Mario Lanza was one of the finest tenor voices of the 20th century, respected and admired as much by his peers in the world of opera as by his millions of fans around the world, who were introduced to him by his succession of Hollywood movies in the post-war years.

Having been tempted into movies, he never enjoyed an illustrious career in opera to match the likes of predecessors such as Caruso and Gigli, or indeed those that followed like Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti, but those more recent stars were the first to acknowledge the inspiration Lanza had given them.

This great-value 92-track 4-CD set selects tracks from across his all-too-brief career, which ended with his premature death in 1959 aged just 38.

The set includes many of his best-known songs from the movies - 'That Midnight Kiss', 'Toast Of New Orleans', 'The Great Caruso', 'Because You’re Mine', 'The Student Prince', 'Serenade', 'Seven Hills of Rome' and 'For The First Time' - which provided the rare achievement for an operatic tenor of three million-selling singles, as well as several other hits, along with most of the A and B sides of his singles for RCA, plus a selection of album tracks and performances from his hugely successful radio shows sponsored by Coca Cola.

It provides a fabulous showcase for his unique voice, as well as his versatility in delivering powerful performances of opera favourites along with lighter show tunes and standards.

Contents:
CD 1
1. CELESTE AIDA (from 'Aida' - Verdi)
2. MAMMA MIA CHE VO' SAPE?  (Nutile)
3. UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA (from 'L'Elisir D'Amore' - Donizetti)
4. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW 
5. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo)
6. O SOLE MIO 
7. GRANADA 
8. LOLITA 
9. THE VIRGIN'S SLUMBER SONG, OP.76
10. THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS 
11. BE MY LOVE 
12. I'LL NEVER LOVE YOU 
13. M'APPARI  (from 'Martha' - Flotow)
14. FLOWER SONG (LA FLEUR QUE TU M'AVAIS JETEE) (from 'Carmen' - Bizet)
15. O PARADISO (from 'L'Africaine' - Meyerbeer)
16. CHE GELIDA MANINA (from 'La Boheme' - Puccini)
17. CORE 'NGRATO (Cardillo)
18. QUESTO O QUELLA (from 'Rigoletto' - Verdi)
19. LA DANZA (Rossini)
20. E LUCEVAN LE STELLE (from 'Tosca' - Puccini)
21. CIELO E MAR (from 'La Gioconda' - Ponchielli)

CD 2 
1. RECONDITA ARMONIA (from 'Tosca' - Puccini)
2. ADDIO ALLA MADRE (TURIDDU'S FAREWELL) (from 'Cavalleria Rusticana' - Mascagni)
3. SERENADE  (Toselli)
4. FOR YOU ALONE 
5. BECAUSE 
6. MY SONG, MY LOVE 
7. I LOVE THEE 
8. AVE MARIA (Bach, Gounod)
9. VESTI LA GIUBBA (from 'Pagliacci' - Leoncavallo)
10. LA DONNA È MOBILE (WOMAN IS FICKLE) (from 'Rigoletto' - Verdi)
11. THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR 
12. MARECHIARE (Tosti)
13. A VUCCHELLA (Tosti)
14. SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE 
15. WITHOUT A SONG 
16. THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME 
17. THE DESERT SONG 
18. WITH A SONG IN MY HEART 
19. THE ROSARY 
20. AY-AY-AY 
21. NEAPOLITAN LOVE SONG 
22. THE LORD'S PRAYER 
23. GUARDIAN ANGELS 
24. TEMPTATION

CD 3
1. BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE 
2. LYGIA 
3. THE SONG ANGELS SING 
4. SYLVIA 
5. A KISS 
6. BEGIN THE BEGUINE 
7. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN 
8. IF I LOVED YOU 
9. SERENADE (from 'THE STUDENT PRINCE') 
10. BELOVED 
11. DRINK, DRINK, DRINK 
12. GAUDEAMUS IGITUR 
13. DEEP IN MY HEART DEAR 
14. SONG OF INDIA 
15. IF YOU WERE MINE 
16. I'LL WALK WITH GOD 
17. SERENADE (FROM THE FILM 'SERENADE') 
18. MY DESTINY 
19. TORNA A SURRIENTO (COME BACK TO SORRENTO) 
20. LAMENTO DI FEDERICO (from 'L'Arlesiana' - Cilea)
21. DE QUELLA PIRA (from 'Il Trovatore' - Verdi)
22. NESSUN DORMA (from 'Turandot' - Puccini)
23. SERENADE (Drigo) 
24. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE

CD 4
1. THIS NEARLY WAS MINE 
2. YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME 
3. AND THIS IS MY BELOVED 
4. ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE 
5. I'VE TOLD EV'RY LITTLE STAR 
6. THE DONKEY SERENADE 
7. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 
8. LOVER COME BACK TO ME 
9. GIANNINA MIA 
10. EARTHBOUND 
11. THIS LAND 
12. DO YOU WONDER 
13. LOVE IN A HOME 
14. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 
15. SEVEN HILLS OF ROME 
16. COME DANCE WITH ME 
17. ARRIVEDERCI ROMA 
18. FOR THE FIRST TIME (COME PRIMA) 
19. FUNICULI FUNICULA 
20. IDEALE 
21. SANTA LUCIA 
22. SONG OF THE VAGABONDS 
23. LOVE ME TONIGHT