RCAMario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019)

Lygia

(Rozsa-Webster)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowThe Mario Lanza Collection (3-CD set, RCA/BMG 1991)

M

Make Believe

(from Show Boat) (Kern-Hammerstein)

• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio ShowMario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (2-CD set, Sony/TCM 2013)

Marcheta

(Schertzinger)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowWhen Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

Margot

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

• 1959 RCA (unreleased)

Memories

(Kahn-Van Alstyne)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowBe My Love (RCA/BMG, 1991)

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

(Martin Luther)

• 1952 soundtrack to The Student Prince (not on CD)

The Moon Was Yellow

(Ahlert-Leslie)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowWhen Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

More Than You Know

(from Great Day) (Youmans-Rose-Eliscu)

• 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

My Buddy

(Donaldson-Kahn)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowWhen Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

My Destiny

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 1955 two versions: one with piano for the Serenade soundtrack, and not released commercially; the other with full orchestra for the RCA Serenade soundtrack album

My Heart Stood Still

(from A Connecticut Yankee) (Rodgers-Hart)

• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

My Romance

(from Jumbo) (Rodgers-Hart)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show (two released takes)The superior take is available on Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (2-CD set, Sony/TCM 2013) and Mario Lanza: Never Till Now (Sepia Records, 2016)
• 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

My Song, My Love

(Beelby-Beilenson)

• 1950 RCAThe Mario Lanza Collection (3-CD set, BMG 1991)
• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

My Wild Irish Rose

(Wolcott)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show Be My Love (RCA/BMG, 1991)

N

Never Till Now

(Green-Webster)

• 1957 RCA Mario Lanza: Never Till Now (Sepia Records, 2016) OR Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (SonyBMG, 2009)

Night and Day

(from Gay Divorce) (Porter)

• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia Records, 2017)

The Night Is Young

(Suesse-Rose-Kahal)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowMario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (2-CD set, Sony/TCM 2013) and with Lanza's spoken introduction on Mario Lanza: Never Till Now (Sepia Records, 2016)

A Night To Remember

(Segal-Kalmanoff)

• 1957 RCAThe Mario Lanza Collection (3-CD set, BMG 1991)

Nocturne

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

• 1959 RCA: two versions:
  full rendition and a repriseMario Lanza: Poetry and Passion (Sepia Records, 2018) for the full rendition and Mario! Lanza At His Best (Sony/BMG Super Audio CD, 2006) for the reprise

None But the Lonely Heart

(Tchaikovsky-David-Hoffmann-Livingston)

• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio ShowMario Lanza: You'll Never Walk Along (BMG 1995)

O

O Christmas Tree

(Trad.)

• 1956 RCA;Christmas with Mario Lanza (RCA/BMG, 1987)
• 1959 RCA

O Come All Ye Faithful

(Oakley)

• 1951 two versions:
  one RCA;Christmas with Mario Lanza (RCA/BMG, 1987)
  the other for Coca-Cola Radio Show
• 1959 RCA

O Holy Night

(Adam)

• 1950 RCAChristmas with Mario Lanza (RCA/BMG, 1987)

O Little Town of Bethlehem

(Brooks-Redner)

• 1951 two versions:
  one RCA;Christmas with Mario Lanza (RCA/BMG, 1987)
  the other for Coca-Cola Radio Show
• 1959

Oh, Nights of Splendor

(aka Neapolitan Nights) (Zamecnik-Kerr)

• Two 1951 takes for the Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (5-CD set, Sony 2009) and Serenade: A Mario Lanza Songbook (Sony 2009)

On the Street Where You Live

(from My Fair Lady) (Loewe-Lerner)

• 1956 RCA Mario Lanza: My Romance (BMG, 2001)

One Alone

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

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show
• 1959 RCA Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia Records, 2017)
  (Note: an inferior reprise version can be heard on The Mario Lanza Collection)

One Flower in Your Garden

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

• 1959 RCA Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019)

One Good Boy Gone Wrong

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

• 1959 RCA Mario Lanza: The Student Prince and the Desert Song (BMG 1987)

One Love of Mine

(adapted from Tchaikovsky)

• 1948 (with Kathryn Grayson, sop): outtake from That Midnight Kiss, available on DVD That Midnight Kiss/The Toast of New Orleans

One Night of Love

(Schertzinger-Kahn)

• 1951 two versions for Coca-Cola Radio Show: one with an A-Flat ending (featured on the 1991 3-CD set The Mario Lanza Collection); the other with a high C ending (CD: When Day is Done)

Only a Rose

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

• 1956 RCAMario Lanza: Serenade/A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004) OR Mario Lanza: My Romance (BMG 2001)
• 1959 two versions: full rendition with Judith Raskin, soprano, and a
  repriseMario Lanza: Poetry and Passion (Sepia Records, 2018)
  from the album The Vagabond King

P

Pineapple Pickers

(Stoll)

• 1958For the First Time/Caruso Favorites (BMG/Collectables, 2004) OR Mario Lanza: Double Feature (BMG 1991)

Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies

(from Countess Maritza) (Kalman-Smith)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio ShowReleased only once on the 1994 3-CD Reader's Digest set The Very Best of Mario Lanza.

A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody

(Berlin)

• 1946 live radio broadcast: Great Moments in Music

R

The Riff Song

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

• 1959 RCA Mario Lanza: The Student Prince and the Desert Song (BMG 1987)

Romance

(Leslie-Donaldson)

• 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (5-CD set)(SonyBMG 2009) and (with Lanza's spoken introduction) Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (2-CD set; Sony/TCM 2013)

The Rosary

(Nevin-Rogers)

• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (RCA/BMG, 1993)

Rose Marie

(from Rose Marie) (Friml-Hammerstein-Harbach-Stothart)

• 1956 RCAMario Lanza: Serenade/A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)

Roses of Picardy

(Weatherley-Wood)

• 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia Records, 2017)

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