Mario Lanza: A Discography
Recordings of songs and hymns in Latin, German, French, and Spanish
Agnus Dei
(Bizet)
- 24 July 1948 (a) concert Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025)
Ave Maria
(Bach-Gounod)
- 11 May 1950 (b) RCA Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025)
- 20 July 1951 (c) Coca-Cola Radio Show
- 11 August 1950 (d) The Great Caruso soundtrack Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances at MGM (Rhino, 1998) / The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems (Sepia, 2022)
Ave Maria
(Schubert)
- 18 August 1955 (e) Serenade soundtrack Original one-take version with piano accompaniment: The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems (Sepia, 2022) / Partial retake version with organ overlaid (as in the film): Serenade / A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)
- 31 October 1957 (f) TV program. Watch it here.
- September 1958 (g) For the First Time soundtrack O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
Gaudeamus Igitur
(Trad.)
- 7 August 1952 (h) two takes for The Student Prince soundtrack (neither is heard in the film, and one is an apparent rehearsal). Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026).
- April 1959 (i) RCA Mario Lanza: The Student Prince (Sepia, 2012).
Wer Einmal Nur in München War
(Hofbräuhaus Song)
(Bette-Hauff)
- November 1958 (j) For the First Time soundtrack Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019)
O, Mon Amour
(Je N'en Connais Pas la Fin) (Monnot-Asso)
- September 1958 (k) For the First Time soundtrack For the First Time/Caruso Favorites (BMG/Collectables, 2001) / Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023) [original acetate]
Pour un Baiser
(Tosti-Doncieux)
- June 1959 (l) RCA O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
Ay-Ay-Ay
(Freire)
- 3 December 1951 (c) Coca-Cola Radio Show Serenade: A Mario Lanza Songbook (Sony/BMG, 2009)
- June 1957 (m) partial take for Seven Hills of Rome soundtrack
Granada
(Lara)
- 28 October 1949 (n) RCA Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025)
- 30 October 1951 (o) Because You're Mine soundtrack Mario Lanza: Classics (Sepia, 2020)
- 8 June 1951 (c) Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: The Definitive Collection (BMG UK, 2004)
Lanza performing "Granada" in Because You're Mine
Key to recording details:
(a) Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles. Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Miklós Rózsa, conductor.
(b) Republic Studios, Hollywood. RCA Victor Orchestra; Constantine Callinicos, conductor.
(c) Radio Recorder Studios, Los Angeles. Untitled orchestra; Ray Sinatra, conductor.
(d) MGM Studios, Culver City. With Jacqueline Allen, soprano, and St. Luke's Choristers. Wesley Tourtelotte, organist.
(e) Warner Bros. Studio, Burbank. Jakob Gimpel, pianist. (An organ subsequently replaced the piano on this recording.)
(f) Vatican, Rome. American TV show ("The Christophers"), first broadcast in 1958. Paul Baron, pianist.
(g) Cinecittà Studios, Rome. Untitled orchestra and Choir; George Stoll, conductor.
(h) MGM Studios, Culver City. Male Chorus recorded two days earlier on 5 August 1952.
(i) Cinecittà Studios, Rome. Paul Baron, conductor. Male Chorus recorded in New York City on 24 September 1959.
(j) Berlin, Germany. With Johannes Rediske and his Quintet.
(k) Cinecittà Studios, Rome. Untitled orchestra; Carlo Savina, conductor.
(l) Cinecittà Studios, Rome. Untitled orchestra; Paul Baron, conductor.
(m) Vatican Auditorium, Rome. RAI Symphony Orchestra; George Stoll, conductor.
(n) Republic Studios, Hollywood. RCA Victor Orchestra; Ray Sinatra, conductor.
(o) MGM Studios, Hollywood. MGM Studio Orchestra; John Green, conductor.