The Essential Mario Lanza [Original recording remastered]

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Giacomo Meyerbeer (Composer), Sigmund Romberg (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Mario Lanza (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Mario Lanza
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, et al.
• Audio CD (April 3, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000NDEXHK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,627 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Voice I Ever Heard!!!, February 2, 2010

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Dick Buckley (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Essential Mario Lanza (Audio CD)

Let me state at the outset that I am not generally a great fan of the opera or vocal music in general. I am a died-in-the-wool fanatic for symphonic and orchestral music. Oh, I enjoy much of Bizet's works, Richard Wagners orchestral suites, most of Verdi's work - including some of his arias, Rossini's overtures, and I admit to having a weakness for some of the great vocalists over the years - Iussi Bjorling, Mario Del Monico, Placido Domingo et al - but I could never get into hard core opera, and popular vocal trash leaves me totally cold. All that being said, this 2-disc set of Mario Lanza is absolutely to die for!! Mario has the greatest voice, bar none, that I have ever heard in all my 75 years. His renditions of Granada and Valencia are enough to send shivers up your spine - but I could repeat that statement for every cut on this 2-disc set.

The sound leaves something to be desired on both discs. There is some surface noise present between all of the selections, and the accompanying players do not always sound at their best, but all that is immediately forgotten once Lanza's extraordinay voice takes over. In spite of the recording shortcomings, I would give this set 10 stars if I could. What a shame Lanza had to die so young! The world of music will never again see his equal.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Mario Lanza, January 18, 2008

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Linda Muntner "passionate animal lover" (FL, for now) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Mario Lanza (Audio CD)

amazing collection....this ill-fated glorious man had a voice unlike any others....the and now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ever, May 21, 2010

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Sam Clemens "Mikesfrend" (Earth) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Essential Mario Lanza (Audio CD)

Alot for your money here. Opera, show tunes, pop, Italian favorites, all sung perfectly by this vocal master. The Student Prince Serenade and Una Furtiva Lagrima are my favorites, but there are so many to choose from. Some I've never even heard before.
If you can buy just one of his CDs, get this one.