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I'm delighted to announce that Sepia Records, a UK-based company justly renowned for the quality of its historical releases, will be releasing the CD Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are in June 2019.
This will be the seventh Lanza compilation that Sepia has released since its best-selling Greatest Operatic Recordings in February 2015, and like its predecessors, all of the recordings on the CD were selected by a small group of dedicated Lanza aficionados: Vincent Di Placido, biographer Armando Cesari, Carmel Parisi, Lee Ann Cafferata, and yours truly. (I should add that none of us has any financial involvement with this CD.)
This will be the seventh Lanza compilation that Sepia has released since its best-selling Greatest Operatic Recordings in February 2015, and like its predecessors, all of the recordings on the CD were selected by a small group of dedicated Lanza aficionados: Vincent Di Placido, biographer Armando Cesari, Carmel Parisi, Lee Ann Cafferata, and yours truly. (I should add that none of us has any financial involvement with this CD.)
The commercial recordings on this generously filled CD were sourced from the best-available pre-1963 vinyl releases that Vince Di Placido and I could find, while the remaining recordings were drawn from a variety of sources, including Lanza's own private archive and radio transcriptions. All of them have been remastered with great care by Sepia Records' engineer Robin Cherry, and many of them sound better than ever. (These include the four 1959 recordings featured here.) And as with all of Sepia Records' CD releases, the accompanying booklet is immaculately presented, with extensive notes and an interesting assortment of photos.
The CD will be available on July 12, 2019, from all the usual online outlets, including Amazon and ProperMusic.com, and from Sepia Records' own web site at this link from June 7, 2019. (Purchasing directly from Sepia Records' own site is probably the cheapest option.)
UPDATE (17 July 2019): This glowing review of the CD by Lanza aficionado Martin ("Martino") Ilaqua is particularly worth reading, as it goes into considerable detail about the disc.
Lindsay Perigo's equally glowing review for Amazon can now be read here.
The CD will be available on July 12, 2019, from all the usual online outlets, including Amazon and ProperMusic.com, and from Sepia Records' own web site at this link from June 7, 2019. (Purchasing directly from Sepia Records' own site is probably the cheapest option.)
UPDATE (17 July 2019): This glowing review of the CD by Lanza aficionado Martin ("Martino") Ilaqua is particularly worth reading, as it goes into considerable detail about the disc.
Lindsay Perigo's equally glowing review for Amazon can now be read here.
MARIO LANZA
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
1 Bésame Mucho Introduced by Lanza
2 And Here You Are
3 My Wild Irish Rose
4 Love Is the Sweetest Thing
5 Do You Wonder?
6 Love in a Home
7 Lover, Come Back to Me!
8 Gypsy Love Song (Slumber On, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart)
9 All the Things You Are (1956 version)
10 Mamma Mia, Che Vò Sapé? With Giacomo Spadoni on piano
11 Lolita (1949 version)
12 Ciribiribin Introduced by Lanza
13 Vieni sul Mar
14 La Mia Canzone
15 Musica Proibita (1959 version)
16 Fedora: Amor ti vieta (1955 version)
17 Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba Live from Massey Hall, Toronto
18 La bohème: O soave fanciulla Live from the Hollywood Bowl (with Kathryn Grayson)
19 La gioconda: Cielo e mar! (1950 RCA version)
20 Andrea Chénier: Come un bel dì di maggio (1952 radio version)
BONUS TRACKS
21 Ah, Moon of My Delight Live radio performance
22 One Flower in Your Garden Revelatory “raw” acetate
23 Wer einmal nur in München war
24 Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba Rare version from Lanza’s archives
25 Summertime in Heidelberg With Ann Blyth (partial outtake)
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
1 Bésame Mucho Introduced by Lanza
2 And Here You Are
3 My Wild Irish Rose
4 Love Is the Sweetest Thing
5 Do You Wonder?
6 Love in a Home
7 Lover, Come Back to Me!
8 Gypsy Love Song (Slumber On, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart)
9 All the Things You Are (1956 version)
10 Mamma Mia, Che Vò Sapé? With Giacomo Spadoni on piano
11 Lolita (1949 version)
12 Ciribiribin Introduced by Lanza
13 Vieni sul Mar
14 La Mia Canzone
15 Musica Proibita (1959 version)
16 Fedora: Amor ti vieta (1955 version)
17 Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba Live from Massey Hall, Toronto
18 La bohème: O soave fanciulla Live from the Hollywood Bowl (with Kathryn Grayson)
19 La gioconda: Cielo e mar! (1950 RCA version)
20 Andrea Chénier: Come un bel dì di maggio (1952 radio version)
BONUS TRACKS
21 Ah, Moon of My Delight Live radio performance
22 One Flower in Your Garden Revelatory “raw” acetate
23 Wer einmal nur in München war
24 Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba Rare version from Lanza’s archives
25 Summertime in Heidelberg With Ann Blyth (partial outtake)
Best regards,
Rob Carducci
Pueblo, CO 81006
My favourite Lanza rendition of this aria is the one heard in his final film. The best reproduction of that recording can be heard here:
https://www.mariolanzatenor.com/mario-lanza-the-final-years.html
However, the two renditions on the above CD are both extraordinary in their own way, even if the sound quality itself is less than stellar. One is a poignant live performance (the only live version we have of Lanza singing this aria) and the other is a thrilling studio outtake.