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I'm thrilled to report that the sterling London-based company Sepia Records will be releasing its first-ever 2-CD set of Mario Lanza, the 49-track Night and Day, in the second week of January 2025.
Like its predecessor, Golden Days (which reached #10 in April 2024 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Albums chart), all of the tracks on Night and Day are in Digitally Extracted Stereo (DES) for the first time---and the sonic improvements are truly a revelation.
As with all Sepia's Lanza CD releases since 2015, this set was compiled by Armando Cesari, Vincent Di Placido, Carmel Parisi and yours truly.
UPDATE (22 December): The official international release date for Night and Day is February 7, 2025, for Amazon and the like, but the set will be available directly from sepiarecords.com in the second week of January. A link will be provided here as soon as the set is in stock. For those in the US, Night and Day is available for preorder now from the Mario Lanza Institute at this link, with proceeds going towards scholarships in Lanza's name for up-and-coming singers.
UPDATE (11 January): Night and Day is now in stock at Sepia Records' London warehouse and can be ordered here. This 2-CD release is selling for £10.99 for those in the UK; £13.99 for people in the EC; and £15.99 everywhere else. All prices include airmail postage.
Below is the tracklist for Night and Day, together with an extensive video promo created by Vincent Di Placido, and two complete tracks from CD1: "A Kiss" and "Never Till Now."
UPDATE (28 January 2025): The well-known opera authority (and distinguished professor of medicine) Neil Kurtzman has just posted a review of Night and Day on his popular blog here.
Like its predecessor, Golden Days (which reached #10 in April 2024 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Albums chart), all of the tracks on Night and Day are in Digitally Extracted Stereo (DES) for the first time---and the sonic improvements are truly a revelation.
As with all Sepia's Lanza CD releases since 2015, this set was compiled by Armando Cesari, Vincent Di Placido, Carmel Parisi and yours truly.
UPDATE (22 December): The official international release date for Night and Day is February 7, 2025, for Amazon and the like, but the set will be available directly from sepiarecords.com in the second week of January. A link will be provided here as soon as the set is in stock. For those in the US, Night and Day is available for preorder now from the Mario Lanza Institute at this link, with proceeds going towards scholarships in Lanza's name for up-and-coming singers.
UPDATE (11 January): Night and Day is now in stock at Sepia Records' London warehouse and can be ordered here. This 2-CD release is selling for £10.99 for those in the UK; £13.99 for people in the EC; and £15.99 everywhere else. All prices include airmail postage.
Below is the tracklist for Night and Day, together with an extensive video promo created by Vincent Di Placido, and two complete tracks from CD1: "A Kiss" and "Never Till Now."
UPDATE (28 January 2025): The well-known opera authority (and distinguished professor of medicine) Neil Kurtzman has just posted a review of Night and Day on his popular blog here.
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Bravo to all for this stunning release, and kudos again to Sepia and the team who continue to bring forth the finest in the Lanza canon, now sounding even better with DES. Surely the finest reproduction of the Lanza voice we have ever heard, A gift from God indeed. Bravo tutti. I received my CD from Sepia within a week (I’m in Arizona).
