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Celesti aida

m.e.belbis | chicago, ill | 01/15/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mario Lanza has the greatest voice Ive ever heard. His high notes thrills me until now. He really have a golden voice better than the three tenors and others combined,."

Lanza had far greater moments than these

D. MCGOVERN | New Zealand | 11/25/2001

(2 out of 5 stars)

"If you're looking for a representative collection of Lanza, then definitely give this one a miss. This is a mishmash of songs from two of the tenor's Coca-Cola Radio Shows of 1951, and none of them present the tenor at anywhere near his magnificent best. To make matters worse, only 9 of the 18 tracks actually feature Lanza; the rest are made up of mediocre orchestral and "guest singer" interludes.Lanza's first-ever Coca-Cola Radio Show is included in its entirety. He sings Granada as his opening number, but after a good intro runs out of steam towards the end. Toselli's Serenade is reasonable enough, but the commercial version is superior. It's a similar case with Because and Be My Love. The former is sung with extraordinary gusto, but for a far more subtle version look no further than the sublime rendition featured in The Great Caruso.Among the other selections is a badly arranged Torna a Surriento, which does not begin to compare with Lanza's 1955 version from Serenade (featured on The Legendary Tenor CD), an A Vucchella with some nice touches, but spoiled by a couple of sloppy moments, and a fun but trite Funiculi' Funicula' (in English) with lyrics imploring us to be "gay".Save your money for far superior CDs such as When Day is Done or Opera [sic] Arias and Duets, reviewed elsewhere on this site."

Excellent

m.e.belbis | 06/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Lanza at his best. Better than the three tenors.Lanza truly has a golden voice from bottom to top. He express the songs supervely. not stiff like the three tenors."